Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-04
IN THE WORLD OF FASHION
BY Maude Griffin

New YORK, Aug. 4.-Ine marqulSette
frock threatens to be the between
season model this year. Blouses of
that disciples of fashion are adopting
the marquisette dress without any eff
fort, although it was predicted two
months ago that marquisette would
be limited to the sphere of blouses
entirely.
Although the material has had its
share of abuse in the way of cheap,
machine-made decorations, there are
so many other waists Of French and
Roumanian design too elegantly en-
broidered to be successfully dupli-
Gated that the fabric has not only held
it's own but increased in favor by
leaps and bounds.
The dress OF marquisette that serves
as a summer model now will be quite
as de rigeur three months hence worn
over slip of silk or satin instead OF
being worn sans foundation. Women
having between-season gowns made
should bear in mind the fact that in
sertions of Cluny lace should be used
instead of Valenciennes, as this Will
be the chief difference between the
distinctly summer types and those in
tended also for early fall wear or
course the laces wilA be combined with
embroidery and where more than one
kind of lace is to be used Venise will
be found to fit in splendidly with
Cluny.
Dresses of marquisette, surah ana
other all-the-year-roun fabrics, built
after the very latest ideas from Paris,
are exploiting an idea that may be
developed more fully little later in
the season. These. especially the one
piece models, show panels OF contrast
ing materials set in at the sides and
forming part of the bodice. and per-
haps the sleeves. leaving the front and
back of the dress to be made of some
other fabric. In this connection it may
be said that marquisette and pongee
are splendid combination, or pongee
and heavy linen trimmed with eyelet
embroidery, or sheer soft linen, COM
bined with soft silk or a rather SUD-
stantial weave.
An example might be cited in
frock of delicate cream colored silk
trimmed in fine lace and embroidery,
with broad panel or scarf of green
silk handsomely embroidered forming
the front and back The model is
rather difficult to describe, for under
the most competent circumstances 1t
sounds startling. when as a matter of
fact 1t is exceedingly pretty.
Sometimes those varied panels for
the front and back of the dress are
made of striped silks or linen, the
stripes being very broad to produce
startling effect. OF course they are
subdued with pipings of black, bright
green, kings blue or some other very
smart color of the season, combined
with lace or embroidery
Although the weather is exceeding
ly hot, all black is worn to a great ex-
tent, and in reality it does not seem
much hotter than many of the other
dark colors that are in such great de-
mand The newest frocks from the
other side are all trimmed with silk
fringe, fulfilling the prophecy of we'll
dressed women who returned from
their European shopping early to des
clare that Paris had gone fringe mad.
1t is not pun to say that fringed
lTiIululuSS are Oh lHe very euBe Vi
fashion. That they are pretty is ac-
cepted without dispute, but even the
prohibitive prices of the deep silk
fringes are not going to prevent their
effects from being duplicated in much
cheaper materials much to the detri-
ment of the genuine trimming Even
though the vogue is in its infancy and
was tried out principally as one of the
novelties of autumn, it is threatened
with early demise because of the too
ready acceptance it has found among
the classes that overdo things.
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Generally speaking, the silhouette
of the fashionable woman has changed
but little. but flounces and plaitings
are creeping in and will doubtless be-
come more assertive after they have
obtained escure footing, and already
one hears the longer waist, the closer
bodice line and the fuller skirt of old
times spoken of as the new things
And apropos of new old modes, one
must not forget the bolero in talking
of the seasons novelties. 1t has an
sundisputed place among the new coats,
though less generally worn than the
coats with skirts of same kind, even