The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-22
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FASHIONS AND PADS
,anels are plentiful.

Silk panels are plentiful.
 DTaped waists are very popular.
 A new fad is the bathing parasol.
 The trend is toward picturesque ef- fects.
 Violets trim many of the new pur- pie hats.
 There is quite a fancy for hip or namentation.
 The general trend of the hat brim is downward.
 Never were linen suits more popu- lar than now.
 The princess costume is the keynote in children's apparel.
 Guimpes will lose nothing in favor for summer wear
 Handsomest bathing suits are in the
 The day of the wide and fussy neck ruche is passing.
 There is inevitably an increase in the width of skirts.
 It is a fad to have belt buckles made out of watch cases.
 The black and white hat is most modish for all occasions
 Silk that rustles does not figure in the present fashion scheme.
 Blowers and fruits are used in enor- nous quantities in millinery.
 Trim cravats are again the thing, finished with dainty little stickpins.
 Foundation collars made of net rather than of chiffon are now to be had.
 The Directoire is only hinted at in the development of washable mater ials.
 Metallic ribbon belts, finished with buckles of the same tone, are popular.
 Perforated tips are seen on many of the smartest pumps and one-eyelet ties.
 A good many eighteenth-century ruchings are being used on new gowns and wraps.
 Traveling skirts are cut so that they escape the ground by a scant three inches.
 The pointed waistline is novelty af- ter the straight cross effects of the empire cut
 Among the materials used for bath ing suits are mohair, fine serge, taffeta and silk serge.
 Some of the newest and smartest of skirt and coat costumes are being made without sleeves.
 the high-waisted skirts are made with a wide-ftted belt.
 Moss roses, with their attendant buds and foliage, are being much used in hat trimming.
 Hat styles demand that the hair be flat at the front, wide at the sides and full at the back.
 Colored embroidery makes up many of the prettier neck bows and it has the advantage of being washable. Jade bracelets with dainty silver or gold deposits are among the novelties in the spring jewelry.
 The SILK SklrIS are very IlRlC-uII1nS to the knees; then a full sun pleatfng is used as a finish
 The princess; both fitting and semi fitting, the Directoire and the empire, are all holding their own. Necklaces Of small cut jet beads will be worn much this summer by those who favor the collarless gown.
 Real pockets, long and flat, are con- cealed beneath the trimming on the sides on many of the tailor mades.
 Cloaks of silk in the color of the cloth skirt with them have been prev alent at fashionable out-of-door af- fairs.
 A great many coIlarless gowns and waists are daily appearing and the collar band is becoming more and more scarce.
 A parasol in pongee of natural color, lined with old rose, and with Direc- toire handle, is in the height of fash ion
 There seems to be no doubt that the plaited skirt is on it's way back, though in just what guise remains to be seen.
 A number of the prettiest bathing suits are almost plain, finished at the neck with a snow-white Dutch collar of Irish lace.
 skirt made with the snug-ftting yoke will be among the smartest shown in the next few months
 Linen Dutch collars, with two rows of lace, are exceedingly pretty, and they launder well.
 Irish croquet still holds it's own, and is used freely upon the simplest wash gowns as well as upon the most elab- crate evening dresses. The black velvet band which Is worn about the neck of the collarless gowns is fastened at the side with a small brooch or a fancy buckle. Bcoties for little folks. made of lin- en and embroidered in either the satin