The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-25
FADS AND FASHIONS.


but along with it stands the periods
Of Louis XVI, Louis, XIV, Henry
Nv. and Henry H., and corresponding
periods OF English history and fash
ion; and the designers Of fashion go
to all these periods impartially in
search of inspiration. For evening
turesque order, the Empire and Dr.
rectoire lines have been so success
full and popular that women are
unwilling to abandon them, and
though the short-waisted frock has
disappeared in other spheres of fash
ion, has even given place, in some
degree, to an extreme elongation,
actual or suggested, of the waist line,
short wasted evening gowns will
undoubtedly appear among the win
ter evening toilettes and, when truly
successful will look modish because
of their value. just as the full skirt
and long pointed waist of the Louis
XVI. robe de style are modish when
successfully developed and cleverly
worn
The early fall models as advanced
in Paris have been very attractive,
repeating much seen in the late sum-
mer tailored costumes but appearing
novel because of the new fall ma
terials and colorings. Skirts are short
for trotting wear, the Parisians hav-
ing gone over to this Americanism
and now wearing their trotteurs con-
siderably shorter than the American
woman likes hers. Goring or plating
gives a little more width to the skirt
bottom than last seasons modisn
walking skirt boosted, but the sill
houette is unchanged. for there is
the same smoothness over the hips.
and the plaits or ripping fitness
falls straight and limp.
A skirt killed or box-plaited all
around, the plaits beginning either
at the waist band or at the bottom of
smoothly fitted hip yoke, Is seen
in some of the severely tailored mod
els, but the smartest and prettiest
walking skirts have original arrange
ments of plaits and plain panels, and
the variety shown in such designs Is
amazing. On the whole the tailored
skirt, long or short, this season is
more graceful than 1t has been in
many day, avoiding the extremes
OF other seasons and retaining the
merits. The smoothly fitted hip is
conducive to an appearance of slen-
derness and the slight fulness toward
the bottom makes graceful movement
possible without introducing any
bouffancy or marring the straight
slim lines.
Circular tunic effects, the tunic
very clinging and reaching almost
to the bottom of the underskirt, but
cut up at the sides or buttoning
across on the sides are numerous,
and with the princesse trotteur made
with coat en- suite there is often the
turned up washerwoman effect on
the bottom Of the straight princesse
overdress while below a side or box
plating.
Costume coats, whether for wear
with princesse frocks or with blouse
and skirt, are in most cases very
long, some reaching almost to the
bottom OF the skirt in redingote fash
ion, while others end half way be-
tween knee and skirt hem. For the
woman to whom such coats are not
becoming or whose taste they fail to
please there are many attractive
models OF sohrter lengths, some Of
them having the endorsement Of
some great Partisan makers.
Unquestionably a coat of moderate.
length does go better with a short
skirt than one Of the very long
models, but of course that makes no
difference to the crowd, il fashion
has decreed long coats. The woman
with force Of character, however, will
consider her own figure in determin-
Ing the length OF her coat.
Perfectly plain tailored coats with
mannish revers cut a trifle low,
straight single breasted fronts and
mannish pockets are made in vary
Ing lengths and conform to the pas
sion for straight narrow hip lines, as
do all Of the modish coats, though
some are slightly more fitted at sides
and back than others. On a majority
of the new coats the revers are still
lower. often crossing and fastening
at the waistline or below.
AS a charming and becoming adj
tunct to the long jacket for day wear