The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-08-15
NEWS OF SMART FASHIONS.
By Maude Hall.

teria1s are engaging the attention
of women who are planning their
fall costumes Because tailor
mades are to be built upon moe
elaborate lines, the fashionable
fabrics are those showing fancy
weayes. brooade effects, clever ar
rangements of stripes, checks. etc.
Entire suits are seldom made of
these ultra-dressy stuffs, however.
They are at their best when COM
bined with other materials. Usually
the coat is of brocade. satin velours.
peau de peche, pote de fieur, or some
such exquisite fabric. while the
skirt is of plain cloth, silk etamine,
wolfe, etc.
AS a rule the latest offerings for
fall are expensive. They are, how
ever. unusually wide, so that only
a small quantity of material will
be required for coat or jacket.
Vest effects are TO be featured ex-
tensiyely on tailored costumes.
Sashes also, are to be important
| features. Gold and silver threads
worked into designs of heavy laces
of varying widths enrich the garni-
lures of several dresses for afternoon
wear. The autumn tailor-made of
! 1913. has its advantages in spite of
it's dressiness, because, ii easily can
! be changed into an afternoon toll
cite by changing the simple shirt
waists of the morning to fancy
blouse in the afternoon.
The feature of the new nantes
which are heralding the styles for
fall is the collar. There is no at
tempt at fitting in the collar. After |
the many. many years when the fit |
of the collar made or marred the
garment, it is a bit startling to learn |
that the collar should not fit. The
bunchier, thicker and clumsier the /
collar is, the smarter the wrap be-
comes. Naturally. ii gives a very
thickset look TO the back of the
neck. One might also pity the
wearer for her hunched shoulders,
if there were any pity left to waste
on those who accept the freaks of
fashion. This effect can be pro-
duced in fur very easily. and strange
TO relate, it does not look as clumsy
in the fur. One naturally expects
fur collar to be the thickest. The
new fur collars are straight peices
of the fur which Rry often only
cross the back OF the wrap DC
casionally they roll toward the front
and join band of fur that is used
to outline the edges. Let not the
fact that this is midsum-
mer deter one from adopting fur
collar, for this distinguished touch
is shown on the smartest wraps The
dyed furs, especially in orange
shades, are the latest novelty.
As an Offset to the bunchy Orient
al collar there is the Medici collar
Of lace or pleated tulle Charming
effects are produced in these coll
lars by combination of net in two
or more colorings. the black and
white being the most fashionable.
A lace frill, yelled with chiffon,
adds much to a black satin mantle.
which falls in two points in the
back and a lace collar, edged with
ermine, completes a stunning bro
cade wrap, which is so beautiful in
itself that it needs no further trim
ming.
Speaking of styles for next sea-
son, such ridicule and disapproval
have been heard on all sides apropos
of the roundness and fullness in
front which characterizes the latest
silhouette that it is hardly prob
able the style will be repeated It'll
was a morbid, crazy idea thus tol
throw the figure out of proportion.
Again the Paris designer has gone
too far, which means that he has
lost more prestige. One by one
European women are turning from
France and designing fashions of
their own. III one doubt this, oneI
has only to attend a fashionable
function given in Viena, st. Peters
burg, Farsovie, Rome or Madrid.
There one will find that the modes
seem part of the women, and there
is nothing far fetched or extreme
about them.
The corsetless figure launched at
the Grand Prix in something that
no woman outside of Paris will fol-
low. Women trained to the neat,
trim effect of the stays are not go-I
ing to throw aside the corset just
to look like the mannequins who
are graceful in the one gown they
are supposed to grace.
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