Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-21
FADS AMO fashions
BY FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.

new IOIh, NuN. 81 .Not W Athof"iN
ing the often repeated prophecy that
blouses would soon be thing of the
past, they continue season after sea
son to retain their popularity. 1t is
true, blouses have TO some extern
changed their character during recent
years. but their greater beauty and
elegance has in no way seriously in
terfered with their usefulness. As in
former seasons, blouses are still an
important factor in every well dressed
woman's wardrobe.
1t was to be expected that in large
measure the kimono waist OF the sum
mer would be supplanted with the be
ginning of the cold season by the long
sleeved and high-necked waist or
blouse. That, however seems to be
the only material change noticeable
in the new models exhibited by the
fashionable shops
After having stoutly insisted for
several seasons past that only through
a blouse matching the coat and skirt
in color could two-piece costume be
saved, Paris women have gone to the
other extreme this season by adopting |
colored blousts. But these blouses |
are chiefly Of one particular kind, the |
models of fine net, daintily embroid
cred, wrought with fine hand tucks,
sometimes lace-trimmed. These have
taken the place of the fine lingerie
blouse and are worn by Parisiennes
even with the heaviest of wool or vel.
vet suits, offsetting to some extent
the exceeding warmth of the woolly g.,
and furry and deecy materials which 6
the tailors are exploiting this fall, s
These net blouses most often open
in front under some sort of frill
though this is not obligatory and an '
appearance OF front opening is often a
combined with an actual back open. /
ing. The sleeves are invariably long,
with cuffs of some sort, possibly only e
tucked around the arm and with clus. "
tiers of tiny horizontal tucks on the Is
inner arm seam at the elbow to i've
elbow fullness and with enough verti- Ii
cal tucks in the sleeve to give it some
slight substance or body so that 1t
will not be too limp
Very often a plated frill of the net
falls over the hand, finishing the close i
fitting cuff, and sometimes there is ;, 81
frill around the top of the high tucked in
collar; but this is often most unbe. hf
coming and should be adopted wariy tn
Charming little novelties of detail are tn
introduced into these net blouses ed
despite their general family reseV. III
blance; and of course hand embrod Du
cries and fne iaces can make the lit ra
tie trihes surprisingly expensive, al pr
though some of the simpler hand KIN
made models have quite as chic an air by
as the more ornate. OIL
There are also many very modish sci
blouses in soft white satin and white ella
creme. These are On the lines which ish
the French call tailored. though, like of
the French tailored costumes the as
models are far from having the sever. tic
ity once associated with the phrase
tailor made" Some of the blouses, Phi
however, do to a certain extent CORE Wa
spond with the New York idea of the ISIS
tailor made shrtwaist in that they hay
are simply plated or tucked from at
the shoulder, oGen down the front and nun
have long sleeves. me
This severity Is usually sottened in Bile
me way or another, usually by deli pre-
,ious frills Of net or lace One pop. fay
llar model which is seen with yaria. effC
lions in almost all of the exclusive ing
houses, has a plated frll boy
Of fine lace or net or chiffon crossing tina
me front of the simply tailored white We
satin holuse diagonlly. Little buttons I
and simulated buttonhole loops of the dis
white satin are the only other trim ate
ming Thii model is seen with white tro
chiffon or net frll borderod by a mar wh
-9w hem Of b'a"5 CLIFTON or net ard sci
with buttcuboles bc1nd narrowly in NO
black, the touches Of black with the uul
white being very effective. Jus
The plain silk blouse is undOubted. va
v extremely fashionable and popular tro
a the pre- sent time, yet, bloust Q; ha
.hiffon, exactly matching the color OF ant
the suit with which it is worn. when the
over some bright-ColOred col
satin, Is such a pretty relief from the
Of the ore-toned gown sta
that many women cling to lit in spite the
Of what certain fashion makers may or
say. ev,
This blouse may be indisputably & thu
part of the costume and we not be in
in its dark coloring, and the
il can be made as simple or as elab. oh.
orate as one pleases. For this reason to
the yelled blouse will remain in first pul
fashion throughout the winter season,