The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-07
Signs of Modes
for the Season

things which he considers to be the
most interesting designs for wear dur
Ing the coming season. They have all
OF the features which make the new
frocks popular, and they are made
from the materials which will be most
used for spring.
A dress with simulated jacket IA
made of dark blue wool velours, In an
extremely light weight. Its edges are
braided closely, so that the little ad-
dition to the bodice suggests jacket.
The sleeves are made pulled and full.
and are gathered into tightly fitted and
fiaring cuffs, which represent features
of. the newer type of spring dresses.
This dress shows one of those clever
usages Of panels, making the skirt
look surprisingly long at some angles
and at others as short as the shortest
Of them have ever been. The round
Ing line taken by the panels at their
lower ends adds a portion of charm
to the skirt which could not possibly
be gained by straightly cut off linz
posed at that point.
The waistline for this frock is placed
at a normal point, and 1t repeats the
succession of rows of braiding used
to trim the jacket so effectively. Then,
this trimming motif Is carried again
into the sleeves, where 1t not only
runs around the oddly shaped cuffs,
but faces detached strips of the ma
ferial that hang away from the sleeves,
from the elbows to the cuffs.
Sleeves-always sleeves-sleeyes in
varying widths and varying styles,
are the salient features of the frocks
which are notable for spring
Trimmed With Ribbon Rosettes.
A winsome dress Is trimmed with
I series of ribbon rosettes applied to
heavy crepe. The crepe Is one Of the |
'rownish. goldfish tones, that can
stand by itself for colorIng, except for
he fact that the rosettes are made Of
succession 0f pleated and fringed |
'ibbons In dull reds, and greens and
browns.
The hat, too, has been cleverIy made |
II a series Of the same rosettes set. |
around the brim OF closely fitting |
urban. And then rows of ribbon, set
IN straight, around the walstllne and |
sleeves, end at one side of the waist In |
friugtd series of tags dangling over
he skirt where 1t is draped at that
'oint.
This dress shows one of the longer
which, from all that Gun be
earned about the coming fashions, Is
0methlng likely to remain with us for
least another season. This is cheer
I'll news for the long, slim figures,
mich can so well stand the line; but
or the shorter women there Is every
nance they will find the normal waist
ne and, In some Instances, a line that
higher still. the fashion for them.
More and more Is the fact disclosed
nat one places ones waistline, and the
est of the lines of ones costume, for
he matter of that, exactly where one
ishes, for the fashion of individuality
rows upon the population as time
pes on. More and more women are
illing to take the courageous step
hich stamps them as persons with
leir very own style of dressing.
The newer wooden fabrics for spring
re something to be wondered at and
we'd, for they are woven In so soft
I'D pliable manner that, from a dis.
nee, one cannot tell them from sIlken 4
aterials. The Rodier kasha cloth has
ade distinct sensation, for 1t is
ling used right and left for the max =
q of street dresses, two-piece cos +
mes and suits of various sorts. Its ;,
lief attribute is that, while 1t is as i"
IT as any wooden material coming
ON the looms in many a long year, n
is shown in many and vivid color ;,
IS. so that any taste and any style :,
garment can be successfully car "
ID out with this material as a founda-I =,
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