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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1907
Page
7
Guidance for home sewers on pressing, pinning patterns, cuttings, seam directions, and basting to prevent puckering. Instructions emphasize moderate iron use, avoiding damp silk, bias seam handling, and trimming with extra width for narrow hems. Also advises removing selvage distortions before cutting and careful notching to control shrinking.
Handkerchief designs feature palo lavender with deep blue purple accents and embroidered dots. Variations include broad color shaved hems and pale tan bases, offering harmonizing options with gowns. Dark brown bars on tan backgrounds look smart when coordinated with brown tonal outfits.
A surge in moire fabric usage appears in fashion with ornate trims. The material spans black and white gowns, with modern dull finishes that glow and reproduce Watteau colorings.
Feathered hatpins from Paris arrive in endless variety. Hummingbirds are among the charms with adaptable plumage, plus small pea racks in realistic column and a black claw note. The hatpins fascinate, nearly amounting to trimmings.
Fragmentary antique prose describes “smart headgear” and "bell-shaped bats" in varied placement on the head, noting extreme fragility and fashion perception. It references modern seeming chatter and widespread use among women, with stylistic praise and critique embedded in period tone.
The Pekin stripe in black and white and gray and white leads fashion trends. Narrow irregular stripes are favored this season. Thora notes stripes remain a strong style, expected to stay popular through fall and winter.
Practical clothing guidance for children featuring washable fabrics from 80 to 60 cents, favoring heavy wash goods like soft piques and cheviots. Notes versatile trims in narrow and wide braid, leather belts, and color harmonies with navy, tan, and black. models suit ages 2 to 12 with serge, cheviot, or linen options.
The article lists fall colors including medish green and greens like spinach cypress and emerald, with grays from pearl to elephant gray and taupe. Purple shades grow in popularity, plus Paris fashion introduces genjou mahogany. Also noted are vert de gris, gazelle, begonia, brandy sherry, and blues like Horlensia blue and lavender blue.
Citron trucks with eretorine coats set the tone for early fall wear as skirts grow longer for formal wear while trailing styles slim down for street use. Persian ribbon designs, checks, plaids, and embroidered borders define the season with silks, chiffons, and velvet accents.
The passage advises women with narrow shoulders to wear a broad square-cut evening waist and off the shoulders sleeves, while those with plump arms fit the style. It suggests a square-cut dress can widen shoulders, and uses a string of pearls or coral bands to shadow bone structures, warning a velvet neck band may accentuate protruding clavicles.
A ledger of vest trimming trends notes tapestries in delicate stripes and embroidered designs. Imported tapsatry vesting features a white central stripe with pastel ribbons and hand embroidery in purple tones with gold and beads. Varied fabrics include florals in silks cretonnes with wide braids and soutache as a defining detail.
The article notes pleated lines and lingerie frills regaining popularity with frilled jabots at the neck. These jabots are commonly worn on the translucent plastron of shawl fashion, reflecting a current style revival in delicate accessories and neckline embellishments.
A guide suggests footwear with pointed toe caps, long straight gloves with stitching, and small pearl neck decorations to create the illusion of height. It warns against black clothing for many women, favors lengthwise trimming, and recommends flat surfaced fabrics like cashmere and chiffon to visually reduce size while discouraging glossy materials.
A magazine excerpt notes a shift from stiff silks to soft fabrics like chiffon and taffeta. It highlights draping chiffon textures, pliable Libertas knits, and Tussor blends in solid colors or Pekin striped effects for modern designs.
A period article teaches harmony in dress for occasions and life, stressing balance of colors and style to suit the wearer’s figure. It warns horizontal lines lower height, vertical lines add to it, advising short figures to seek length with no intersecting lines.
The article notes a wide array of coat designs from long to short, single and double breasted, with collars or without. It highlights fur fabric imitations and broadcloth options, forecasting black as the staple color for ordinary wear and white or pastels for carriage use.
The article notes no single shirt wrist style is universal this year. It highlights multiple in vogue designs and emphasizes the prominent tailored round yoke seen on several new models.
Pink shades dominate evening attire with sheer rose pale frocks. Veiled gowns in chiffon feature lace embroidery and delicate trims, creating a desirable, elegant look in the latest style report.
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