THE NEW COAT. AND SKIRT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 190, 6 May 1908, Page 3

THE NEW COAT. AND SKIRT.

| Later on in the season' '(says a'Melbourne , paper) we may'object to the promised new ( stylo of gown, but; for the moment frocks [ are out " aiid coats and'skirts are-." in." . But ho matter, what we wear; long lines are | insisted upon. Straight effects are considered . most becoming, and the proper cut for coats and skirts ,is the severely perpendicular. | The curved outline of the bust is not evident ( on the garment when the'coat' is unfastened, , for it hangs • straight from the 'shoulder. , Even the cutaway' Beaufort-like jacket, which J gives i most 'of its wearers ■ a ' look lof tho "praying mantis," manages to give the line effect. Of- course, this • straight cut is the hall-mark' of good tailoring, and, with a tall, slender figure, it is comparatively-easy, but* the triumph is- with the plump subject. ! for it. makes her .look a-little taller, and i height is what everyone craves; for.. ' For : the time being the snort.'Eton-like;coated''is i quite'dead. It has no long-line effect,.so we . will have,none, of it; Last spring jnilliners i reaped- a wonderful harvest, because, for - some, unknown reason,' the prices, of'quite i ordinary , hats were prohibitive, and tho woman i who regards 30s. as. her upset price for a I good hat was staggered. After a few weeks of inflated value a more rational state of • affairs ivas arrived at-. • Just-now it is the' [ turn of the ladies' tailors, aiid they- are ! having it-all their own way, for-the "coat ( and skirt" boom is a feature of tho season. ;• However, one does not grudge the.price of [ a good; tailor-made outfit this season, at all events,--for it seems as though tho, severe class of clothes was to be permissible on dressy occasions. For some "years past coats and skirts-havo been looked upon as essential but for purely utilitarian wear, and-a, toque was the only suitable headgear. . But. this 1 winter the most frivolous hats are worn, and > becoming fussy laco jabots aro v taking : the 5 place of the stiff linen collar and tie. : ) .-■ -' "" - .