The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-03
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smart women wear the same style of
hat with tailored suit of cloth or
serge. 1t seems incongruous. but it
is very effective style of dressing.
Jean Worth has on several occa-
sions openly reproached the Paris
iennes for adopting this style of dress
in the afternoon-he has even gone
so far as to accuse them of want of
taste, for he is Of opinion, very de-
cidedly, that the tailored suit is suit
able only for morning wear or for the
country, and that it should always be
| accompanied by a rather severe style
of hat.
OF course it is certain that Worth
is a world-famous authority on dress,
but nevertheless it is also certain
that the dainty Parisiennes and the
pretty English and American women
look to great advantage in their per-
fectly cut serge and cloth suits, with
sufficiently elaborate hats and blouses
OF cobweb muslin inset with Irish lace
or with old valenciennes.
Half-Length Coat Again.
In the world of tailored suits it Is
interesting to realize that the pretty:
half-length coat is again coming into
favor. Very few women indeed have
found the exaggeratedly short. tight
coats becoming, and though certain
Partisan tailOrs are making a strong
effort to keep them in fashion they
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OF course we have with us, and will
have with us all winter, the extremely
short directoire coatee, which only
just reaches to the waist, but this iS
quite another matter. Such coateesI
as these belong to elaborate afternoon
costumes and to wedding and garden
party toilettes. They have little or
nothing to do with tailored suits.
The leading cloth coat of the CONF
ing winter will be almost tight-fittingI
with moderate revers and rather large
cuffs, the ends of the sleeves being
slightly curved in the shape of bell.
These coats will be of moderate
length, what one describes as full half
length.
Skirts In Flat Plaits.
These particularly graceful coats
will be accompanied by skirts set in
very fiat plaits, skirts which will dis
play the outlines of the figure quite
of the present moment, but which will
be infinitely more graceful. I must
lay stress on the fact that the plaits
in these new skirts are so cunningly
arranged that they are completely
hidden when their wearers are stand.
ing still. 1t is only in walking that
their presence is revealed.
For evening wear Paquin is now
preparing some truly exquisite models
and for the costumes intended for
theater wear the most intricate and
elaborate cloaks and coats are made
to accompany them.
An exquisite evening dress and man.
tie recently made by Paquin was spe-
cial1y created for Princess de Radolin,
the wife of the German ambassador
who has just given up his official post
in Paris. Princess Radolin is beau.
tiful woman and a notable dresser.
She looks her best in the semi-picture
style which is in such favor with our
ultra-smart Parisiennes and she is a
mistress of the art of combining mag
nifcent jewels with apparently simple
toilettes. The theater dress to which
l have just alluded was made Of
ravens wing blue silk muslin, heavily
embroidered in jet and ravens wing
blue paillettes. The lines of the dress
were long and graceful and the sup
pie material was not draped or caught
in at ALL a mass of glittering en-
broidery showed itself on two side
panels and the dress was mounted
over flesh colored crepe de chine. The
waist line was high and the whole Of
broideries.
Accompanying Mantle.
The mantle which accompanied this
dress was quite simple yet regal. 1t
was composed of mirror velvet in the
same mysterious shade of blue as the
dress and in shape it was circular and
exceedingly voluminous. 1t was lined
WITH DldCh lovely ma
terial which possesses all the best
qualities Of crepe and of silk-and it
had a large collar of dark sable.
1t is impossible to describe in writ
ten words the charm of this style of
costume which is at one and the same
time superb and comparatively unob-
trusive. This is the style of evening
dress which such dressmakers as
Worth, Paquin, Doucet and Rouff will
create for their favorite clients this
winter, each separate item in the
dress being carefully thought out in
connection with each other item and
the whole presenting the genius of
the Partisan dressmaker in it's true
light. Such a toilette as this is in
deed very different from the exag-
gerated and unduly remarkable cos
| tunes which are so often labeled
paris Models -Idalia de Villiers In
the Boston Globe.
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