The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-02-12
new FABRICS IN
VARIED DESIGNS
Spring and Summer Materials
Not to Be Hidden by Trim
MING and Decoration.
SILKS ARE MOST NUMEROUS
Goods Promise to Be in very Great
Demand During Coming Months
for Daytime Wear-Serges
Are Good.

That Il is the fabric which inspires
the finished gown is saying which
receives fresh emphasis by glimpse
at the new materials for spring. AS
yet but few of them have appeared in
shop windows; they are yet on stock
shelves. waiting Ia make their bow
TO the public. one look at the soft
ness and at the varied designs of the
new folds Of fabric. and To the imasi-
nation Il whole panorama OF SpT:ng
gowns aud summer frOcks appears.
Already the designers have begun 10
create new dresses out of the rich
choice of material. and they will have
none Of trimming and decoration. They
cOnfine themselves To the charm Of the
fabric and the dresses they have nrade
so far are indeed worthy of the tn
spiratiOn that was their beginning.
For long time. while the war was
ON, We were forced to accept more
or less limited stock Of materials, but
now from everywhere the materials
are pouring in-thOSe from foreign
parts being only an addition to those
which we in this country have sue
ceeded in creating. And there is little
TO choose between those from abroad
and ours. Those Of our own make are
as beautiful a. theirs. though the ones
that come from Europe are extremely
finely woven and not to be equnled by
our more plentiful variety as far as
exuuISitenesS of workmanship is con-
cerned.
Silks Most Fascinating.
The silks. perhaps, are the most fas-
cinatlng Of all the new fabrics. for II
is in the spring and summer that these
materials have their own best expires
sion. During these seasons any kind
OF gown can he made of silk, not
only those for dreSS-up occasions bur
those for street wear as well. and
those for morning and sports wear
and now that there have been created
50 many heavier weaveS Of silk, this
comes into the realm of suit materials
by common accord.
The silks thai can he used for suits
or for tailored street costumes arr
most numerous, which Indicates that
there will be great vogue during the
coming months for daytime dressing
In this material. There are the heavy
/ crepes and the tricOtineS. This year
some Of the knitted fabrics have been
printed. and they take on most illu
sive air by reason Of this newer treat
ment. There are the sport weaves
I among which "Tally-hO" is one that Is
being featured extensively. II is a SORT
of crepey ground. with patterns in
plaidS and stripes made from threads
of artificial silk. which give the fabric
an interesting variety. One particular
/ feature OF this silk. and IL is the case
with many others Of the newer weayes,
Is that the stripes run from selvage
to selvage. the material being forty
inches wide. BY reason Of this little
trick the material lends itself mos
gracefully 10 the pleatings OF various
sorts that have been 50 popular fol
skirts OF this character.
The PussywillOw fabrics have beer
printed with borders that are most in
teresting. and these borders have IN.
same happy way OF running along Ou'
selvage. so that they can be used fO
the trimmings OF the hens Of skirt
as well as incorporated into the bod
ices OF the summer frOcks.
Fabric Called "ThistIedu."
There Is a lovely silk fabric ealle'
-thlstIedu." II comes in all the paste
shades, yeilows and blues and pinks
that are jest the things for street suit
and for daytime dresses. This fabric
while II Is all silk. has very much tn
look Of a wooden hOmespun. IL u
lighter in weight. Of course. but Il Ia