The Washington herald., 1911-09-05

Some of the new street costumes are
ceing cut in the long coat shape, which
IS neither gown nor coat, but which
serves for both. The coat gown has be-
come regular spring and fall feature
If dress-making displays. But this year
some of the best models have long
lightweight wool redingote-like coats
with satin skirts The toilet sketched
is OF this class The material of the
coat, one of the new wide-wale serges,
is m a gray violet shade. The fiChu-
like collar is in line with the most popu-
iar neckwear of the day. Coats of this
kind are made of mousseline over satin
skirts of the same shade or of a con-
trasting tone. One Of the indefinitely
striped brOadclOths which are one of the
novelties of this early season made up
One-piece street gown. The broad
cloth was dark gray, with a quarter
inch, very inConspicuOus stripe of mirky
white. The skirt was plain and of in
step length, with a SiX-inch band at the
Bottom which went the other way OF
the stripe and was outlined around all
the edges with braid. Three buttons
Hiaced vertically marked the center of
the front The waist was a mere trife
shorter than normal and was of plain
kimonO style. with very large, shapely
levers of the same cloth outlined near
the edge with braid. The sleeves were
short, with cuffs of the cloth, and out
lined with braid. \ suede belt was
worn with the gown and on the day it
vas seen a bunch of roses was tucked
nto the belt.
Skirts Are Little Fuller.
There is a little more tendency toward
fuIlness in skirts. though at this moment
it is slight indeed. Just as skirts are
.lade now they are particularly sane and
graceful There is no waste OF material,
the silhouette is straight and slender,
and the weight of a gown is reduced
to a mlnimum-not the least advantage
Of to-day's styles Late in the sum-
mer skirts with a sort Of fantail rlaiting
let into the back, while the "a mt, and
sides remained straight and scaI\ came
.nto view But they are sporadic and
\ mere fad of certain makers. Box
platts that appear very fiat and crisp
sometimes fLIre out when a step is taken
and reveal a group of plaits laid under
the outside one These usually appear
at the sides and low down, all the rest
Of the skirt being straight and plain.
Some of the handsome mOusSeline and
lace coats that have been seen with
fashionable costumes during the summer
and which have been marked by their
transparent quality are having Innings
put into them TO make them serviCea bic |
for chilly fall days and evenings And /
not a few such coats will renew their
lease of service by receiving warm lin
ings for winter. The long, ample, trans
parent garments which have been worn
throughout the season are often OF the |
genre of opera, theater, and restaurant
coats, and they VIII go into commission |
for such uses when the city season !!
opens.
Weighted with satin Bands.
Many of the Handsomely black mousse !
line coats of kimono build are weighted !
with bias satin bands on skirt part and .
sleeves. With such a coat worn over !
white lingerie gown at a casino last week !
there were worn black patent leather .
shoes with white uppers. and white kid .
gloves with black embTOidery-a very
FrenChy style. Many OF the smartest |
little gowns made for fall house parties !
are having redingOtes or tuniCs of !
mousseline over satin skirts, and in the |
lovely new colors they are very fascinat-
Ing. Fringe is the most conspicuous
trimming for all dreSSy gowns and coats
Fringe promises to be veritable rage a
'sw weeks from now.
In a pretty gown Of chameleon taffeta,
in which blue. rose, and corn color shim |
mered together, folds of the three COIOrs
were used to outline the tunic, trim the
skirt, and finish the short sleeves. The
effect was dainty and becoming to the
blond girl who wore it. A multitude of
old-time trimmings are being renewed
from the past and one finds also many
entirely new an,ies now and then as
lad costumes