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Coat chks

site among women's clothes.

Itself nor coat nor suit nor

frock. it borrows from the design-
ing of all three. Any fashion de-
velopment that may appeal to you
in the melting of any of these three
types of garment may be made use
of in the moulding of a coat dress.
The characteristic of the coat
dress that sets it in a. class by itself
is that it shall be sufficiently like a
dress in nt and finish to be worn
directly over a slip or petticoat.
while it must be enough like a coat
in general appearance to make it

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eminently §uitable to wear in the

Tueoatdressisssortofpara-

street wi out any other wrap.
Even the nservative woman who
has grown up with the notion that
it is not quite good form to appear
in city streets without some sort of
wrnp has no hesitancy to wear the
coat frock.

Origin in France.

It had its origin in Dance and
has never lost prestige or popularity
there. To the American woman it
has some distinct disadvantages and
some distinct advantages. The
American woman clings to her suit
through thick and thin because of
the blouse beneath the Jacket. Td
her it is very important to have
something washable between her
skin and a cloth sleeve. This is a
matter seemingly of no moment to
a fiench woman. She is not cursed
—or biessed—-with a skin so sensi-
tive that it shudders at direct con-
tact with wool or other material that
must be worn repeatedly without
cleaning.

But the American is: so she clings
to the suit even in those years when
French women seem to have forgot-
ten that such a thing exists. The
American women really prefers a
skirt. shirt and Jacket of some sort
for golf and tennis to a cloth frock
for the same reason. But for the
costume she is not going to wear
every day and all day she con nts
to wear the coat frock because 0 its
excellent line and the ease with
which it can be adjusted She has
even discovered that it is a simple
enough matter to have a very thin
washable lining of georgette or
China silk adjusted beneath the
sleeves and bodies of the coat frock.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Warm-weather Possibilities.

We have thought of the coat frock
as especially desirable for spring
and autumn days. .This year we
are finding that it has excellent
possibilities as a warm-weather ad-
junct of the wardrobe, and when
made of linen or other washable
material it is as comfortable as any
other sort of frock.

Heavy linen is an excellent me-
dium for the warm-weather coat
dress and one of the smartest
models of the sort worn this sum-
mer shows a side closing on the left.
scant-tiered skirt and low waistline.
There is a single raver which with
the long slightly flaring sleeves is -
finished with lace and lingerie? Two
large pearl buttons. one at the belt
and the other just . beneath the
single rover. effect the

Crepe de chine. which at first
thought might seem too light a
fabric for the coat frock. has in fact
been used in several charming
frocks of this description? Some.
times plaitings are used with the
crepe de chine and the long. fairly
close sleeves that seem to be an
essential of the coat frock at pres-
ent are found here. A charming
model is in rust crepe de chine with
plaited ruffle of white georgette
forming a frill on the right side of
the bodice portion and the left‘ side
of the skirt.

Satin ls Oervleesble. .

Satin and moire, fabrics that have
been more smart than popular this
summer. are well adapted to the
coat frock for wear on moderate
days in summer. The satin cost
frock especially makes an eacellent
frock to wear when motoring. owing
to its dust-shedding propensities.
The attached scarf collar further
recommends to the motorist the coat
frock of navy blue satin shown in
one o: the sketches. which is em-
broidered rather lavishly in pastel
colorings.

Sometimes the coat frock is an
inviting substitute for the suit. The
coat frock has many of the good
points of the suit and the distinct
advantage that it is easier to put
on. The smartly tailored suit has
been heralded for autumn and we
are assured that there will be a re-
vival of interest in all sorts of suit
accessories. scarfs, jabots. gloves.
waistcoats. that go to give the
severe suit distinction and feminine
charm. The coat frock really is as
good a medium for these accessories
as the suit and it may be a more
convenient one.

Somethi Mot the Directoire ef—

‘ fect“is acheved in the coat frock

of navy blue twill shown in the
sketch with long revere fastened at

For 1mm days the linen coat
dress is an admirable choice. It is
here shown mode with lingerie collar
and cuss. The two-button lastening
is distinctive.

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the side with three buttons. There
is a white organdie and lace vest
with a high collar that further car-
ries out the Directoire note. The
clone-fitting cloche and the long
walking stick complete the picture.

Prlnted Velvets Coming.

