The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-06

scription. Black velvet seemed to be |
the general favorite. but velvets In 9th. |
or colors were also seen. All were Of
great beauty and highly effective. Vel.
vet was used for gowns, tunics and
coats. for wraps and cloaks and quite
frequently for hats and accessories.
Another striking feature was the Law.
ish display Of furs Of the most beauti.
full color, texture and finish. Sable,
black. blue and white fox, ermine and
other furs Of the costliest kind were
shown in profusion and side by side
with these some of the less costly and
pretentious furs, used either as ma.
terial or trimming for gowns, coats
, cloaks or hats.
Skirts are apparently as clinging as
ever, although much more material is
! put into them, and corsages are ar.
ranged in fiat, dropping folds; but
from the hips to the knees, pleats and
/ founces and puffs are arranged. On
/ some of the latest models for evening
gowns tunics appear, which are moth
ing short of ballet dancers skirts.
These curious tunics are, as a rule,
| made of tulle and one pleated founce
is posed over another until the whole
affair looks exactly like the old fash
toned ballet skirt.
One of the novelties of the season is
the pannier tunic which is caught up
in two places. 1t was originated re-
Gently by one of the Paris designers
who since then has made a specially
Of such skirts. 1t is scarcely neccs-
sary to mention that this fashion is
becoming only to the ultra slender
women. For fat women it would be
utterly impossible. Even on very slen-
der women these tunics invariably
look flekish and their adoption may
b. considered a fair indication of the
wearer's lack of good taste.
One of the most freakish novelties
of the winters season is the "Houp
pelande" coat which originated il
Paris and was placed on the marke
by one of the noted designers of tina
city. The "Houpplande" is a fairl!
long coat with a double hem at thu
; bittom, made flaring by stiffening, ant
| is clearly an outgrowth of the Persian
tunic which is still maintaining it
f popularity. Some of the more eccen
t trio houppelande models are lavish.
= trimmed with frills of taffeta or velve
/ and with bands of sable. Some 0
i these coats are exceedingly wide a
the hem, and all of them are so al
f ranged that they stand away from tn
l. figure below the hips. The genuin
e houpplande coat Of olden days wa
9 rather shorter than the models nov
$ being shown in our best ateliers, The
Il also were deliberately trimmed wit
|. frills and ruchings and finishings an
p finished off with wide sleeves.
r. The new wraps look complicated
g. but they are not, after one is show
II how TO make them. 1t is not nece
v sary, in order to be fashionable, tn;
one should have that line of gather
+. straight across the back, which cut
n. the figure in half, and which one SCI
~ on half the new coats, but it is GOO
/. touch if one can manage it. The lor
d lines of drapery from shoulder to he
IN are equally good if one manages to pr
C vide enough fullness for the waist al
/, shoulders and to swirl the materi
over the hips and bring it up to Il
shoulders in front Few of the ne
= evening wraps are long, although Il