The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-23

Striped. stufYs In black and white
and black and color figure prominent
I ly among woolens. silks and velvets.
and where they are cleveriy handled
give excellent results. The stripe Is
usually combine with one tone ma
terial save In the tailored trotting
suits of black and white or blue and
white, which are so popular, and an
idea frequently developed is the use Of
one tone material for the entire bod
ice or bolero. with trimmings OF the
other coolr included In a striped
skirt.
One sees too a chic arrangement of
black stripe crepe with black velvet
bolero and an extremely pretty model
was In black and white striped silk
with black chiffon tunic which fell
straight and was made to have L. Rus
sian air by a narrow line of white
embroidery down the full length or
the left side. Bands of black satin
trimmed the tunic bottom and sleeve
bottom and the girdle was of black
satin.
Some pretty and delusively simple
little chiffon frocks in delicate col
ors embroidered in dainty white beads
are shown by the importers and
would make charming dance frocks
for the debutante. One of the pref
chiffon embroidered in white beads,
made with the simplest of skirts and
blouses and girdied by a silver cord.
Another pretty girlish model was a
bordure chiffon in white with floral
border OF exquisite design and color
ing. The little Dutch neck. Magyar
bodice had the border running around
Its lower part lust above girdle of
pink satin. A tunic of the chiffon fell
tea hi
knee height in front, but fell to the
skirt bottom ut the back, having n
skirt of whit charmeuse to show
from knees to hem in front. A scarf
OF pink satin was drawn around this
underskirt az point where 1t would
just show below the short front OF
the tunic and knotted slightly at the
left front, the loops and ends falling
over the white underskirt.
Lines OF fur trim some Of the pet
test evening frocks and are asso-
ciated with bands OF crystal. pearl
gold and silver embroidery. These
emhroideries are shown In great pro-
fusion at the trimming counters and
some OF them are exceedingly beau
tiful
Black net prInkled with pearl
dewdrops is newer than the popu-
lar crystal dotted black net and sub
scribes to the fad for black and
white.
The corded silks are making bid
for favor in connection with hand
some street suits, the fine cord app
parently finding more favor than the
Ottoman, although one sees the lat
ter here and there. Beautiful MORE
red and other soft moires are used
also for the coat and frock costumes
or for coats aud suits with frocks
of sheerer fabrics.
The soft, rough tweeds and other
Scotch and English woolens of like
character. as4i the French bure. less
shaggy. are in the lead for tailored
walking costumes, and ratine--one Of
the molleton cloths resembling very
fine chinchilla, with the roughness OF
surface produced by tiny knots thick
set on the righf side on the cloth,
is finding acceptance not only for
smart motor coats. but for coat and
skirt suits. II has been used consid-
erably in Paris for white suits in
place OF the long familiar white serge.
Full length luxurious coats OF fur
and Of velvet or satin or silk are be-
ing shown everywhere. Many OF
these are plain Of line and detail
with big fur collars. and one huge
passementerie fastening for trimming
but the elegance OF the materials
does away with need of trimming,