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ions that were offered for
our ‘inspection by inventive
dressmakers and milliners last
spring some. were bound to per-
sist. And there were some of the
novelties for which even their in-
ventors did not expect survival.
They were merely thrown in for
the sake of the variety they would
lend to the general scene of fash-
ion. But though there are always
some of the digressions of fashion
on which you can put your care«
fully manicured forefinger and
say. "This will not survive six
weeks," it is practically impossi-
ble, without chancing mistake, to
point to certain other' novelties and
say, “These will persist." For ap-
parently with fashion it is not al-
ways the survival of the fittest. or
if his. then it is immensely ditli-
cult to say Just what fitness con-
sists of in fashion.
Now it is quite safe to make a
resume of the spring's fashions.
You need not say this style of cost
will survive, or this shape of hat
will be smart this ,summer. or
frocks of this sort are sure to
have a vogue. but "these hats and
frocks and wraps have persisted.
and having survived the mobile
days of spring. will persist
throughout summer.”
The mPleasant Interlude
To the makers and designers of
women's clothes there is perhaps
no period for breath taking. To
them fashion seems ‘to flow as in-
cessantly along as the Hudson or
the Seine. But for the women
whose interest in clothes is that
they simply wear them there sure-
ly are interludes when their
clothes. if well chosen. seem to re-
main in style.
This season is such an interlude.
The flaring'silhouette for eve-
ning is a well established fact for
0131‘ of the melange of fash-
, the summer. This usually means
a fairly long waist with almost all
the trimming reserved for the ab-
breriated skirt. Unless otherwise
specified. one takes it for granted
nowadays that the evening frock
is of chiffon. Flowers. feathers.
lace form the trimming.
Georgette and chiffon ensembles
that women are Wearing for the
street have proved to be far more
serviceable and really durable-
than at ilrst seemed possible.
These are made with a quite tail-
ored simplicity for morning. The
very lightness of weight of the
material, its very fragility. seems
to give it a'sort of resistance to go
through the requirements of a
warm summer day better than gar-
e
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, What Fashions of Spring
In tho slrolo. Ms ovsnlno freaks of chiffon. modeled on the moulded silhouette. with full skirts. Irisht
oolsrsd shawls are worn with frooits of this sort for evening.
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At right. one of the many
Two-piece jumper soo-
tumo ot crops do shine
with laoo collar and cuffs
and pearl buttons for trim-
ming. This is an sxessd-
lnply practical sort of sum- .
mor frock. and is sure to
remain in good fashion
throughout the hot months.
it is semstimos made in
baibriuan or in wash silk.
as wall as in crop do
chins.
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Long tunles are smart.
frocks «this
ments of heavier. more substantial
material.
Fur-Bordered Coat
When the season began, we are
told. numerous women. old and
young. who couldn’t afford or old.
n‘ ant to ullord a mm: rout for
it spring and summer rosin-rott-
ed last year's coat and. timing
measured it round tile'hf‘m. hought
a sufficient length of for Lower
and fastened this on as host they
could for the anko of a new insh-
iou. These fur-bordered routs.
though you still see them. do not
seem to have persisted very well.
At any rate women of exceptional-
ly good taste" are not buying; them
so eagerly as they were. and l have
known of women who have sent
their fursbordcrcd roots to the
tailor lately to have the fur re-
moved. Thui‘is sometimes the
fate of a fashion that waxes too
popular ut the outset.
Thrre seems to be a strong dis~
position 'now to leave the making
of a coat entirely Ito the tailor, ig-
noring tho furrlcr entirely. At
any rate you may have observed
in any group of well-dressed wo~
men. how many of the costs and
wraps are entirely int-less. This
is something. however. that really
does not hurt the furriers’ feel-
ings in the least. In fact there is
far wideriopportunity to sell wo-
varlstlss of the ensemble
oostums. it is made with
a navy blue omps do ohlns
ooat worn over a printed
silk frock. ‘
'word or two. The fact that it has
porsittod as it has is proof enough
that the niilllners do not. set the
fashions m mllllnery. for most of
their following would as lief have
seen all the little ielt haia huricd
of? somewhere with Captain Kidd's
treasure. or drowned in the waters
of the South Seas. So they offered
most charming substitutes. and
women liked them. and smart wo-
men wore these other hills with
such good grace that for a time it
did seem as if possiva the little.
close~ftttlng felt hat had heard its
own death knhll. so far as really
smart fashion was concerned.
Felt Persist:
But nothing of the sort really
happened. In any gathering of
tort worn it 'wsll- . ., . .
‘3:~..3"‘me it the men. really good fllltlilt} in: pieces well-dressed women now 3'0" will
when they wear coats that are not . - . . .
raoss. 11.. ”.l in the - . g . ”till ate some of the host draped
'Mgh is .5 bolas crops 4. already "d”med “in some 3°” 0‘ among thenf topped with a small.
shine with brown trlm~ 9th“ 0‘ peltry. ' close-fitting felt hat. and your
mlng. it is worn with Fur Neck Pieces Al‘c 600d menial comment will doubtless be.
‘ black satlnipumps. - . "Not so new as certain other hats.
The small fur DECK Dieco of i‘eal- but as smart as any of them."
1! good quality has come firmly
back into its own. Women would
consent to wear .peltry around a
hem of their cost that the w id
have blushed to wear un r their
ears and chin.‘j
Velvet and kindred fabrics have
taken a place in the summer
moiies. The large straw hat when
it is not trimmed With flowers is
draped with velvet or trimmed
wilh’a wivet ornament". Don't
forget velvet in considering mid-
summer millinery. Then there are
the little short. straight coats of
velvet or velveteen that are as yet
not usual enough to repel the we-
man who seeks the unusual. For
a smart little sport frock a short
straight skirt of black and white
checked cloth is worn with one of
these straight short black velve-
teen Jackets. over a boyish shirt
audits and topped off with a close
fitting little hat of felt.
The hat of to
it really needs ‘a "
And you may feel that the little.
close-lilting felt hat is really much
smarter. Quite often the only
trimming about them is a bit of
Jeweled ornament. Rhinestone
initials of the wearer placed right
at the front of the hat give an air
of individuality.
IT MAY BE—
HAT the bustle will be re-
T vived. Polret,_the distinguish-
ed Frencn designer. toyed
with the fashion last winter. show-
ing it in some charmingly exotic
gowns. The bustle effect produced
by looping of wide ribbon at the
back of the frock is introduced in:
interesting little dance frocks by
l'taih American dressmakeru
his fashi‘bn is spoken of as one
eminently suited to: the youthful
figure. '
That the bobbed and shingled
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Below, small hats of felt and
bangkok continue the favorites for
city and sports, but large hats are
‘ becoming more and more popular as
the warm weather advances. The
large hat sketched is of black straw
with ribbon ornaments shading
from mauve to pink.
mode of headdress will soon pass
out of fashion. The wife of an
English nobleman is quoted as
having said that “just as Samson
lost his strength when Delilah cut
his hair. so does the modern wo—_
man lose her charm when the bar-
ber cuts her tresses." Many of
those most‘opposed to the boyish
or mannish hair cut believe that
if a few influential fashion leaders
begin to wear long hair it will be
only a short- time before the
liobhed head is entirely out of
style. Others believe that short
hair is more than a passing fad~—. ..
that it fills a real demand of pres-.
eat-day women who would not
give it up without a struggle.
That the ‘new little motor
shades will become as popular
with us as the little carriage sun-
shades were with the Victorians.
These are tiny parasols made to
hold‘ove; the head in an open car.
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