Evening journal., 1911-02-04
FORECAST OF FASHIONS
FOR EARLY SPRING
The New Materials Trimming for Coat
Suits Millinery Notes

marquisettes in both plain and figured
patterns, the figured foulards, the
voiles, the silk crepons, and then for
slightly more elaborate wear the fig
ured and lowered chiffon cloths and
chiffons, and the changeable silks.
Figured Fabrics
The various fowered and figured
materials OF transparent quality. such
as chiffon and voile, are generally
made with a suggestion of a tunic
draping over foundation of soft silk
or satin. The foulards, on the other
hand, are draped in themselves, but
the silk is cleverly handled so that
there shall be no fulness about the
feet and ankles. The satins and sat
unfinished silks will be extremely
smart for coat and skirt costumes for
afternoon, but the plain silks are not
to be so much in evidence in the house
gowns as heretofore. The different
robes of net and chiffon TO drape over
silk foundations of a different shade
are popular and are excellent invest
ments as a means of making a gown
of former season up TO date
In the illustration of the first figure
is shown a charming little afternoon
frock fashioned from coral and white
striped silk. There is an adorable
little collar of black panne satin. and
this satin trimming is also used on
the oversleeves and on the Tapped
lower side panels of the skirt. A row
Of coral buttons trims either side OF
the center-front panel, and a deep
crush girdle of coral velvet finishes
the waist.
Braid Trimming.
For suits, wide silk braid is once
more favorite trimming. On most
dark colors black braid is preferable,
but the color of the costume is often
matched exactly in the braid and even
in dark blue is sometimes preferred
to black. The sailor collar is another
feature of the fashions for the COM
! ing spring. This popular collar is
seen on tea gowns and street dresses,
on shirt waists and the most severe
of tailor jackets. II is a pretty fash
ion if carefully handled and can look
we'll on every style of garment which
it seeks to adorn, but It must be cut
with reference to the wearer, and
one size and shape of wide, square
collar will not answer equally we'll
| for every figure. A slender young
! girl. for example, can wear one of
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extreme, while an older person can
also finish her coat in the same way,
but much modified copy of the origi-
nal sailor collar. For some, the collar
can be deep but not wide, for others
it may reach from shoulder to shoul-
! der but be little more than three
inches in depth-all depends upon the
lines of the figure, and 1t must be
| shaped according to the wearer
/ Collars and Cuffs.
Dull silk as peau de cygne is fa-
vorite material for collar and cuffs for
the palmer cloth coat and skirt cos
Htumes. There are also IN vogue many
dull finished satins Of quality sufi-
ciently substantial to give good wear,
] and then the moires, white, black or
colored. are all smart. Panne velvet
is seen once more for coat collar and
cuffs, for which purpose it is always
extremely pretty and invariably be-
coming. The coat collar finished with
dark silk or velvet should have for
finish narrow inner collar of white
linen or pique attached by tiny but
tons inside the jacket This band Of
white at once makes the coat becom-
ing and protects the white lace collar
of the waist
The second figure shows a striking