The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-07
DAME FASHION AND HER
SPRING-TIDE DEGREES

ors right up through oil sizes and
grades to the large garden and pic
ture varieties The "dernier cri'' of
Dame Fashion. however is known as
the Halo Hat" and most of the
mascuiines agree that for once a suit
able name has been chosen For a
pretty blonde seen recently at an
'Halos' was truly angelic"
The brim OF this hat was fashioned
OF several thicknesses Of cell blue
tulle. with an outer edge OF blue
hemp straw, which gave the illusion
Of the halo. The crown WAS OF
Dresden silk, and was wreathed in
tiny French flowers with love knots
of black velvet ribbon at intervals.
A Flash or Color
There IL a perfect craze for vivid
coorings in the new millinery, due,
perhaps, to the long favor given TO all
black models, or, perhaps. to the
present vogue Of the putty, sand and
other neutral shades in frocks and
suits. The most popular colors In
the new hats are old rose. startling
black and white corn hinatons, and the
new Belgian blue.
Fantasies and ribbon are much used
In the trimmings, and the quaint
sugar scoop hats, banked In mowers
strings. will he much in vogue with
the wide beruffled empire frocks for
the very warm weather
You Questionable Narrow Skirt. You!
And speaking of beruffled dresses,
milady has become quite reconciled to
the full skirts. In fact. she In loath to
wear the narrow ones left in her
wardrobe. On nil sides are seen
three, four and ave-yard skirts, wrlic n
Al IL - H.
start on the fare that carries them
swirling several inches above the
ankles
The newest Silhouette for spring
Is called the 'cloche', It's quite the
thing:
'Cloche' means a bell in French. you
see,
And that is fitting as can be.
For what more logical, pray tell,
Can one find than a bell-shaped
OF Abbreviated Length
And this bell-shapad silhouette Is
carried out with tight bodices and
voluminous skirts. which Paris, even
in her war-saddened condition. has
"perked' up enough TO decree, shall
be, in length, first cousin TO ballet
dancers
Hens. with the yard and quarter
but now since the width and brevity Of
the skirts have brought the hem into
the line OF Vision IL Is OF paramount
importance, A plain unembellished
hem is no longer considered smart
Ruchlngs OF the same material. en-
belished with tiny rosebuds and deep
rounded scoliops are, perhaps. the
most popular dieressions from the
plain hem. and even the simplest of
the new frocks have tucks of varying
Widths Just above the hens
The waist line is still high, but
later ia the season, ION dit'' that 1t
will slip back to normal. and sleeves
are either long and tight. with very
deep cuffs. or not in evidence at all.
Collars, especially on the afternoon
gowns, are mostly high. There is
perfect epidemic OF pockets and but
tons. and anywhere that fancy die
tates is the correct place for either or
both
One particularly charming model
that combines several Of the newest
features is of Nile green failie.
Dame Fashions Decree.
The circular skirt, about four and
one-hsf yards wide, fills slightly to a
hip yoke, and the lower edge is curved
up shorter on each side SO that it
shows the ankle at side view, while
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