The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-15


down, where it is confined by broad
belt closely encircling the hips. OF
course, the deviation from accepted
Russian ideas may go as far as ones
fancy permits; pleats may be intro
duced in both blouse and skirt, or the
length of the skirt blouse may be
placed where 1t is most becoming, so |
long as the type is preserved.
1t would appear to the casual OBJ
server, let alone to the person who
carefully follows fashions DEGREES,
that the Russian blouse and its equal
ly smart variations, which come under |
such heads as Balkan, Bulgarian and
Servian, were fast displacing the time
honored jacket. Whether seen at the |
fashionable rendezvous or on exhibit |
ton in the shops, this style is greatly |
admired. 1t is particularly suited to |
the new summer fabrics, for with this, |
as with the drapery during the fall |
months, the manufacturer and mo- |
distes seem to have Joined forces, and |
the new crepes, as we'll as ratine !
eponge and agaric, with their beautiful |
Persian borders, are we'll adapted to |
its development.
The blouses seen on the streets at |
/ this season are quite as comfortable |
ir appearance and reality as are the
regulation coats. They are interlined
with soft thin wadding. The silk or
satin inside lining also gives some ax-
ira warmth. They are not only youth
full and jaunty, but smart and beaut:-
full, and may be modified to suit all
ages and types. The dressiest Of these
blouses are made of brocade, satin
or velvet, and are edged about the
neck, front closing, hem and sleeves
with fashionable fur. Skunk, baby
lamb, chinchilla or sable constitute eff
fective trimmings. Should one chance
to have an old pelt, or muff and neck
piece, grown thin by time and wear.
they may be cut in strips for this pur
pose. Frequently we see the blouse
IL.
Since white has been accepted as
one of the most fashionable winter
colors, a blouse of this color in bro
cade or messaline is often seen worn
with a skirt of the same material in
black. Such color contrast is pre-
scented in the Skirt and Jacket illus
trattd in the second figure Very
1 trim is the blouse of white charmeuse
with landings of black satin at throat
and wrist. Girdle and buttons are al
so of black satin. 1t has the fash
ionable dropped shoulder seam. The
peplum may be cutaway if preferred
\ The blouse is worn with a skirt of
black charmeuse. Speaking of the
midseason invasion of the Russian
styles, it doesn't necessarily follow
that drapery is to disappear. 1t is
much too new and too popular fash
ion to be so soon relegated to the past.
But drapery more properly belongs to
gowns for special occasions, smart aft
ernoon reception, bridge and matinee; ;
gowns for dinner, theatre and ball,
rather than for trim, piquant suits for
the street. There are few women who
cannot have at least two gowns-one
for service and one for best. The Rus
sian model will answer her every re-
quirement for the serviceable frock
and draped effect for smart occasions
Drapery is frequently introduced with
the Russian styles for afternoon and
evening frocks. These are especially
intended for the home, for the friends
with whom ceremony is unnecessary
Fur forms an effective trimming for
this informal type of gown and is in
pleasing contrast to the materials
chosen, mouseline de sole or chiffon
for the blouse, and satin for the draped
skirt. The negligee appearance of this
frock is counterbalanced by the rich
ness and beauty of the fabrics OF
which it is made.