The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-02
TRAVELLING COSTUMES
REFLECT THE NEW
STYLE TENDENCIES.

Travelling costumes occupy the mair
position of interest at present in the
fashion world.
The midyear travelling mania which
assails many people is responsible fol-
the circumstance together with the
effort being made by American manu-
facturers to create designs for travel
ing and street costumes which shall
be novel, practical and pretty at the
same time.
From now on until warm weather
arrives, bringing with it demand for
summer clothing, cloth suits, coats
and wraps will receive great deal of
attention from the modish world.
The question of whereof they sahll
be made is already settled. Small
shops are offering suits of gabardine.
serge and homespuns in a variety of
novel effects.
Without doubt, the question of color
has been greatly agitated. 1t would
seem as though the covert cloth color
ings would lead the van of smart
styled shadings for street costuming,
despite the fact it has already made a
most distinct showing, modishly, dur
ing the winter season.
The indications point strongly to
continuation of this vogue in suit lines
for at least three months, with a de-
relopment in styles for dresses and
Gowns of silk and soft-inished satins
and chiffons for a longer period.
The colornss are being given
number Of names which are infinitely
more interesting than sand" or put.
ty" color.
The vogue for lace, tulle and chiffon
made costumes for evening wear was
also prophesied six months in ad.
vance.
In connection with these facts it is
desired to announce to those who are
perpleHed about purchasing materials
or ready-to-wear costumes that the
styles now showing will endure for six
months at least.
In suits, skirts may be fashioned
with tight-fitting tops and very wide.
iaring skirts, or with loosely gathered
tops and straight up-and-down effects.
Either vogue will endure.
The extremely short skirt will not
prevail. Like many other costume alb
normalities of French derivation, its
modish life becomes of limited dura.
ton once it is introduced to the sen.
sible dressing inclined women of
America.
A normal shortening of skirts to
four or six inches from the ground
will be the final decision until the
to introduce new modes for
autumn wear is undertaken again.
Coats will be high WASTED in EN-.
pire style, or shaped in at the waist
line with darted fronts and backs ard
with shaped coat skirts, or will be
quite loosely hung, in pony coat style |
frightening the waistline to the hip
line as fancy dictates.
Sleeves will be. long, generally |
speaking, and in every instance set in.
The day of the kimono sleeve is over
for suits at least.
The travelling costume illustrated is |
Of desert gray gabardine.
This coat swings loosely from a
close-itting shoulder position.
1t is buttoned nearly to the throat !
and is single breasted.
The jacket effect is an American
adaptation Of the cape coat idea-and
very cleverly done, at that.
A lining Of Shasta green faille is
ised with collar and cuffs, showing
acings of this wonderfully pretty
American named and dyed color.
A hat Of gray barnyard straw i,
aced and banded with Shasta green
'ibbon-with a mantilla veil of black
lace. lending distinction and
nodish cache to . most unusual and
lrtistic travelling costume.