The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
With a Few Essentials in Mind Femi-
nine Fancy May This Fall Indulge
Its Whims Unrestrictedly

way perhaps they have hooped or
corded pctticoats to extend their full
ness. Worth makes a most delectab.e
petticoat for wear with some of his
wide skirted frocks, a petticoat held
out on sides and back by row above
row VI supple boning, but quite fiat
and soft across the front.
Almost all of the French houses
show petticoats stiffened in me way
or another. and often most elaborate
In detail and exquisite in material.
These full flowing frock skirts. par
t~icu,arly those with irregular bottom
lines. have a way Of revealing what
ever there may he of petticoat or
anatomy To reckon with below the
knee. SO p%etticoat daintiness Is
not likely to go unobserved.
Probably the inevitableness of the
revelations was what prompted Cal
lot To put emphasis upon trouser eff
fects and led Cheruit to experiment
along the same lines. We have
had trousers before. Turkish trou-
sers, pantalettes. Very few women
wore either, hut these new bifurca-
tons are rather more attractive than
the earlier versions, and II may lie
that they will find "A degree II ac-
ceptancc among women to whom CAL
lot spells fashion law and gospel.
Boue Spurs too have shown a num-
Der Of models in which full trousers
or wide. straight trausers replace pet
ticoats and are more or less in evil
dencc.
All OF this has to do with the ex-
tremes of dress and only the excep-
tional woman will take a personal
interest In the trousered models. yet
al n popular restaurant the other az
ternoon a woman particularly well
dressed. exceedingly chic In a very
quiet way. wore a rather severely
tailored frock Of midnight blue serge.
whose fun skirt. as the wearer moved
toward her table, swung away a little
III front to show n mere glimpse OF
w!dc black satin trousers.
We've wandered far from our long
WASTED bodices. though q full skirt
length in these days NJ short skirts
car hardly he considered far. To
come back In the waist line, the three
frocks sketched for our central pic
'.'' tAA "tA Nv 'sS
bll!ties in the long WASTED bodlces
with more or less curve. Worth's
sharply pointed bodice and hooped
skirt has already had its word of
praise. but the two other frocks differ
radically from the Worth model In
that they show far less curve. have
more of the casque line.
The black frock with its Jet bodice
II skirt panels II It's fiaring tulle
iiounces at the skirt sides is very
effective and more wearable than
either Of the other long bodiced models.
Black, which has lost It's recent over
whelmlng popularity for day wear. is
still tremendously chic for evening
frocks and jet has come into vogue
with a rush. Black tulle and jet are
the combination most favored, but oc-
cas!onally. especially in Worth's col
lection, one finds a lovely evening
gown # black velvet with a negligi-
bic bodice top Of flesh color tulle and
black tullc or jewelled net.
The mudish evening frock still
makes small pretcncc at covering
above the bust line. Sleeves. if they
exist at all. which is not likely. are
mere wisps Of tullc ar strands of jet or
crystal. Jenny used a little kimono
frill. like an ahhre Waited sleeve cap.
on some of her evening hodices, and
an occasional evening gown shows IA
tiny pun below "A dropped shoulder
lice or "A close fitting short little
sleeve finished with frills; but the
majority Of the evening bodices are
sleeveless. one must not forget. how