East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-15
LATEST MODE TOLD BY
STARS-IN CALIFORNIA
STUDIOS FOR MOVIES
BY MARGARET RoHE

(Written for the United Press.)
This coming Autumn, well we ween,
I Be she shopgirl or queen,
/ If she would be of stylish mien,
Each dame will don the gabardine.
SO say smart dressers of the screen.
/ LOS ANGELES. Oct. 15.-Why go
to Paris for your fashion hints. when
in California you can so easily tell the
/ forecasts of the mode by the stars
movie stars. of course-whose film
fashionss picture the latest wrinkles
ievolved by French designers almost
even before Parisiennes get on to
them. out in Hollywood, where the
stars do move in their Universal or
bits, to say nothing of Paramount,
Pathe and Goldwyn courses, the Paris
decree has the cinema sanction that
the 1919 model maid and matron will
meet the first tang of Autumn in
garb of gabardine. This sounds so
different from the inevitable. serge in
which she has repelled the first cool
ness of divers preceding falls. Yet so
alike are serge and its first cousin,
gabardine. and its second cousin tric-
otine that only a close scrutiny can
distinguish these three twilled triplets
apart But on, what that subtle little
difference does mean to the tickle
feminine, Though last years serge
frock be smart and chic, still she will
die of chagrin till she grabs a gabar
dine.
Gabardine Galore.
| Anything to get away from the ma
Wy blue serge that has shown which
way the fashionable autumn wind
blew for so long a time. Though the
gabardine does not surge far from its
family resemblance to serve, at least
/ it is drawing the color line. With
/ JOYOUS abandon. it abandons the blues
and goes in strongly for all shades of
ftan and brown. In spite of prohibi-
4 tion, Fashion does seem to have dark
brown taste this fall. OF course, blue
will not be DOTTED completely, but ii
will run second to the brown shades
/ this year even though it is guaranteed
not to run. Gabardine of black, too,
promises a dark future even as our
past has been dark with black satin
| all the summer
Many new touches differentiate the
modish gabardine frock from it's rele-
gated relative the serge of yesteryear
| Braid all ways and always Will bind
it and band it and run it round and
round. Mamie may not be there with
her hair in a braid, but her gabardine
frock will be braided enough TO make
up for the deficiency.
Braid Bountiful
/ Even the bottoms of the not-too-
! long-not too-short but always-full
full skirts are braid bound instead of
hemmed. Braid finishes seams in
seemingly fashion, picks out pockets
and outlines collars. Braided designs
of lavish ornateness also ornament the
more elaborate frosks. and frogs of
braid ,animating many skirt and
bodice, have jumped high into fash
ionable favor. Galloon. galore. which
after all is a sort of glorified braid
brightens witr its dull gold the brown
shaded gabaiNnes particularly The
high light of sSyoke or guimpe of or
candle or batiy adds a frivolous and
softening touch around the face on the
black or blue models, while batiste or
net in ecru tone does the same for the
tan. brown or henna models. Under
sleeves of these sheer materials are
very chick with three-quarter bell
shaped sleeves of the gabardine, but
short or long sleeves, according to
milady's fancy or arm contours, are
equally permissible.
Satin, too, is smart in combination
with the gabardine. usually of a like
shade rather than a contrasting color
though tones of beige and tan with
black satin are rather chic.
/ The main thing, however, is that