The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-10-16
: fabrics Must Be Warm Enough
to Save Wearing Coats Until
Cooler Fall Days.
BEADING is STILL IN FAVOR
Decoration Holds Sway Despite Re-
cent Adverse Criticism Red
Belts, Bindings and Fac
inus Are Popular.

With the 6rst breath of cool wealth
er the dying seasons wardrobe begins
to look like nothing at all. observes a
New York fashion correspondent. And
what is to be done for clothes. for
something that resembles the proper
sort OF clothes, for this halfway
period? That is the problem. and it
Is comparatively easy to solve when
one regards the array of mid-seasOn
dresses that the shops are offering.
Even on the streets and In the restau-
rants there have been evidences that,
among fashionable women. there has
been some thought of preparedness,
for many are the new street frOcks
that have made thei. appearance. A
study Of them may save many mis-
takes.
The dresses of the intervening sea-
son are serge or satin. for they must
be worn without coats and on the
street. with hats and furs. just as any
suit OF the later fall days. Taffeta
had its run through the summer
months. but 1t has reached the time Of
discard. Black satin or meteor or any
Of the allied materials is the thing for
street wear, and 1t has come back into
its own. The newer black satin dresses
are charming enough TO lure even the
purchaser vino has decided TO wait un-
til winter is really upon US.
1t sounds like an old story to say
that the simpler the satin dress the
more beautiful it is. Most of the
newer satin gowns for the street are
in hlack-a very few in the darkest of
blues or in black-and they are cut on
the straightest lines possible. with
skirts just a tritie fuller than they
have been and necks that are round
or pointed, as the case of the indiv.d-
ual taste may dictate. A touch of
some white thing about the throat and
the neckline is usual thing. 1t is
more demure in aspect than were the
Haunting fichus of the spring and
summer.
Skirts Are Full.
The skirts of these later dresses
are full. and they take on this extra
width in various and interesting MAN.
ners. For instance, there is the pam
eled skirt, with loose and Hopping
breadths at front and back or at both
sides. but usually there is sugges-
tion of an underskirt which gently
hugs the figure and allows the full
ness of the outer skirt to hang loose
~ over it. The sleeves are long and
loose or tight. as the case may be.
Some OF them are fitted at the arm
holes and others are cut In so baggy
a fashion as TO have almost no shape
at ALL 1t all depends on the figure
and what II can stand and what is
chosen for a particular case. for there
is coming to be more and more of a
regard for the individual note. Each
woman for her own charm and ex-
preston of personality-that is the
new slogan. and it is expressing it,
self 81 every direction. especially in
this case of the street frock
Then there is tfle serge dress, which
at fhis season of the year particularly
demonstrates its place in the ward
robe of seasonabie frocks. There Is
nothing TO take its piace-nothing that
can step in TO make the assertion that
1t is '.iust as good" About this blue
serge frock there is everything that
is smart and chic. a>be newer serge