The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-18
PADS AND FASHIONS

PADS AND FASHIONS !. The vogue of fuschia has but little abated.
 Above all others, the seasons fab tic is voile
 Square and round neck bodices are equally popular.
 Indications point to slightly fuller skirts in the fall.
 The bag with the long cord is the bag of the moment.
 Very fashionable are royal purple parasols with white silk Things.
 Lace bags over colored silk linings are carried with evening gowns.
 The Psyche knot is much in evidence In cultures for the evening.
 The embroidered dress is here to stay In an assured successful place.
 Sailor collars of satin or silk are now yelled with black or white chiffon.
 A novel and pretty conceit from Paris is colored sashes and shoes to match.
 Satin and velveteen are predicted as the leaders in suit materials for the fall
 Irregular shapes and plenty of un- curled ostrich plumes mark the latest large hats as a rule.
 Their prominence in the coronation
 
 fabrics again to the fore.
 Sweet peas in their delicate, pink, blue, lavender and pink shades. are ideal for the afternoon hats.
 Hats of the Grand Steeplechase at Auteuil were enormous. Long ribbon streamers decorated some of them.
 In spite of it's simple effectiveness. not one woman wears a sailor hat to- day where five wore them few years ago.
 Sleeves just now are half and three- quarter length, but there is rumor af1oat that they are to again be long and close.
 A number of pretty skirts have the slash at the side or side front which gives opportunity for display of fetch ing footgear.
 odd satin and taffeta coats in habit shape were in great favor at the recent great race meetings of the French capital.
 Lace gowns, lace coats, lace tunics, lace overwaists, lace scarfs and man tels-lace abundant makes a prominent part in the summer, wardrobe.
 For bridesmaids, lace caps are in vogue. They drop over the hair in soft pleated frills and are trimmed with rows of silk of mousseline flow CTS.
 Little coats or jackets of change able taffetas are worn with, voile or
 
 and the pleated frill at the lower edge.
 Many of the new parasols are in bordered effects-pongee silks with bands of Persian or Dresden satins or perhaps a border of plain colored taf- feta.
 Foulards are combined with plain silks very extensively. Rarely do we see a silk dress of entirely one kind of material. It is indeed a season of remnants
 Girls of fourteen and up are wear Ing their skirts very, short This, of course, means pretty shoes and hos lery, as white or tan lisle or cotton stockings and pumps.
 New jabots are lace trimmed and are worn with linen suits or separate blouses The one sided effect is evil fent. a wide frill being attached to central frfl1 of lace.
 Velvet of all colors, especially black, bids fair to hold place as trimming even through the hot season. Noth- Ing more effectively tones down such vivid colorings as are now fashion able.
 A fashionable idea for linen and voile frocks is to place a twelve to sixteen-inch colored band around the bottom of the skirt, and then intro duce a touch of the color in the waist
 1lTlS CNCIlAS 1IOChoaN dlC Ol liSll summer silks, lawn, organdie, Swiss, etc, with Val. lace and often a touch of velvet, especially of Kings blue, Co., penhagen blue, coral pink or cerise. A novel treatment of white lawn morning frocks is to trim them with checked ginghamsEthe pretty little blue and white, lavender and white and pink and white that everybody knows and likes.
 The Napoleonic tendency is very strong in Paris fashions A chic turn of the hatbrim, military dash of the The little things that suggest the con- uueror.
 Whole embroidered hats and hats with mbroidery-covered crowns, are Ehown in the millinery shops and will no doubt be seen later on with many embroidered costumes on the streets pr at summer resorts.
 Ribbons and piece velvet are both most generoL used on hats of all kinds, and it IS thought by experts that velvet esecially will be strong continuously for the next twelve months in the millinery field
 The vogue of the sweet pea in mill linery has become very pronounced since Queen Mary selected that charming blossom as her favorite flower, and thereby gave an impetus to sweet pea motifs in dress goods, ribbons and accessories.
 The wide Japanese sash is a pi- quant and charming finish for dainty summer frocks. It is fastened high in the back, has enormous loops or bows and is usually of some contrast ing or deeper colored satin or silk than the gown itself.
 Girls are showing again a fancy for low-neck dresses completed with second Empire collars of muslin lace pr embroidery. Open dresses are very becoming to a soft young neck and the large round lingerie collars look fresh and dainty