Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-27
FADs AND FASHIONS
~ FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.


20 tho tastes and needs of the women
IN all matters pertaining to fashion,
no II wearing apparel, millinery or
some other part of feminine equip.
ment, is almost unlimited. There was
q time when imported models of
gowns or wraps could be found only
IN the most exclusive caterliers on
Fifth avenue, but now even the de-
partment stores have their quota of
Paris gowns and wraps for evening
wear, only one costume of a particular
design being shown in a single city,
however American buyers order these
gorgeous models from the French
makers, who duplicate the same gown
several times, each model going to
some important shop in a different
town.
In anticipation of the social events
of Thanksgiving week, with its din
ners, theater parties, etc, many hand
some dinner gowns, dance frocks, ETC.,
have been turned out by some of the
fashionable establishments for their
wealthy and fastidous patrons. One
of the shops made a most charming
little dinner dance frock after a model
by Drecoll. This frock has a petticoat
of lace flounces, very scantily gath
cred over drop" of pink chiffon.
The lightness of this skirt may be i'm
agined. Above it falls a tunic with
side pieces reaching down rs far as
the knees. This tunic, of palest blue
velvet, is scalloped at the bottom and
edged with silver fringe, and looks
much like one Of the lambrequins
which used to be draped over marble
mantelpieces when the latter were
considered unsightly. At the edge of
the blue velvet tunic is a festoon de.
sign of appliqued roses in pink and
silver. The bodice is made of lace
like the skirt, crossed demurely over
the bust and belt at the waist under
one big pink and silver rose The sash
of this frock-a folded strip of blue
velvet with a fiat pump bows al
most at the natural waist line. In fact.
many of the new evening frocks show
a tendency toward a lower waist line.
n
gown which is to be worn at a Thanks
giving dinner party is of white thread
lace and white net separated by
bands of gray velvet, the whole tunic
dropped over black, which makes the
net and lace gray in tone like the
velvet bands. The bodice Is of white
lace and gray tulle, with silver fringe.
Purple is undoubtedly one of the
most fashionable colors of the mo-
ment. 1t is used for entire costumes
or in combination with other cOlors
as trimming and appears in a great
variety of shades. very handsome
model of a winter gown shown in one
of the fashionable shops was of plum
purple with a straight narrow skirt
trimmed below the knees with deep
fold of the material piped with black
satin. There were two swinging
panels at the back, which gave a
broad effect across the waist at, the
back. This, by the way, is one of the
dominating features of this winters
styles, and will be seen on every kind
of gown.
The coat was quite large and did
not follow the slim, straight lines that
all the tailors made conspicuous last
summer 1t had a black satin cord .
across the back, a little above the nat ,
ural waist, which held the material 6
in, and peplum, or lower part which
fitted the hips snugly and reached q
half way to the knees. There were ,
two buttons to fasten itssabove the
waist line in front, and a voluminous :
collar square across the back and q
running to points at the waist Tho )
was French gray broadcloth
finished off with a band Of the mate. !;
rial, and with an Egyptian design in 4
tubular black braid in the middle Of 7
the back.