FASHIONS IN PARIS SHOPS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 64, 17 March 1910, Page 7

FASHIONS IN PARIS SHOPS.

Steel ornaments are much vised. Brocade is much favored for bridesmaids' hats. Blue funee, or smoke blues, is one of the newest colors. Fur on evening gowns will be worn well into the spring. Dots and rings are much employed in the new foulard designs. One of the latest tulles is a. dainty fabric dotted in silver. Amoing the new shades in petunia. It is a. favorite for street weaa\ Flowers aire again to be found among the latest coiffure ornaments. Among the 1910 spring silks, foulards are held aw high esteem. Crownis of dull gold are a feature on many of the handsomest tailored hats. The pretty, fluffy, ruffiy jabots are still the smartest thing in neclavear. There are but few stripes among the new gign'hamsi; mostly plaids and checks. Velvets, corded or plain, play now the most important part of the season ' s war dr o be. Changeable satin is one of the latest materials, and is wonderfully beautiful. Odd effects are gained in chiffon gowns by moTinting them over a contrasting shade. A charming idea is the glueing of colored velvet petals on lace bands of a flower design!. There is considerable unrest in the corset world as to just what new lines the gowns for spring may demand. The tendency toward the fitted 'bodies and! the fuller skirts which is so clearly discernible in rumors from Paris foretell corsets which will give the smaller waistline and mark more distinctly the hips. Golden, flowers and jewelled butterflies are the favorite trimming for the modern ball gown. An unusually stunning hat is the fur turbain with a. single pointsettia-, a. little to one side. Rich embroideries and ornamental

buttons will be in conspicuous evidence the coming spring. All white or all black is the smartest thing affected in street wean- as we'll as in evening costumes. Many of the evening gowns are made entirely of gauze net, covered Avith metallic embroideries- and motifs. The new sleeves show a variety of ornate shapes with gathers, puffs, plaitings, slashes, and smocking galore. Skunk continues to trim garments of cloth and velvet, as well' as the most delicate' and fragile of evening gowns. Row after row of the simple chain stitch, done with heavy silk, is used as a. finish to many a handsome evening gown. Despite the fact that jet is not by any means novelty and that this is distinctly a color season, there is- no more popular combination than black and jet. Belts are again being featured on many of the newest costume designs, but they are different enough in style to make them seiem something of a novelty. The latest dictates of fashion are to tli© effect that the yoke must be of metallic net or ga.uze, partly concealed beneath a veiling of dark chiffon, or tulle Parasols covered with natural pongee and bordered with silk of contrasting color have big shepherd crook handles with chenille tassels that are the color of the silk border .