The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-12
same time fastidiously conservative.


The tailor mades and the dressy
coat and frock costumes. made after
French patterns show considerable va
riety, though among the palmer tailor
mades there is a monotonous similar
ity in line. The short, loose coat of
hip length and the short straight skirt
ranging from two to two and half
yards in width are the usual things,
but of course trimming details do give
the models individuality, and occa-
sionally one sees definite departure
from the rule. Short wasted back eff
fects are common among coats, the
line being usually defined by trimming
rather than by distinctly short waist
ed cut, and sometimes the front too
shows the shortened waist line.
The fine twill serges in dark blue
are dominant, as they always are in
the spring. and one of the deepest
blues, raven, for example, trimmed in
black braidings and perhaps a little
black satin or moiree, is as smart and
serviceable as one can choose. Finely
woven firm woolens in black with hair
d
ter in their surfaces are being made
up into exceedingly good looking
suits Of the more severe tailored char
acter and these materials at the best
are easily distinguished from the
cheap black and white stripe woolens
with which the manufacturers Of mod
crate priced ready made tailored mod
els are doing so much.
Quite popular is a dark blue striped
in white hairlines. and black serges of
very fine twill and high quality are be-
ing used more than they usually are
for spring trotting suits. Some very
good looking models in black serges
are enlivened by big soft draped re-
vers and sailor colors of striped black
ground with hair lines or very mar
row white stripes being rather more
chic than the black and white broad
er alternating stripes which threaten
to become very common, though they
are seen in the collars and cuffs of
some of the imported suits.
Roughter weaves of the basket,
homespun and tweed sorts are used,
chiefly in mixed colors, and there is a
very lightweight of ratine. One hears
a great deal from French sources
about pronounced revulsion from
the black, black and white and SOM
Der tones and the impending triumph
of clear and riotous color.
The fichu is certainly a pronounced
feature of summer frock models this
season, though it often takes the form
of deep collar at the back, the fronts
| crossing in surplice effect in fichu fash
ion. These huge fichu collars made of
| embroidered null and of chiffon are
used particularly on the new foulards
the yelling and net frocks having US.
ually round or slightly square necks.
The square neck bids fair to be pop.
ular this summer if signs point right
Many of the new shirt waists have
these small squares instead of a round
opening, the neck being trimmed with
bands of lace or embroidery insertion
mitered at the corners. For a neck OF
this sort the material is not cut away
at all at the sides or at front and back
If it is, the square will be much too
low for smartress and good taste
When the bands of insertion have
been laid around the opening, coming
up close to the edge at front, back and
sides, the little triangular pieces at
the corners are shipped out, which