The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-04

New York. Aug. i.--Some fashion
fashion authorities naye expressed
the opinion that the coming autumn
will bring many important changes
OF fashions. They say that the pros
perity of The manufacturers and deal
ers in d 50 goods demands decided
change IN the fashionable silhouette,
Ii Is claimed that only by such a
radical change can the business be
made profitable again. The depres-
sion insthe business OF the manufac-
turers and dealers was st due only
20 the fact that the fashionable dress
ey required an unusually small
amount Of material. bit ,iso 10 the
fact that owing to the retention of
the slender silhouette for a number
OF seasons women were enabled to
wear their old frocks for several
seasons without being actually out
OF style.
The same authorities admit. that a
sudden radical change % the silhou-
cite is not probable. As the women
seem TO alike the present style with
It's straight and narrow lines. The
designers Lave been experimenting
lately with introducing certain modi-
fications OF the pre- .ailing style
which will eventually lead 10 change
OF the silhouette. Here and there
one has seen a skirt with a trlfe
more amplitude than ~, majority, a
n0ticeably lmart frock With the nat
ural waist line defined Fiounclngs
aud pla!tlngs have crap; INTO use.
though so fat and limp are they that
they do not seem aggressive
The Marie Antoinettc fchu has
been used upon the narrow. scant,
high-walsted models Of 1911. but
perhaps Il may be an entering wedge
for the long waist and skirt amDlI-
tnde OF Us own period. The revival
of tafieti rnd the trir. '.inrs 81 the
early victorian period. ruchings
shirred cords. putiIngs, etc. may be
another opening wedge. though moi
all this il set IN tune with the sIi.
bouette OF last spring
The fashion struggle OF the au'
tnmn will undoubtedly rage most
notify aroand the sleeves and skirts
though coat lengths are burnin.
topic al PRESENT. The cneral opin.
Ion seems 20 BE- that the kimone
sleeve must 20. To H. rare. thai
battle cry was raised last summer
and everybody knows how far this
k.mono Sleeve went. bat the Law o.
probabilities seems to ~ IN favor O.
carrying out the decree this time
" IN safe 10 predict thft the autumn
will bring change In the sleeves
but how radical that change will b.
there IL no telling.
Just what the popular sleeve vii
be remains % be seen. hut u viii no
be advissbies-to have new. froek
intended for autumn use. made oil
the klmoro lines which dominate
snnmer costumes. II Il also trul
thar the -ery high Naisl line. thougl
seen eve-ys he.e. Ia undoubtedly las
ing prestige. and Il seems likely tina
the modlsh line will ~ sound. that &
at the natural waist line. even n /
does not. as somc rumors have II
efongate itseif still further.
summer eioaks and wraps n al
kinds are more than usually goo,
This year. and they ran the gamu
from the scveresf and faost conyen
tIonal Of tailored dus; oats 70 tn
most fantastic OF little mantles an,
which was an unusual thing AZ III
beginning Of the ssison. Is ften seel
nov botn in satin and IN wool AM
he's It's practical value The woolei
models are invariably % two-face,
cloth. such materials being supplies
In great variety and beauty by IN
foreign manufacturers. The reversI
bic coat of satin IL male both IN tn
double freed satin and In satin O
enc color Incl with s.tin of con
trasting color, the latter. being o
course. considerably the warmer o
the two and therefore less satisfae
tory for hot weather purposes