The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-06-24
FADS AND FASHIONS



anyone that this seasons blouses are
exceptionally pretty and effective.
One of the most striking features is
the employment of frills for Ornamen-
tation. Fr.lls are decidedly impracti-
cal, especially with lingerie waists or
bIouses, but they are pretty and give
by any other style of ornamentation.
The frill collar implies a bare throat,
or at least that is the case with the
lingerie models, though n the costume
blouses of chiffon, crepe, etc, a frill
neck finish is often accompanied by
the shallowest of transparent guimpes
with close high collar. In the lingeri0
model this idea does not work out very
well and where a high collar is re-
quired the fr.lI usually runs down the
front.
The collarless blouse, like the collar"
less frock, has things very much its
own way in Paris, save for delightful
little sheer tucked and frilled and long
sleeved models designated as "tailor-
edo; but although the chic Partisan
has taken up the collarless models with
enthusiasm there are always women
even in Par.s who refuse slavishly to
adopt mbecoming modes, and in New
York there are plenty of fashionable
women who will have none of the col
larless models
When a collarless frock or blouse is
becoming, it is charming, but few wo-
men past their teens wear it we'll in
connection with a severe street cos
tune. In such cases the hard collar
line should be softened by a lingerie
friIl or embroidered lingerie collar fall
ing over the tailored collar and coming
next to the throat. There are num-
bers of such collars in all grades of
fneness and usually accompanied by
cuffs to match.
The yelling idea has strongly infiu-
enced the designers of costume blouses
and many of the prettiest models in
this class are of chiffon, silk mousse
line or etamine yelling silk or satin,
lace or contrasting chiffon. The idea
is not altogether new, but the treat
ment is, for the blouses follow the
frock lines, and the best looking of
the yelled models are excessively sim
pie in Line and have most Of their ella
boration, if elaboration there is, APP
piled to the foundation, while the sheer
yelling is Of the most pronounced sim
plicity.
Sometimes, where the collarless eff
feet is not desired, instead of intro
ducing a guimpe the yelling chiffon or
mousseline is run on up to from a per
fectly plain yoke and collar, semi
transparent of course and perhaps re-
lieved by line of white or cream at
the collar top. Often two veiings of
ch ,ffon are used in order to obtain a
desired color effect.
The bordered chiffons are used for
some attractive little blouses Of simple
line, surplice arrangement with the
modified kimono sleeve being a design
often chosen for such material Per
sian or cachemire silks yelled in plain
chiffon, cachemire chiffon yelled in
plain chiffon and cachemire chiffon or
mOusseline in exquisite soft tones with
out yelling are popular blouse motifs
and much is done with these charming
antique printed cottons or cretonnes
yelled in plain chiffon or made up
without yelling and softened by net or
lace collars and frills and touches of
black in cravats, buttons, etc.
The newest models in very hand
some handmade lingerie blouses are
composed of heavy, soft haniwoven
linen, beautifully embroidered in open
work designs and combined with the
sheerest of linen and finest of laces
The cotton crepes are less used by the
blouse makers than they were last sea-
son, but some handsome models are
made up in the fine cotton etemines
White l.non embroidered in color is
much liked, the touch of color echoing
some one of the tones in skirt and
coat with which the blouse is worn.
The designers of millinery are pro-
ducing new hats of great and interest