Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-03

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ones collarbones are apt to show. This
expose is both good and bad for the
neck, and since women have become
accustomed to lack of covering for
| the throat they can better go without
| a collar. But going out on a cold day
with the neck swaddled in a boa of
| plume or marabout one is apt to take
a cold when the boa Is removed.
Afternoon, as we'll as evening dress
| es, are round necked and the latter are
| decidedly decollete. For the past few
! years necks have been very modest
| but from now on we may expect start
| ling exhibitions, and as the shape of
the decolletage is not higher in the
| back than in the front should erblade es
| are to become fashionable. From an
| art point of view the picture of a
! pretty woman decollete will be pleas :
ing one, and more so than last win
| ter, when necks were neither high nor
| low.
| AS has already been predicted, the
swing of the fall skirt, both for street
| and house occasions, is little wider
| but the most generous shape is not
more than two or three inches widel
| than six months ago. The effect is
moderate, since drapery is sure al
most to cover the foundation and the
skirt is not narrow enough to produce
| any lasting impression on the eye.
| Skirts are longer in all departm ents
] except for evening. The ankle length
will disappear with the first blast of
| autumn, when summer finery and last
| springs clothes will be laid aside.
| Walking and afternoon skirts con-
| ceal the ankles, but well escape the
| ground. The length of the evenin G
/ skirt is the same, with the slight diff
ference that the spiked train has be-
come rounded and the train has more
importance. 1t is no longer, but it ap-
| pears so, because more is on the floor.
The new silk and wool, cotton and
silk, linen and silk, and all wool mix
lures that are shown for simple one
| piece frocks are very charming. Plain
wool and plain silk and satin are used
! with striped woolens and one-tone ma
terials. An effective model for a walk
| ing frock is of dahlia colored silk ana
wool mixture, striped with black and
outlined with black silk. The skirt
has one plait at the side, and this Is
outlined with silk, but there is no 9TH
| er decoration.
Instead of girdle, where the skirt
and blouse are Joined there are two
rows of black silk stitched about two
inches apart. The lower part of the
waist is cut with a scalloped effect at
the front, and this is stitched tai
lored fashion, to an upper section that
is trimmed with broad plaits, piped
| silk covered buttons.
Pannier effects still obtain, especially
| for dressy frocks. There are lovely
! things concocted of soft silks and sat
ins, both plain and figured. These
are combined with plain silk and
stripes, and sometimes heavy embroid-
cry is added to make the dress more
effective, and expensive.
While there are several colors that
are fighting for supremacy among the
! materials for day occasions, the only
shade that appears to assert itself in
the realm of evening frocks is dahlia
Most charming gowns made of it
! in evening fabrics, such as mousseline
gaze de ninon, and marquisette. And
marqnisette is fully as much TO the
fore as ever. Tones of red are Leaders
If one must have color. Black and
white carries everything so far but it
is not probable that it will entirely
dominate as ii did last spring.
Going back TO hats, the white felts
which We're so much the rage in the
beginning of the autumn last year are
to the fore again this season. Black
and white characterize the best of
them, too. 1t is entirely too soon
though, to look for real permanent
changes in hats. The horse show
which comes in November, usually de-
cides the styles in millinery, though
one must admit that many stunning
| models appear before that time.