The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-01-27
FADS AND FASHIONS.

New York, Jan. 27.-This is the time
of the year when thrifty and experience
ed women employ considerable part
of their savings to repIenish their
wardrobe. The January sales are in
full swing and the large shops and
even the smaller. but fashionable es-
Establishments on and around Fifth Ave-
nue. are crowded with women eager to
pick up bargains There are canny
women who wait for these sales year
after year. who buy lightly at the be-
ginning of the season and save their
money for the January sales, when
they can afford to buy models that
would have been far beyond their
means in October. Even If the gar
ments purchased are of such a nature
that it would be unsafe to keep them
for next winter. which may bring a
radical change of styles. the purchasers
can get at least three months wear
out of their bargains. They usually
make point of buying such things as
can be made to do all the year around
duty. which is an easy matter nova
days, when sheer fabrics are used for
winter as we'll as for summer
There are good reasons for the in
creasing favor of the high waist line
Formerly the tendency used to be to-
i ward small waist. BY raising the
line of the waist women were induced
to relax this narrow waist iand the
suit was beauty of one kind or another.
If fashion should again return to the
normal waist line, 1T is to be hoped
that the craze for extreme ,narrowness
will have died out in the mean time.
slightly raised waist line will,continue
to be popular. There is less fullness
than ever in the skirts. Skirts.are de-
void of plat or fold, straight,i severe.
and in the majority of cases trife
indrawn about the knees. and If there
! is extra fulfness to be disposed of it
| is handled by plaits laid fatty in over
the hips and down the sides rather than
in cores and plaits in the back toward
| the front In the rooms of the French
makers not a plated skirt is to be
seen. The front and back lines of all
skirts are given the fiattestteffect posi-
BILE or compatible with thes fall of the
skirt.
/ Some of the new models recently i'm
ported from Paris suggest other days.
when the voluminous folds were looped
| up at the side by cords and jeweled
chains. Indeed, one skirt exploited by
a daring designer. has given a decidedly
raised line at the front and side. with
a long sweep toward the back. Shoes
designed especially for such a gown
must be worn with it. 1t is doubtful
however. as to whether this new idea
will be accepted by the American wo-
men.
| Trains are appearing on evening
gowns. Woman. despite the fact that
short. round length dresses are very
comfortable, still clings to type of
dress that gives her dignity and en-
phasizes her grace. A train undoubt-
eddy does these things; therefore the
makers have needed the call and are
turnings out notifications of the idea
in handsome and attractive models.
| Chiffon-velvet is one of the favorite
fabrics for dinner gowns of the more
dignified description. arranged a
rule, on the prevailing empire and di-
rectoire lines, with closely clinging
skirts. and short-waisted bodices cut en-
princesse with nothing In the way of a
| belt to mark out the natural line of the
waist, which is merely suggested by the
little corsage lining. to which Is at
tached a shaped and boned corselet.
! A favorite color for an evening gown
| is a light tan, so clear and pale that
/ it almost resembles ivory. but, natural
| ly, 1t is not becoming to every one. En-
| HANGED with dark furs, which seem in
utter contradiction with the light color
ed tissue. a dress of this kind is only
suitable for woman who can AFFORD
a great variety of frocks
Narrow borderings of furs have sud-
IDENTIFY come back into favor as trim
ming for evening froclxs. both in satin
and velvet. and a charming gown is
carried out in peacock blue crepe de
| Chine, brocaded with black flowers.
with a border of Russian sable at the
hem of the skirt and on the long,
slender train. This dress, seen at re-
cent society function, was SO cleverly
contrived that it seemed a mere drap-
lery encircling the body in a most ar
tistic manner. Above the black silk