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HKARST'S ST’NDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, OA. ST*Nf)AY, DECEMRER 14. 101T
I MPRESSIVELY rich and fimjSe
are the fabric* used for the mak
ing of the wraps and coats being
worn at present.
No matter If the wrap be of the
moat practical Intention, for stormy
lav wear or for motoring purposes,
the materials used, especially the
etorm coat tweeds, chinchilla cloth
and fur cloth fabrics are elusively
rich and warm in their coloring and
weaves.
Fur cloths have never been
vuccessfully produced, while many of
the plushes offered for the inspection
of the casual shopper are so furlik*
and beautiful in color one is some
times at a loss to know which fabric
la fur cloth and w hich is plush
No other material lends itself mop
acceptably to the making of a wrap
for afternoon and evening wear
fur cloth.
For wear upon street car and train,
when visiting tho theater, the opera
or for attendance .it formal afternoon
affairs, a substantial wrap, which
shall protect the wearer sufficiently
and yet not be ugly in appearance, is
ftn absolute necessity.
This season the answer to all such
problems is fur cloth.
Taupe-colored fabrics, resembling
moleskins; lovely brown stuffs, imi
tating beaver skin*, black, close
clipped pile fabrics, of sealskin like
ness, and caracul imftatlons galore,
are offered
Made in big. all-enveloping loose
roominess, untrimmed even, and de
pending for elegance of appearance
upon their cut and shape alone, these
fur cloth wraps are a blessing, indeed,
for the woman of little income.
In the storm coat and motoring
coat classes there are the chinchilla
and plush cloth fabrics, as well as the
rravenetted cloths and the tweeds of
well-known and popular favor.
All such coats preserve strict ad
herence to straight line fashion and
big sleeve styles of the raglan or
kimono types.
These coats button high at the neck
and have unusually large well-placed
Dockets attached to their protecting
skin*
Where set-in sleeves are preferred,
and many of the latest models are
showing such sleeves, very wide arm
holes are the rule.
For dres« coats, those smart little
affairs of taffeta, velvet or cloth. In
tended for wear with handsome cloth
r>r r sllk gowns for formal afternoon
wear and matching tho color of t|he
gown or frock perfectly, quite a num
ber of the nice style distinctions are
to be observed.
First of all, the skirts to fitted
coats—and by this is meant the coat
which sports a girdle or belt division
—flare broadly, and in some Instances
are wired to extend themselves even
more bouffantly than they otherwise
would.
Such coats as these are to be worn
with bustle or padded topped skirts,
with dresses made with numerous
designs upon chiffon, is displayed.
• • •
Hy way of Paris there comes to us
a most costly fashion—the use of
precious Htones-^as glove buttons.
These little Jeweled s.are composed
of single gems set it t. claw mounts,
which can readily be attached to the
long evening gloves in colors de
manded by the gown. Topaz buttons
on champagne-colored gloves, aqua-
nrnrlnes on light green, sapphires
shimmering against black suede
(with a royal blue gown) and endless
other striking combinations caused
the fad to instantly become a fashion.
Among the novelties for spring Is a
lovely new organdy that has a dis
tinctive Japanese floral pattern in
black shadow embroidery. It is dainty
in its fine uncertain lines of leaf and
motif interspersing flowers of a pf»in-
settia character.
* * *
Lovely, dainty, frilly, gauzy neck
wear is one, of the great features of
smart dressing. Broadly speaking,
this feminine sort of neck fixing is
of two sorts, that meant to wear with
a guimpe and that intended for the
more or less low V-shape so much
in favor.
Of course the mannish neckgear to
wear with the most severely tailored
shirts does not come under this head
at all. and is therefore ignored. So.
to continue with the etherealities, one
finds one tvpe consisting of frills and
even little lapel effects, the frills go
ing around the neck and coming down
at the front in pointed effect. The
other sort is mostly a matter of bows,
bow being a broad term which takes
in, almost everything.
• • *
The use. of fur as a trimming on
day and evening gowns is becoming
more and more marked. The flounced
skirt Is now appearing an adapta
tion of the tunic—-two or three deep
flounces falling one below the other,
from waistline to knee, and in most
cases these are edged with narrow
bands of fur—sable, skunk, mus
quash or tailless ermine, the latter in
particular being much favored for
the sole trimming on chiffon, velvets
or charmeuse.
