AUTUMN FASHIONS

Evening Star, Issue 16992, 14 March 1919, Page 2

AUTUMN FASHIONS

AS SEEN IN THE SHOPS.

[By Viva.]

AT THE D.I.C. Everywhere it is noticable how the tintings and shadings of the autumnal foliage are copied upon millinery and introduced in the materials from which gowns and costumes are to bo fashioned. In the large mantle rooms and “ battery” of this firm are to be seen exquisite designs and equally exquisite art shadings, enabling the wearers to feel as daintily clad in the depth of winter as in the glorious days of summer. For afternoon and evening wear blouses are made of georgette, ninon, and voile, the favorite colors being ivory, flesh, lemon, nigger brown, and mist grey. The most delicate stitchcry is used to docorado them, quaint edgings and veinings, motifs and appliqned “ fancies in bird and flower. One very dainty example was of white crepe de chine with inlet pa.nels of finest lace. It had large floppy reyers of flesh pink georgette lace edged and hemstitched with insertion en suite, and carried a scroll design in wool and silk work in shadings of pink, blue, and green. A 'very gorgeous affair was fabricated of black georgette with a hanging panel front reaching to the waist, ana the upper part united to this by a broad baud of gold embroidery. Tire severe sailor collar was decorated with a conventional small pattern in helio, pink, and gold thread. Collars appear more important than over, attached or unattached, the latter showing in endless variety and charm in the department devoted to neckwear _ downstairs ; the newest showing a binding instead of picot and fancy edgings. The costumes are very handsomely trimmed —not the severely plain tailored affairs of a few years back, but still cut in perfect lines, and decorated in the mosl enchanting way. A perfect model was ni fine blue serge, with a simple full skir--. having trimmings of wide silk black military braid. The coat was also trimmed with the same braid in two panels set together at the front, giving the effect of a waistcoat, and large square pockets, edged with' braid. The buttons were quaint—of cloth and bone, outlining the two colors. With it was worn a now high-throated full shoulder cape of coney seal or some other fine-haired fur, into which was tucked a tiny multi-colored posette. The evening arrav almost takes one’s breath away, so fairy-like is it, the soft swathings of tulle lending piquancy untold, particularly where it forms either a contrasting or a harmonising effect with the gown it accompanies. In the hat department are shown exclusive models in the new velour, tiny or largo according to one’s taste, simply trimmed with ribbon, beads, flowers, or wool-work ornaments. A very lovely extraspecial imported model, made of white plush with under brim of black satin, was rolled up closely on either side to show the shiny smooth-black, and had a folded swathing round the crown ; stiff and flat ospreys set into a beaded buckle were the trimmings on this unusual though extra smart hat. A very dainty French toque of jade silk close-fitted the head, and had a plaque of composite, set to the centre front, the color scheme having been chosen, I am told, to correspond with or accentuate some detail of the dress which it is to accompany. In regard to this the dress department is replete with all the newest, smartest, and up-to-date materials, in the most correct of colorings, the georgette and crepes making a most beautiful show in the newest colorings from lime_ and grey to pink and blue. Every woman interested in the latest of Dame Fashion s whimsies will find them all displayed at the D.I.C. AT MISS SWINDLEY’S. You simply cannot go wrong with any of the models. They are more enchanting than ever. Illustrated in accordance with the new season’s decree, they are to some extent freakish with their odd barbaric ornaments and crazy wool work, taking the form of buckles, etc., but they are sure to catch on, for whom worn at the right angle they are tres chic. Imagine a little pinched-in high-crowned, close-fitting shape of chenille, in the newest shade of pink, lined under the brim with buff (I heard a man this week term it “ ponka ” pink), with a severe band of corded, picotedged ribbon, and in the centre front a flower of multi-colored beads. Or, again, a black, small sailor, rather like what was worn by seamen in the early Victorian days, of finest varnished straw, devoid of all trimmings save at the front, where into a square ornament of shiny black beads were set, side by side, two panels of corded black silk ribbon. It was extremely smart. Neapolitan shapes are very much worn, mostly of velvet and plush, with osprey trimmings. Whether you-wish a ready-to-wear (of which there are bewildering numbers), smart and in correct style, or something for visit or special occasion, you are sure to find satisfaction at Miss Swindley’s. AT F. AND R. WOODS’S. The question of dress is the question of the moment —what to wear, what is the newest and smartest, and where can it be obtained at prices to suit the p.ockef of the maiden of moderate income. At Messrs Woods’s one can always rely on satisfaction in this respect, and opening up this season are signs of all the newest innovations, including the latest trimmings in wool work and hand embroidery. Jumpers in silk, crepe de chine, and georgette are very smart and comfortable-looking, a particularly nice one being in the now brick shade of red, with pointed collars and cuffs of grey voile, with an attractive border of grey with a broad fringe, and tasselled at the front of the low-cut collar. Net and tulle are favorite coverings lor blouses and dressy frocks this autumn, and is charming when veiling a soft charmeuso or a taffeta silk, and when edged with the tiny fur trimming the effect is delightful. When made into overdresses for tjie new-one-piece hip-bunched, gathered waist frocks, the rainbow effects produced are enchanting. There are beautiful fabrics in the dress department, velveteen holding pride of place, in the loveliest dahlia and fuchsia shades, browns, blues, and sapphires. The millinery is very new, one pretty model having a crown of Paisley silk, stitched with huge “cat” stitches of gold braid. It had a curved brim, of brown velvet, which was vandyked to the Paisley crown. A relief flower of wool work set to extreme front, and little triangular motifs of straight lines in many colorings were sot haphazard round the brim. Sports coats continue more popular as the days go on, and are newer than over. One can quite understand why they have stayed with us so long, for they play ,vi important part as a satisfying finish to a frock, and are warm as well. The newest have collars, cuffs, and pocket, edges of contrasting colorings, mostly in stripes, and it is hard to resist buying them, j Very beautiful materials of crepe de chine, georgette, etc., in which to build the foundation of fascinating blouses and ‘frocks, there are, while the furnishings and trimmings are exquisite. Smart simplicity is the keynote of this firm’s success.