Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1902 — Fashion Hints for Winter. [ARTICLE]

Fashion Hints for Winter.

Velvet, velveteen, and oorduroy costumes are among the season’s ‘ smartest modes. An excellent oholoe for street attire is a fabrlo showing a shaggy, hairy texture, suob as zibeline or camel’shair. The sloping or drop-shoulder effeot is seen in many of the newest bodices; and the Duchess closing is a distinctive feature of the newest shirt-waists. At last a change has ootne in skirts, which for the street are notioeably shorter; there is a marked tendenoy to give up the fbrbelows and ruffies and adopt the severer tailor-made models. The hip yoke is a feature of the majority of the new skirts. The boa is a picturesque style, and cape collars of every shape and depth are prominent among the season's fashions. Among the innovations in materials are the metallic tints and effects in heavy, rough clothe, zibelines,vigognes, homespuns, etc., “Coronation doth,’’ a heavy winter goods, suitable for skating, golf, eto. Long nap plush is being revived this winter, and Pompadour silks as a foundation lor net, chiffon and other sheer texiles are established in high favor. Among the smartest accessories of the toilette are a tall stock-collar, cuffs, and belt-girdle, preferably of a contrasting material. Embroidery is very prominent in all the fashions. One ot the latest novelties employed in trimming for tailor-made gowns is sued suede undressed kid skin. A unique trimming is the new cloth ribbon embroidered in Oriental colors. —From tha Delineator for January.