Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-17
new STYLES FOR MILADY ARE ,
SEEN IN EXPOSITION CROWDS

rs obtained around the ankles, tho
! soft f!0unrrS Of nlmy lace relieving
IL Of two great symmetry
QHict tones prevail in all the latest
afternoon and calling costumes. tho
tendency being toward blue grey :.
sand. and black. The latter is seen
mostly in taffcta. trimmed with crisis.
CrCss hands OF wide or narrow rib
bon velvet. with or without ruffles as
the case may be, but always full-the
fuller the better SO that yards upon
Yards OF mater al arc now usrd In
the making
Aud the rutilrd silk Dresden petit
cCal has returned. ftar.nE and wide,
ruiflCd bow ildermsiyy
Black and white in shoes is nov the
thin~. Thc%c Gene in nrw rhcrt
Vamp. laced or buttoncd in Low and
high lasts The pur" white kid Ok
(, ri is very new. or with the CyClCts
and faces II black. In shane tho last
is rounded at the toe, with quite
high French heel,
Tho cid larS" sailor hat has also
returned. so that now. TO be In style.
Que merrlv has TO look as much like
an ola picture from some family al
bum as possible. Tho tightly brush
ed hair twisted into a French roll
behind, tn" large widc-hrimmed sail.
or. the tightly fitting waistline, the
vide. wide skirt, which in soft wooleu
fabrics necessarily dips aud says
around the hem. complete one of the
most Cut-Ofdate costumes 1t is pos.
sible to picture.
And all this has so startled the wo-
ren OF the metropolis. this radical
change OF style, that even now, when
show-wlndows are at the height OF
Their summer display. groups of them
can be seen gazing incredibly at the
wax figures and murmuring their dis
approval. But further down the
street some woman passes some
young. sprightly. pink.faced girl whose
tafTetas rustic as in the olden days,
and then-everybody wants the old
fashioned gown!
They will tell you in the shops
whose buyers have Just returned that
hoop-skirts are inevitable. II they can
make them flexible enough to get into
the apartments OF the city. One shop,
undoubtedly the best in, San Francis
CO, has gone so far as to present a
suit of white serge with a dipping,
sagging skirt, whose jacket, swerying
into the small waist.line flares out In
ripping curves. II is the old style we
know so we'll as some years back
even a faint suggestion, Of the lego
mutton sleeves being shown.
Dorndnla In
shape. and made Of sedate black lace
or light. filmy chiffons. The former
are sometimes decorated with strem-
are sometimes decorated with stream
held down by pastel flowers. The lat.
ter come mostly in white as a founda.
tion for covering OF Point de VenIsc.
Old Point and Princesse laces
The lingerie is wonderfully dainty
and effeminate, being fashioned OF
sheerest chiffons, In shades TO match
the gowns These come In the most
artistic and unusual shades Of sands.
gold, old blues, grey and pastel colOrs.
The tight knee band has given way to
the wide, beruffled idea in boomers.
which, in white chiffon trimmed with
pastel roses is most fetching.
But to go back to the hats-the
sailor hats, which are
seen in straws and materials, they are
making them now of maline, the wat
er-proof kind. the kind that q shower
Of water cannot affeet-and these in
black or the shade of the afternoon
gown are very dressy. These come
plain or shirred around the brim,
eight folds of material being used.sA
new idea is the double brim. one mar.
-ower than the other and lying above
t, with here and there rose showing
iimly through the upper layer. And
svery shop or so introduces a poke
bonnet in its display. as though to
lsure you that you can be as old-fash-
Oned as you like and still be strictly
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