The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-15
+ Fashions at the Capital
The We Dressed Woman 81 Smart Society What She Wears
The Time and Place.
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Those widely heralded spring fashion
: mainly for the South bound travellers
which leaped into favor a week or two
ago. have taken on quite frost-bitter
aspect since the humble little ground hos
hes again made good" Six weeks OF
winter weather from February 2. says this
old time prophet of the woods, the bach
woods, some people say, but even In the
most enlightened circles the National
Capital is now paying tribute to the dis
pissed animal who has returned to his
lair to remain until March l6. On that
date not only straw hats but parasols
may be expected to make their appear
ance on Connecticut avenue.
Some few leaders in the world OF smart
society have taken the ground hog
prophecy and the fan in the temperature
SO seriously as to seek a milder climate
for the early spring. to the benefit OF
the Georgia and Florida resorts. Those
at home have taken great comfort In the
heretofore not very practical velvet suits.
Velvet in this present season gains 60
per cent of its style from its color. The
plain black or the dark blue suits OF past
years being no longer in the front rank
of fashion.
The colors presented by the best-known
makers are naturally all in contrast to
former year fashions, otherwise there
would be no occasion for many women
TO have new suit.
Ottar, which is mustard color with the
yellow extracted. is a logical successor
of the mustard tones of the early winter
and one of the prime ifavorites- Dahlia.
petunia- and fuschia tints offer leading
suggestions for street wear. just as the
more delicate flowers suggest the colors
most favored for evening gowns.
Mrs. Z. H. G. Slater is wearing vel
vet street suit that is the very latest
expression not only in color but in every
other detail as seen on Connecticut ave-
nue.. Mrs. Slater is. except for her Amer
lean avoirdupois. a faithful picture of
the ultra fashionable matron of the Paris
salons. Her velvet visiting toilet is a
dark shade of plum. that is, of the plum
that inclines to blue rather than GRIM
son in its natural coloring. The skirt is
round and short enough to show the
ankles, its drapery is also round, and,
contrary to the average velvet suit, with
draped overdress opening in the back
from belt to hem. Mrs. Slater's founda-
ton skirt being of velvet, there is not
the display of lace or chiffon this model
permits as interpreted by some of its
American imitators. The coat topping
this shows not only the new lines which
fare at the knee, but a considerable full
ness about the hips. The slim-girdle
inch decoration at the waist line, this
being of self-colored braid or silk em-
broidery in heavy, geometrical lines.
The hat with this was a very modish
taupe colored affair, half toaue. half
turban, with 4 penache of paradise or
Gourra feathers in the same neutral col
oring at the let front. The smart, low
walking shoes worn with this show an
individuality. inasmuch as they were tied
NJ in of he
popular buckle.
A beautiful shade of bronze velvet in
soft, drapable quality is the material
employed in Mrs. Vincent Kerens' smart
velvet visiting suit This skirt escapes
the ground and is very closely draped,
preserving the narrow silhouette at the
hem, with the modified pannier top. Mrs
Kerens' coat, like Mrs. Slaters. is longer
than the coats of the average Washing
ton woman, even with Paris couturiere. |
Whether this top garment is finished by |
collar or waistcoat no one can say, for |
as worn it is covered by a collar of |
sable that is not only a particularly |
choice piece Of fur, but made up on ex- |
tremely new lines. In shape. this is a |
yoke of fur with long, tablike fronts, |
consequently, very practical addition to |
velvet suit on cold day.
Mrs. Kerens carries a fiat muff match I
ing her handsome collar and also wears /
a sable-trimmed turban of bronze velvet |
Mrs. Paul Pearsall, while still absenting |
herself from all dances and dinner par
ties, has regained her health to a degree |
that makes a daily promenade not only |
desirable. but very pleasant exercise |
Mrs PearsalPs beauty being of the born |
not-made order, she is looking extremely |
handsome in a smart all-black costume |
that at first glance appears to be entirely |
of broadtaiL The coat is of this most |
becoming of black furs, and in a long, |
close, shape, with rounded fronts. This is |
worn over a lightweight chiffon broad |
cloth skirt, with twelve-inch band of |
broadtail forming the hem. The hat top
ping this is of the same fur. but on the |
iiae7 Mrs. PsarssE mas adopted in many /
ether I.a' aFIaIS. .-Cluding tulle and vel /
-0L u = 4 Eat-cT7 vned tam with circu-
3s- arirn mach GsepC" in front than in the /
Iac'-- Cons uuCn;- the front has all the
st.aTEl 81 shc bond brim picture hat,
VIII tie cr.RsT1 posing back of the
pEg-5ug day. Il +. neither large nor
SINAI. Is quite identity Ia mode to /
- Hss-izCt IS q product of the best |
t..- as the C.illir cry world. yet dis
.-. --2gsuu8l as the Gainsborough |
a... y ~ sgc :G which the then Miss
.. -# l.t. bu-n esLablished her reputa-
beauty o Us tional renown.
90 For'se ESyae looked particularly