The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-15
LoYeman. Iosenh X Loeh


 scene in the front of the second floor yes terday suggested the Grand Prix. A lonl dais was arranged for the exhibition GOV cred with Oriental rugs and showing gorgeous background. Six pretty young women from New York, Chicago and on, d Birmingham girl who has long beer associated with the Loveman, Joseph & Loeb store, posed there In the new toi lettes, while an ever widening circle o fashionable mondaines looked on. Gowns for every occasion were exhibited One of the robes de soiree, very long, very clinging and beautifully draped, was in a brilliant American Beauty shade-chif- ion over rich satin, Empire style, and woven about the hem with heavy gold and dark beads A very handsome exam pie of what may be accomplished in white and greeu-that fresh new sapphire green-was built of elinging white ehif- fon with green satin bordering the high waist and crossing the surplice-like shoul- ders-with the green relieved by pearl beads A stunning evening coat which adorned one of the many lovely windows of the store was donned by a model. IL was built of black satin duchesse, with a broad border and big collar of embossed American Beauty velvet-a showy and handsome garment. Another coat twas white Iceland fox, which reached the hem of the models gown, and from which her feet. clad in smart white boots, peeped saucily out. With this she wore big black hat with curving brim, whose trim ming was cluster of white ostrich feathers and carried an ermine huff. A petite, black eyed Frenchy looking girl appeared on the dais in a misses street toilette-deep green velvet coat and mar row skirt reaching the tops of her black velvet shoes, skirt made with black bor- dered panel back and front and bodice collarless. A rakish black hat, small' curving downward over one eye and topped with vivid green ostrich tips, com pleted the toilette, which was relieved from a sombre tendency by snow white set of furs.
 tall, slender and very French appear ing model wore one of the most striking of toilettes., It was a simply made black charmouse, high waist line and skirt slightly en traine though narrow broad collar was bordered with the popu- lar black fringe. and a touch of American Beauty here as in the small hat was re- peated in the big flat huff whose velvet and beaver made wonderful combina- tion.
 The millinery is most original and beau tiful, showing, as in the shoes, hose and other articles which appeal to milady's vanity, many bright new colors. Brims of big hats have the most graceful and unexpected turns, while the smaller ones are sauciness itself The hat and huff en suite is smart new Parisian fad. One hat was a wide black velvet faced with metallic pink fabric and bordered with a frill of gold. Encircling the low crown were straps of mink, while three small clusters of pastel roses gave great character The huff was broad, flat and unbelievably light. Its material and char acter harmonlzed perfectly with the chapeau. A fiat hat whose trimming was ostrich bands with a cluster of French rosebuds The huff was an adorable ere ation of white marabout with willow plumes to give a fringe effect. The cor onation shades are extremely popular in millinery. Willow plumes and aigrettes of bishops purple and the various shades of green or cerise are much In evidence and their warm, gay tints will make the women of society appear like some bevy of birds of paradise fiuttering in to after noon teas.
 There is no department on exhibition at the opening more interesting than that devoted to trimmings. Those in charge of it are artists. The first display case shows the rarest of laces-rose point, duchesse and combination of the two, draped in graceful confusion over soft white satin. An occasional exquisite beaded tassel, snowy white plume, an upstanding white aigrette or lengths of white silk fringe, give the interest Of con trast, while serving to enhance the beauty of these treasures. The colors in the dif- ferent cases vary. One is devoted to pinA and iewel-embroidered bands, East Indian. beaded embroideries, and hand knotted frlnges meet the eye; next-is a case filed with, point de Venise laces-a rich weave in the coronation purple, dot ted maybe with coral beads or silver and gold, with color emphasized by purple plumes stands near-another case Is filled with all gold trimmings-some well nigh priceless; still another is gold ard black one is coronation blue. All are superbly arranged
 The materials for gowns have never t- A rnh n a n- broidery over French blue. which is real ly green, by the way, was verily raved over. kings blue chenille chiffon, Sor- geous fabric, is laid over double faced oerise messaline; a robe of ombre crepe meteor shades, as it's name suggests from lghtest flesh pink to Amerean beauty A magnificent white duchesse satin is brocaded in gold thread and a salmon pink in silver thread. fresh pink crepe meteor is bordered In ofo- cade of self color interspersed with cius- ters of hand painted roses. There are Kelly greens" and Wilhelmlna blues, and worlds of other shades rich and soft iy coored and very beautiful-so beautiful that one wonders what will happen next.
 Steele-Smith
 Tie Steele Smith dry goods store throughout was filled with attractive gar ments and toilettes. The windows were exceptionally interesting and foretold d season of unusual originality and art. One especially interesting model wore a softly yellow charmeuse with a diaphan- ous overdress of white with gold em- broidery. large hat completed the eff fectiveness of the toilette This was black. dronninr at the sides and crowned with