The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-21
Women's Clothes 60 be "Fussier'
Than Ever and Skirts Will be
Shorter and Narrower
Than Last Year.
JEWELRY INNOVATIONS
Milady Must Have Something Differ
ent in Jewels and Shoes az Well
to Match
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| It's time to go shopping again,
and this trip everyone is looking FOR
new clothes. The stores are full of
them and Keokuk women are delight
| ed with the prospects.
| Styles are not especially extreme.
] but they are beautiful Everything
will be worn. Suits. one piece dress
| es, sport coats with patch pockets on
them, real creations in fur wraps,
lovely afternoon gowns with many ex-
elusive models, and footwear and hats
to match. A few inovations have
been ushered into the season in the
way of jewelry also.
The suits this winter are both tail
ored and fancy. The skirts to them
are short and narrow and the coats
| are quite long. longer than they have
been for some time. The more elab-
crate suits are fur trimmed. Brown
| is prevailing color, but navy blue,
as usual. is good, and there are
several other shades used frequently.
Pheasant brown and gold, black and
silver, and rosewood are among those
present
Fur coats have reached the degree
of perfection this year. One store is
showing wonderful Yukon seal with
a raccoon collar. Many of the wraps
are of marmot, sealine, or beaver.
Practically all of the dress coats, re-
CARELESS of their material, have fur
collars. The sport coats made UP of
chamoisine cloth and duvet-DeLaine
materials will be good for early win
ter wear They are designed along
loose flowing lines.
Afternoon Dresses
Afternoon dresses to match the
beautiful fur coats are real matches
this time Satins, 1ustrella and panne
velvets, tricotines and duvatine are
the materials. And the frocks are
heavily worked in Jet and irridescent
beads A great deal Of tinsel is also
being used. The long tight sleeves
are being shown in street costumes,
| but there are also large number OF
the afternoon gowns whose sleeves
have a tendency toward the bell
shape. Knife pleating reign supremes
! in the skirts and skirts which are
not pleated, are draped or have panels.
| The under skirts are very narrow, but
1 the over skirts, or drapes give them
| distinctly graceful lines.
! Some exclusive rosemary" models
are being shown, especially in the
satins, and nearly all of them show
the draped or paneled over skirt. They
are trimmed in tinsel, among other
decorations, and the waist lines are
|! long with wide gridles. The sleeves
are three quarter length in these mod
els and bell shaped.
The slip over blouses of georgette
and satins and the Russian blouses
will be worn as usual. The sleeves
are long.
| Hats and Shoes.
| Hats will be both large and small,
the smaller ones making their appear
i nce first The colors will CORES
pond to those used in the suits and
dresses with large number Of black
ones. Sailors are to be unusually
| good for early wear and especially
with suits. When the cooler weather
comes, wells will make their appear
ance as usual, The hats are dis
playing lots of handwork on them this
season, and embroidery tops all the
rest.
Walking shoes with military heels
will be worn for street wear more
! than anything else it is predicted.
Black patent or kid pumps with spats
will be better than ever for dress this
winter.
Jewelry Innovations.
! But the pretty new things are not
confined to clothes. There are inno-
vations in the jewelry departments,
also. "Sautoir' watches in green,
gold or platinum are the very latest
things. They are pendant shape and
are worn around the neck on a black
ribbon Many of the more elaborate
ones are set in diamonds. Those in
the local stores are made of green
gold with platinum finished dials.
! Pearls are poplar, too They are
imported from Japan for the first time.
and the ones on the market at present,
are made with the mother of pearl
base. Silver and green gold mesh
bags have come back into their own
again, and this time with long tassels
Mems Fashion, Too.
But the women won't care great
deal for all of these new clothes un-
less there are admiring men around
| to appreciate them. The men them
selves will come out all dolled up this
season, in good, but rather conserva-
tive clothes. The colors will be dark,
and the suits made on straight lines
The overcoats will be loose fitting, but
belted.
! Both the cloth and felt hats will
adorn their heads, but there will be
few derbies this fall. Their shoes
/ will be designed along the English
last style. Perhaps the newest thing
! in the mems wardrobe is the Jazz"
| tie, which is much narrower than
=, those worn at the present time They
come in all the bright colors and are
very attractive. There is every rea-
son to believe that the men are going
to look as handsome this winter in