The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-04
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FADS AND FASHIONS.
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Il New York, September 2.-The fall
season is rapidly approaching and the
big shops display large variety OF
s autumn goods, in anticipation of the
demand for such goods with the COM
/ ing of the cooler weather. The mod
els shown in the shops, however, are
of the most commonplace type, with
4 out being intended to foreshadow the
fashionable styles of the coming sea-
son. The models shown by the more
exclusive houses along Fifth Avenue
are somewhat more definite in style,
but the ideas expressed are all more
or less tentative Nothing of an au-
thoritat1ve character is to be expect
ed until later, after the famous Par
| is designers have had their autumn
openings. a.-..
! Double-faced materials are much in
evidence and there is every indica-
|
! fashionable during the coming sea-
SON. Many Of these materials in
wool have feecy zibelline finish,
and the color contrasts in the two
faces are admirably harmonious.
Some particularly good color effects
are obtained in the rich browns,
backed by tawny yellow zones, and
indeed the yellows play a rather i'm
portant role in the seasons color
| chart. .~
| The late summer has brought yell
low into decided prominence abroad,
| tones of lemon, straw and various
| brownish and greenish yellow shad-
ings having been exceedingly mod
| ish in combination with white, and
t this tendency, as we'll as the vogue
of beige in combination with white
| or gray, will doubtless find reflection
in the autumn fashions.
The most beautiful double-faced
materials seen so far are certain silk
serges of pronounced diagonal cord
and of wonderful lustre, softness and
| richness, having body without bulk.
These silks are in decided yet per-
| fectly harmOniZed color contrasts. A
| beautiful deep taupe, for example,
may have for backing just the right
tone of violet or green or blue. A
/ 1>y~ox Cb n
Requisite purple or dull, soft orange.
A very deep blue is combined with
rich fuchsia, red or malachite green.
Iron gray consorts with the deep
straw yellow, which has been a sum-
mer fad in Paris. Black is faced
with any and all of the soft yet
glowing fashionable colors.
Changeable colorings also promise
we'll, not only in the taffetas, which
have been a summer mania abroad
and have been taken up to a con-
siderable extent here, but in other
silks as we'll. Moires showing more
or less pronounced cording in their
among the loveliest of the new silks
and there are also changeable ben
galines and some very effective louis
ines in color shot with black OF
white.
Two especially successful offerings
in the louisine weave, which has not
] fo no in
sons and which is much more supple
than it originally was, are in light
silvery gray shot with black and
white, which merely give shifting
shadowy play over the lustrous moon
lit surface, and in a yellow approach
ing the new biscotte tone, though
with a touch more Of bronze shot
with black.
One is inclined to put confidence
in the success of the grays this sea-
son. Exquisite shadings of this col
or are to be found among the loveliest
of the new materials which cannot
fail to appeal to the taste of the fas-
tidious.
Purple seems to be extremely pop
ular and is likely to be done to death
ON that account. Much of the early
| millinery and many of the advance
model ffoeks and accessories sound
this purple note; and while one must
admits its effectiveness, the woman
who cannot afford to buy early in
the season and throw aside later will
do we'll to be cautious and to avoid
1the lure of the purple.
Wash suits are featured for the fag
end of the summer season by nearly
all the big shops. Judging from the
4 numbers displayed, women are favor.
4 ing suits of linen, particularly the
rough weaves, which do not wrinkle
so easily as those of smoother tex
ture. Aside from the large collars
and cuffs made of contrasting colors