The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-07
FADS AND FASHIONS
Silver fawn is a new color.
Couture bandeaux are jeweled.


Yelled effects are still fashionable.
Skaters revel in the warm knitted
caps.
Gauntlet cuffs appear on the smart
coats.
Brocades are steadily gaining in ia
The fad for porcelain beading re-
mains.
Some of the new coat dresses are
belted
Diamond-shaped panels are seen in
brafding.
Delicate and lovely are the new tuile
rufus.
Draped lace is seen on many evening
dresses.
The vogue of the sailor collar Is still
with US.
smart touues are fashioned of chang
A touch Of cerise is now being made
to dark blue.
Satin plays a large part in the gowns
OF the win -er.
Gobelin blue bids fair to have a
tremendous adoption.
Chapeaux are noticeable for the sim
plicity of trimming.
Coats are shorter than ever and but
ton down the centre.
The bodices of most evening gowns
are cut square or pointed.
Jet fringe is very fashionable for
trimming wraps and gowns.
Blue is a color that will be continued
into the early spring.
Beads are everywhere: no type of
decoration is more prevalent.
A peculiar green blMss Eamed for
the sea. is being shown in Paris.
Ribbon is much used as a trimming
or accessory in the present fashions.
Drapery and suppleness are the chief
characteristics of evening frocks.
Sapphire blue. especially in satin
and velvet will he a faVOrifp in trim
ming.
Satin and velvet are effectively COM
bined In some of the new stocks and
Jokes
ton weave of silk and cotton called
silk dimitv."
The new ginghams are considerably
lighter in weight than the weaves Of
past seasons.
Plaid combined with plain cloth is
an idea used by many Of the French
Evening skirts are longer and have
draped tunics All lines are still Gre,
clan and fabrics thin.
Lace or velvet flowers are used to
trim dresses and hats A narrow edge
OF fur outlines each petal.
Bow-knots of briiliants are very
smart. indeed. and have supplanted the
pearl brooch Of older days.
A fashionable coiffure Is banded with
gold tinsel, closing under q gold rose
A coin-spotted tissue-weieht ging-
ham resembling the embroidered dot
ted Swisses Is a novelty in this class
of cotton goods
Mo- for several seasons have Swiss
es been worn to any extent. but this
year many appear. and entirely new
patterns are to be found.
The sheer materials. such as batiste.
dimity and organdie. are even more
sheer and dainty than last year-the
oreandies especially So
Empire lines are the favorite ones
of the besi designers of evening gowns.
and almost all of the waist lines are
shortened. II not decidedly short.
A novelty is the Nottingham tulle.
This is round mesh net which comes
In white or inted grounds. in floral
designs resembling the organdie pat
| terms.
| And now the "trouser skirt" intro
duced by Paul Poiret. has received
the name of the "Harem skirt" but
1t has not been seriously introduced
: anywhere.
| Velvet. satin and tulle give the new
! note to the winter neck-fixings, though
they are seemingly incongruous and
unsuitable after several seasons of net
! and lace.
Many of The unusual colors and COL
or combinations previously seen in
/ only the costly silks are now to be had
in the silk-and- cotton weaves and in
| cotton fabrics.
Enormously wide and closely encir-
! cling bands of velvet ribbon are in
many cases being worn to secure and
| accentuate the small head" effect of
| the new couture.
A simple velvet band, with straight
| ecclesfa stical tabs to be worn over a
stock, for black. in some manner gives
| the needed smart touch to almost ev-
| cry piece of neckwear.
A pretty ribbon girdle is draped in
soft folds around the waist. and tied
| in short-looped rosette in the form,
| Of bow. with long. fringed ends
drawn in loose knots.
Prominent use is now being made
of cords. In many cases employed in
lieu of a silken sash. placed loosely
| around the waist and fastened at one
side with knotted ends.
! Embroidery in heavy silk and me-
tallic threads. enriched by glitt srins
beads. is the decoration most in evil
dence. Broad hands of his are used
on gowns. wraps and blouses.
Banded in soft folds of ribbon. the
hair-dressed high or low-is positive
ly bewitching. The ends NAV be slim
ped under the hair with pins, or tied
in bow and finished with a rose
Very pretty are the new corded
| ginghams-that Is. einghams with 2
raised bread in striped and barred eff
fects. similar in weave and weight tt