The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-08
Doings in the
World of Fashion

Browsing among model frock bar
gains is rather more hazardous than
usual unless one will be content with
wearing the purchase only during the
rest of his season, for Many of the
models offered are of the directoire
type and the directoire fad shows signs
of passing; but here and there are
models more conservative, and With a
little freshening many of them would
be as good as new. Some women have
no Imagination in this matter of fresh
ening and refurbishing, and it is the
woman who sees the possibilities in a
mussy and %shopworn model who really
gets the admirable bargains.
Now is the time, too, when short
lengths of materials may be picked up
for a song, crowded from the shelves
by incoming goods; and since a major
fty of these materials are of weights
that make them possible for spring and
summer wear as we'll as for winter, tho
economical woman will find much for
future use among these piles of crepe
and satin and messaline and broadcloth
and other fabrics.
But it is difficult to pin ones atten-
tton to winter bargains or to remember
that at least two months of cool wealth
ell still stretch out ahead Of us. when
spring materials are blossoming on the
ana spring models are on view
in the shops.
Models Mere Guesses.
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models are but tentative, bold guesses
at things to come, made for the benefit
of those who spend the late winter and
spring in Southern lands; but these
guesses are Interesting II some Of
them are cleverly made. Winter modes
have been translated into spring ma
terials, with notifications demanded by
those Materials; and If the result is
not startlingly original it is at least
eminently attractive.
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In the early showing. and one finds chic
linen models both in the princess or one
piece frock and in coat and skirt ar
rangements. The latter suggest in line
not those Of The most extreme types:
and though the liner is of the sort very
free from stiffening, this material is not
supple to lend itself readily to the limp
clinging effects.
Linen tho Thing.
The coat and skirt suits of linen lave
nothing original about the lines. Yet
they have considerable cachet. Among
an early showing Of these gowns, one
in a soft light brown and Of particul-
arly soft texture had an oddly con-
etructed skirt which was more attrac-
tive in fact tina in the telling, yet was
merely a pretty successful effort to
solve the problem of the tight skirt and
the summer materials. The upper part
of this linen skirt was fitted snugly.
out at the knees, III 'front.', tne lower
part of the skirt Joined the upper In
W very wide fiat box plaits. This
provided fullness and movement around
the feet, but the close upper skirt
sloped down at each side to the hem so
that the back was all in one with this
gored upper section and the plated
fullness appeared only across the front
and a little way around the sides. The
o OF the costume, cut after a famil-
lar model. fastened with large buttons
covered with ecru linen and heavily
embroidered in brown, and similar but
tons were used on the back of the
straight loose coat.
The straight, loosely fitted lines pre-
vail in all of these new suits, n in
many cases pearl buttons are lavishly
used for trimming purposes. rs satin
covered buttons W. been during the
winter. A coat OF mixed gray and
white linen had rows Of closely set,
small white buttons on pockets, fronts
n skirt openings. together with an eff
fective use of narrow stitched bands OF
the linen which lent an air of original
fly to a coat otherwise most conserva-
tive. The skirt OF this costume was
a plain gored one.