Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1912 — FASHION'S LATEST FANCIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FASHION'S LATEST FANCIES

IN PREVAILING STYLE

jIHORT CHAT ON THE FABHIONS OF THE MOMENT. Frocks Are Longer, Though Not to Any i Marked Extent—" Fur” Bhade4 \ Have Displaced Black and White In Millinery. ! Frocks, as a general thing, are longer. *The trotting frock clears the ground (well, but is not exaggeratedly short And all other frocks touch, though their narrowness often makes them jroll up when the wearer walks, so that (they do not really look long, writes [Florence Fairbanks in the Chicago (Evening Post. There are a good many Itralned frocks too; the trains usually [separate from the narrow underskirts And most frequently square, though Grounded, pointed and fish-tail trains All appear and are likely to trail off at almost any angle instead of falling dejmurely In the back. Unevenness of skirt bottom line is One of the features of thb new modes and has been the subject of considerable experiment during the summer. Many of the cleverest drapery schemes demand such unevenness, and a skirt revealing the foot and ankle at some point where the drapery is lifted or where the skirt Is opened up a little Way no longer seems unusual. Black and white, so long the supreme favorite in millinery, has been displaced by the new "fur” shades which promise to be a veritable craze this autumn. These shades, which in Paris are called “eclipse colors,” include seal brown, mole, fawn, taupe and all the grays from pearl to dark metal shades. The ordinary felt hat is at a discount these days, for most of the striking fall models seem to be made of silk, velvet or fur, or of all these materials combined. Rarely is a hat made bf one material only. If it is, it is sure to be trimmed lavishly with some other fabric. There is an unusual variety of fabrics used in fall millinery, including corded silks. These are in charming two-colored effects and in metallic combinations, like gold and sllVer, gun metal and copper, brass and steel. In some of these fabrics uncut velvet Is imitated to perfection, while others are quite heavily ribbed, looking more like corduroy or Bedford cord. Moire in black and all leading dark shades will be profusely used. Maltine hats are great favorites, and are shown in black, white, corbeau blue, copper, forest brown, combinations of peach and black, old gold and national blue, turquoise and white, and black and white.