The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-19
FASHIONS AND PADS.
overskirt is predicted.

The overskirt is predicted.
 The transpafent bodice is universal.
 Almost all dress hats are of exag- gerated size.
 The very newest skirt is the aero plane model
 Slippers and hose must match the gown exactly.
 We are drifting back to simpler styles in yelling.
 Dress the hair in puff-curl effects and bandeau decorations.
 Handsome moire bags are some times trimmed with gilt.
 Fancy Hercules and Titan braids are the elect of the season.
 It is predicted that stripes will be worn a good deal this spring.
 Shaded feather trimmings is the latest Paris sensation in fashions.
 The latest skirts do not "bell, but they do not sink in at the ankles.
 Sleeves of different lengths and diff ferent colors are worn in the same gowns.
 The broad ceinture or girdle seems to be appearing again on the very latest frocks.
 Dainty undermuslins in the ad- vance spring styles are richer than ever with embroidery
 Kid gloves on the glace order and usually white are worn with any ev- ening costume.
 White, pink. light yellow and Am erican Beauty shades are used for dancing gowns.
 Polished wood buttons of cloth, and silk colors, are in great favor for polo and storm coats.
 Paris has a new fancy for shading her feathers and even her veils as we'll as her gowns.
 Irish lace bands-carrying out the Irish lace vest or collar so much worn--adorn many sleeves.
 Big white flowers, peoples, edel- weiss, etc., in velvet or in kid appear upon some of the latest large hats. signs of waning in popularity, but the ones done with tiny beads are the thing.
 In opera bags some very pretty ones are of tarnished gold or silver cord crocheted in Irish lace style and the costume.
 Bands that hold in fullness are dis appearing from the bottoms of skirts, and ibandless skirts are not, in the newest expression, fitted in toward the ankles from the hip down.
 For evening coats seal plush and other fur fabrics are in great demand and they are also used as Things for coats of chiffon, satin, lace, etc, ac- cording to information from Paris.
 Wide braids are used in perpendic- ular bands and panels and in circu- lar rows on skirts and in fancy sec- tions here and there on both coats and skirts and for cuffs and collars on coats.
 We have now some Empire gowns, made Directoire, some inspired by the garb of the Garde F'rancaise, some Byzantine and Russian colorings, and there is a touch of Oriental in most.
 Paris has a sensation in the launch ing of the trouser skirt, a daring idea, but not so daring in appearance, as it is reported to rather closely re- semble the well-known divided rid ing skirt.
 Many buttons, braid covered, cov- cred with bits of embroidery, fur. tapestry, Persian fabrics, satin and silk, are used in connection with braids, of which buckles and slides are also made.
 Metal tunic draperies at the back. flexible and glittering, are a mark ed feature in dressy gowns, falling from between the shoulders. Gauze and small metal discs on this fabric give much style to a gown.
 Pleats are being introduced spar ingly here and there in some of the new skirts, but the methods employed keep the skirt closely fitted to the knee, and the straight cut of the sections prevents the flare at the foot.
 The long coat is seen for general day or travelling use in heavy tweeds and fancy coatings, ratine. cheviot and similar goods. either plain or fancy. General style points to mar row effects, straight lines, deep col Jars.