It is the exception to see a coiffure
in the evening left undecorated, and
because that is so, some astute wom
en are taking upon themselves the
task of proving that the well-dressed
chevelire can look exceedingly beau
tiful when absolutely bereft of adorn
ment.
In my mind remains the memory of
a black coiffure dusted with blue me
tallic powder to give it the old-fash
ioned and once greatly admired raven
tint.
It was dressed w’ith that charming
indefinition that defies description
the blue hair piled high, a mere
thought puffing outward behind the
ears and at the back twisted in a
French knot.
The nut-brown maid who owned
this specially fascinating crown of
glory wore in her ears long and very
brilliant diamond ornaments, and
around her beautiful throat a string
of the same gems, scintillating with
throbbing, blazing lights and ending
in an old-fashioned-looking pendant
like a sheaf of corn.
Not every one can afford to defy
the modes of the moment in these
ways, and in consequence the num
ber of coiffure decorations multiplies
every day.
* * *
Another development of the tango
craze is the laced dancing stocking,
which has an arrangement of em
broidered eyelets and ribbon laces up
the front—just another device, it ap
pears, to call attention to the foot
and ankle which have been given very’
conspicuous prominence of late. The
world has grown so accustomed to
slashed skirts that they no longer
arrest the attention, but when a black
stocking laced up with white ribbon
peeps in and out of the slash, the ef
fect is certainly apt to hold the eye
of the beholder
These new tango stockings are
worn with high-heeled dancing
pumps or satin slippers and the ef
fect is supposed to imitate the 1 acini
slipper or buskin worn away back in
the 40’s and 60*8 of the last century
—when one’s grandmamma was a
bride. Much less conspicuous and •
as most women feel—in far better
taste, are ordinary stockings of threa l
silk worn with high-heeled buttoned
boots, made comfortable for dancing
by the thinnest of turned soles. Such
boots are usually of patent leather
with well fitting buttoned tops of
soft kid, and very graceful, tapering
lines of toe.
Corduroy tailored costumes ana
elaborate afternoon frocks are more
in demand than ever this winter, not
only perhaps from the fact that the
material wears so well, but from the
added virtue of warmth. For young-
girls still at school suits made in
Norfolk styles of this material are
very popular.
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ruffling* or with those designed
wired hip-length tunic*.
with
There is a menace to the flat
chested woman in the styles of to
day. When revers, much drapery of
the bodice, tucks, folds and gathers
are in fashion the thin-chested wom
an may go on her way rejoicing. But
to-day, in spite of the fact that loose,
bagging bodices are worn, their plain
ness makes them accentuate the thin
ness of their wearers. A good deal
may be done to cover up defects If
the neckwear worn is, carefully
chosen. Wide frills and turnover
collars do much to bring good lines to
the thin woman’s figure.
• * •
Buttons and bows are to share the
work of trimmings this winter. But
tons are still much used for trim
ming tailored suits. And bows are
used as they have not been used for
years. One French frock shows a
long tunic of white chiffon with bows
of blue ribbon extending from neck
to knees. The satin underskirt has
a double row of small white satin
buttons down the front from knees to
hems so combining two smart meth
ods of trimming.
• ♦ *
The woman who makes a fetish of
keeping up with the mode never al
lows herself to lag behind the mo
ment’s fancy in footwear, for no de
tail of dress so speedily proves one’s
conversance with current styles as
up-to-the-minute boot s.
This autumn the patent leather
boot with a buttoned top of kid Is the
correct thing for afternoon wear, with
draped costumes covered with smart
little wraps or with tailored suits of
distinctive style. Such boots have
delicately tapering toes, with not the
least suggestion of short-vamp stub-
bishness—in fact, a rather long, e:
ceedingly slim foot is Just now con
sidered the gome of aristocracy.
The heel of this correct boot is
moderate in height—a fact that ap
peals to women of conservative taste
—but the arch of the boot and Its
general lines are so exquisitely pro
portioned that a much higher heeled
effect is suggested.
• • •
Gold lace, gold embroideries, gold
bead trimmings and lares of black
or white, designed in gold, will be
:sed extensively. Bead trimming
both by the yard and in embroidered
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