The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-23
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New York, June 1.-THE wealth
er is by no means suggestive of sum-
mer, but what do women care about
chilly and damp winds, when they
have some summer finery to show
There are plenty of opportunities to
see some exceedingly handsome sum-
mer consumes on the streets and
at the fashionable luncheon places.
Many of the toflettes are of the
three-piece description or coat and
skirt suits of silk or of silk combin-
ed with some more sheer stuff, such
as chiffon, wolfe or stamine. But
there are also plenty one piece
frocks without coats, some of them
exceedingly chic and remarkably
simple.
Foulard, chameuse and surah are
all popular silks for such purposes,
and the renewed vogue of taffeta
makes itself plainly felt wherever
trotting frocks and silk coat and
frock or coat and skirt costumes are
assembled. 1t is more often COM
bined with chiffon or wolfe than US
ed alone, a comDrcmise being effect
ed in this way between the ex:..,. e
sultness Of liberty and charrlel.se,
to which have pinned their faith i ~
ing recent seasons, and the slight
suggestion of crispness which char
acterizes oven the new and soft tat
fetas.
Some of che neatest little street
costumes seen recently had frocks
of fine wolfe or chiffon trimmed in
taffeta with big collars of filet lace
or of embroidery on muslin or of
hemstitched white chiffon. Often
the open sleeves had deep cuffs turn
ed back flatly over the sleeve bot
toms and matching the collar.
Many of the coats are belted at
the normal waist line. The latest
models show tendency toward low
.ering of the waist line from the high
Empire line which was the most
pronounced feature of the early
spring showing. Not that the short
waist has passed. 1t is still extre-
mely modish, but reaction is slow
]y and gradually asserteding itself.
One sees a good many of the belted
coats and though the accepted corset
ting prevents even belted garm-
ent from giving trim, small wasted
lines, it is rather refreshing to see
occasionally coat that does not al
together obliterate the curves of the
body as do SO many of the short
loose coats.
Quite surprising, also, is the per-
sistence with which long, close slee-
YES appear among models from some
OF the exclusive houses. They GER
tajnly are not so comfortable for
summer wear as the three-quarter
and elbow sleeves, but the abuse of
the very short open sleeves makes
one view with degree of gratitude
a trim simple one-piece frock with
sleeves fitted snugly down quite to
the hand.
Several French makers launched
in the spring models variously CALI
ed Corday, Rooney, etc., which were
OF pronounced simplicity, with
waist little high, fichu finished
neck and long, close sleeves usu-
ally finished by frill falling over
them. Anything more charmingly
demure than these frocks in striped
taffetas of delicate shades it would
be hard to imagine. Rose and
white, light clear green and white,
lilac and white. all are lovely and
some of the plain, one-toned silks
and changeable silks and sheer
stutfs make up attractively in the
same way.
Silk is used freely with the ling
erie stuffs and even combinations
OF linen, chiffon, silk and velvet. all
in the same summer frock are oc-
casionally found Some times black
velvet is used only for a girdle and
cravat or other mere relieving touch
upon sheer white. Another charm
ing and popular combination is that
OF chiffon especially black chiffon,
with lingerie materials. Bold
broderie Anglaise shows up we'll UNI
der sheer chiffon yelling, and If not
used under the chiffon, forms effect
i've trimming. This kind of embroi-
derry is used extensively in all sorts
OF ways and in combination with
iaces is more popular trimming
than the other hand embroiderie,
though the latter, are, of course, still
used and answer some purposes for
which the broderie Anglaise would
be quite useless.
White serges with relieving notes
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