The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-07-14
THE LATEST MODE.
New York Letter Describes the Most
Approved Among the Fasbionables
In Fads and Faneies.
(Florence Fairbanks,)

| has Just begun, but In the almanac IL
is already on the wane. Convincing
evidence of that fact is to be found in
the big shops which offer summer
goods and frocks at greatly reduced
prices. Women of moderate means
may pick up many excellent bargains,
provided they are clever enough to
avoid all extremes of color and style
and purchase only such materials or
frocks as may be worn next season
without being hopelessly out of IA
shion.
Now is the time lvl -"thing suits
and in all the big shops such suits
are offered in variety of staple and
materials. The cut of the modish
bathing suit has considerable variety
despite it's circumscribed limits.
Blouse and skirt, joined under a belt
which is permanently attached so
that there can be no severing of di-
plomatic relations, is the arrangement
most generally accepted, but much is
done with princess front panels and
belted sides and back. These models
! look trim and attractive if worn with
bathing corset and by slender
bather; but the stout woman and the
woman who scorns even the softest
of bathing corset girdles is wise if
she clings to blouse and skirt.
Al,
tune is that it should be thoroughly
neat and trim, should stay together,
and the bathing costume made to or
der and carefully fitted has an advan-
tage in this respect, though thsan are
innumerable smart ready made mod
els which can be carefully fitted and
made thoroughly satisfactory.
Without doubt the black satin bath
ing suit, well made, of good quality
and relieved by white or soft color
next to the face, is the smartest,
handsomest, and most tasteful thing
bather can wear. Fine black mo-
hair is less expensive and even more
while taffeta, firm, fast color black or
black and white sateen, black or black
and white foulard all have their aGplir-
ers. For those who insist upon wool
fine serge is first preference with
flannel and challie bringing up the
rear.
fC q n a
bathing suit, Though it does not
stand the wear and tear so well as
black, and some very good looking
models are shown this season in gray,
For the woman to whom brown is
becoming brown mohair or satin
suit with brown cap and stockings
and white collar and shoes is ex-
tremely pretty.
The fad of the Russian blouse is
echoed in some of the new bathing
costumes, and is developed quite at
tractiyely in soft gray silk with bias
bands trimming piped in black. The
tunic is square necked, short sleeved
and girdled and is bordered
throughout with band, while the
shirt skirt has box plat front and
back. A pretty model of this class
is in dark blue mohair with bands of
coarse linen crash embroidered in
cross stitch design of gay colors.
A knitted jersey or MILDLY blouse of
gray wool with white sailor collar,
worn with gray serge skirt, is shown
among the imported bathing suits in
one house. The same house also
shows comfortable and practicable
bathing cloaks or capes of blue or
black serge with braided collars and
borders or embroidery border. These
are long and ample, tie at the throat
with cords and are for throwing on
as the bather goes to and from the
water. This is European fashion,
and a maid usually goes with the
cloak, taking it as the bather enters
the water and waiting with it until
she comes out.
| The fashionable women of Paris
1
have adopted the short skirt, but have
added features when practically de-
stroy all the advantages of usefulness
and comfort which the short skirts
used to offer. The new skirt is SO
tight that especial corsets are needed
for a correct fit. And, lest any free
dom should be allowed, the mode re-
quires a tight band to be put around
the skirt just above the ankle to draw
all the fullness remaining into abb
surdly small width.
These skirts are very hard to make
although at first glance they may not
seem to be so. All lines run up and
down as. much as possible, harine
slightly toward the hem but being
held in place by band or fold of the
material. This makes it difficult tC
give the requisite air of style to the
gowns intended for daytime wear have
long skirts are to be seen. Many
gowns intehde for daytime wear have
no trains at all, and those that can
not be called short lie on the floor.
Smoke-gray wolfe ninon, materia
that lends itself to dressmaking more
easily than mousseline de sole, is be
ing employed in the latest models fol
the summer. A charming design il