Looking forward. velvets loom

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large. and velvets will undoubtedly
be the medium for intricate and
colorful prints this autumn and
winter that georgettes and other
crepes have been this. summer.
Alpaca. a material that has taken
strong hold in Paris. is another
material that lends itself well to
the possibilities of the cost frock.
Quite the most extraordinary bit

Warm Days and

ofgossipabout thecoatfrookisthe
fact that there are dinner frocks
worn by very smart women here
and tom that are to all intents
and. purposes coat frocks. At least
they are modeled on coat lines and
save for the lower bodice and the
brilliance of the materials used are
similar to the coat frock with which
we are familiar.

 

 

 

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Above is a satin frock embroidcrcd
in pastel colors. There is a shoulder
scar] collar that adds both to ap-
pearance and usefulness. A coat
frock of satin is crccllcnt for motor-
ing when one wishes to look well at
the short jaurncy‘s end, for satin
sheds the dust.

Above is a coat frock for colder
days. It is made of printed velvet.
which will be substituted for print-
ed tropes when winter comes. It is
trimmed with far. A small bow of
the velvet eflccts the hip fastening.

 

New Details of. Midsummer
' Fashion“ Told in Short
Paragraphs

brave chiefs wore the scalps

of their slain enemies as part
of the decoration of their gala attire
has human hair appeared by way of
ornament. Now a French milliner
has hit upon the wierd idea of using
human hair in imitatiOn of monkey
fur, run down the center of the quill
of an ostrich feather. Apparently it
is cheaper and less difficult to get
the human than the simian variety.

NOT since Indian days when

 

Dregs of wine was a color known
to our grandmothers, if not to our
mothers. and it seemed a perfectly
innocent color name in those ante-
Volstead days. And now the French
milliners are using a range of lovely
red tones that go by this name.

 

Flowers made of black lace have
been one of the millinery triumphs
of the season and Reboux is credited
with this invention. .The petals and
leaves of roses. lilies and other
flowers are skillfully wrought with
fine black lace. and are used in

g hats of the floppy, garden-
party Mew.

 

Here and there colored shoes per-
sist even among the best-dressed
women. but usually they are worn
only with all white or all black. and
this is also the rule in fashionable

France.

 

It is a new extravagance to have
underclothes to match one's frocks.
Sometimes this causes considerable
inconvenience and makes it neces-
sary to have laces and georgettes
ah other materials especially dyed
to match the unusual shade of a
sown.

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A new and mach-talked-about hat
from Jenny takes its inspiration
com the soldier's helmet. It is
brimless of coarse and well over the
M: ’A big crestgnade of a
roll of the material with which the

helmet is covered extends from ea?
to eat-my way of trimming.

Jenny is also responsible for a
very recent. attempt to display a
new frock with an old-fashioned
snugly coracttcd waistline. That is
the waistliao of the frock is so small
that to wear it one would apparently
have to go back to a kind of corset
that held the waist in close confines.
This frock when seen in France at-
tracts more surprise than admira-
tion—surprise that a generation of
men and women could ever have
regarded such a silhouette with
complacency.

 

Almond green. they say. is on the
wane. but if Chinese colors have
the vogue that has been predicted
as a result of the Ba! de la Grande
Prlx. then Jade green will come
back into prominence. In the mean-
time a moss green and a bottle
green are'galning favor. and these
are used in light fabrics as well as
in the heavier materials.

 

The Bel de la Grande Prim which
has sounded the Chinese note so
empatically in women's clothes.
showed a pageant representing the
Chinese mariners at the court of
Louis XIV in France. This gave
opportunity to show all sorts of
Chinese costumety brought up in
sharp contrast to the equally re-
splendent costume of the Rococco
period in France. with its white-
powdered wigs. its enormous head-
dresaea. patches. lace. and panniers.
The Chinese costumes are not ex-
pected to have so much influence
as the coloring of the Chinese
clothes and Chinese decorations.
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P'iaits persist. . the most recent
version being unpressed plaits that
would make you start and stars if
you were not reassured that the
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will be worn so much when autumn
comes is madeof-a homespun weave
of heavy threads in a big plaid of
tansnddarkblue. Theplaidisout-
lined with fuzzy threads woven in
with the hard-twisted homespun.

Rose-petal hande erohiefs are in
vogue. 'Andnow there is:the.rose-

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fabric of this coat frock. If a
with platted new of white ' ,
which falls from one side ox
neck; crossing over above the .
the, and then continues to the
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