The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-01

~ pERAONE knows that mousseline
de sole, cashmere de sole and drap
de sole summer weight fabrics
~ Certainly no class of people in the
world know 1t better than do the
couturiers of Paris, who are using those
exceedingly thin fabrics for early spring
evening wraps and experiencing no diff
Guilty whatever in disposing of such con-
fections. In fact, they may be said to
sell as readily as hot cross buns on
Shrove Tuesday. Occasionally a customer
timidy suggests that a lining just
trihe heavier than a thin sheet Of cotton
wadding would be appreciated by herself.
especially as the wrap is to be worn
over a gown of equally flimsy material,
but even such weakly voiced demurs are
of rare occurrence for the fashionably
dressed woman usually realizes that to
weight down a garment of this sort with
interlining would cause 1t to stand
out from, instead of clinging to the hg-
ure and thus utterly destroy the soft
lines which every clothes artist is now
endeavoring to produce.
But whatever these new evening wraps
may lack in the matter of warmth, they
certainly are remarkable for the novelty
OF their design. Nothing at all like them
has been worn by the women of the
present generation, and none of the
fashion books of record show Anything
remotely suggesting them, 1t may safely
be concluded that at last there really is
something new under the sun and that
Dame Fashion is its author.
The Chiffon Cloud.
Having surmounted the question of
warmth-chiehy by not even attempting
to provide tit is apparently an easy
matter to produce all manner of charm
ing and artistic effects In evening wraps
cashmere de sole and brocaded crepe de
chine may be gathered into a band at
the neck and thence fall In a thousand
little wrinkles to the hem or to the band
which crosses the back of the garment.
and there produces the "caught-in" effect
about the feet, which is necessary to the
fashionable straight line silhouette. This
treatment naturally aids in the cloudy
appearance which is noticeabiy realistic
in the case of some Of the chiffon cloaks
which are draped over foundations of
lace and always wholly transparent In
effect, and In those of crepe. arranged in
Tong folds crossing at the lower edge
and then loosely tied at the center of
the back or slightly at side.
Tbe cut Of these cloudlike wraps Is 30
extremely simple and appears 80 easy to
the eye of the inexperienced that the
amateur who obtains merely a cursory
view of one is apt to smile serenely as
she mentally tells herself that she will
go home and straightway accomplish a
like achievement with the aid of a few
yards of marquisette, chiffon or what
ever ilmy material she may decide to
sacrifice. After several days of patient
endeayor and. perhaps, a few tears of
disappointment. she abandons the task
and at the same time feels additional re-
spect for the sartoriaI artist from whose
atelier the admired garment emanated.
Brilliant Tones are Preferred.
Once woman has convinced herself
that pride is going TO keep her from ac-
curing pneumonia 1t is an easy matter
to select a cloud-draped wrap, for they
are of both elaborate and simple char
acter. Some of the models are bordered
with intricate embroideries OF metal and
silk, with Jeweled demonstrations and bugIes
and with edges of swansdown or mara
bout, while others have simply a hem of
self or contrasting color Nearly all of
the Clouds however, are of a brilliant
tone as they are expected to supply a
dash--or rather a splash-of color to q
white, black neutral-tinted toilette. In
addition to their undeniable beauty, 1t
may be stated that these lightweight
wraps are so easily put that they dc
not crush the sleeves or the bodice trim
mings of the gowns over which they are
worn, and that they thoroughly cover the