Edwardian Fashions by Kristina Seleshanko

Author:Kristina Seleshanko
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Courier Publishing
Published: 2019-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

SPECIAL DESIGN BY MATHILDE SÉE for a reception gown of Cluny lace over pale blue satin.

Lace gowns of all kinds and descriptions figure largely in the advance fashions this season, and while there is no limit to their cost, it is quite possible to find, by looking about at the sales, most attractive designs in the pattern robes that cost comparatively little. Colored linings or color introduced into the belt, trimmings, or a wrap to be worn with the gown is now more fashionable than the all-white effect. An example of this is shown in the lace reception gown over which is an odd coat of rose-pink taffeta silk. Black velvet is also in great favor as a trimming, and this same gown has shoulder straps, bows, and border of black velvet.

The princesse gown and the high-bodiced or corselet skirt have not gone out of fashion as was predicted, but have taken apparently a stronger hold on life than ever, judging from the number of smart gowns that have recently been shown on these lines. Both styles permit of the little bolero jackets that are so effective and becoming, and which bid fair to be more popular than ever. A good model is in a changeable taffeta silk, old-green, blue, and copper, with bolero of black velvet bands over white satin and blouse of white mousseline and lace. It is certainly odd in coloring and design, but at the same time it is delightfully effective.

Not to take up all sorts of outdoor sports is to be quite out-of-date, and the endless variety of designs for riding-habits, golf and tennis costumes. yachting gowns, and so forth, would seem to presage a summer spent in the open air. While the riding-habit must, to be conservative and correct, be always more or less of the same design, of late some innovations have been introduced. For cross-saddle riding, we are told, is one of the new models. The divided skirt has two or three inverted pleats at each side at the back. In front there are two outward-turned pleats at each side. The loose sack coat is worn with a double-breasted waistcoat over a shirtwaist. This model has a front gore which buttons into place when the habit is to be used for walking or golf, which makes it a very useful skirt.

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