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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
The article outlines debutante daytime and evening frocks emphasizing white, lingerie looks, and pinafore silhouettes. It highlights delicate embroidery in Val lace, Irish crochet, guipure, and tulles with ribbons, chiffon, and muslin, plus pale color pairings and ornate hats. It notes practicalities like dry cleaning and undergarment materials for fluttering, billowy effects.
This guide instructs on pattern layout for fabrics, grain alignment, and matching stripes. It covers cutting lines, seam allowances, chalk markings, folding, and dart handling, advising muslin mockups for beginners to gain practical pattern skills.
Fabrics for fall coats and dresses favor manmade woolens and silks. Medium weight worsteds serge cheviot plaids and plain colors lead the trend with velvet satin and crepe de chine accents. Shantung and tussor fabrics glow in raspberry Copenhagen blue myrtle green and old gold tones as rainproof tweeds and corduroy gain favor.
Fashion centers issue edict favoring larger sleeve styles with long mitten-like and be ruffled wristed designs set to be among the season’s smartest models.
Fashion guidance shows how to refresh an old silk blouse by covering with chiffon or veiling, using lace collars and berths to create a dainty evening look. It details pressing with a damp cloth, air drying, and dyeing or tea-sponging for reconditioned silks.
A guide to cutting nap up for bloom, marking perforations, and careful basting. Instructions cover skirt plackets, underlap, seam alignment, and securing hooks and eyes. Also fixes for necks on blouses including shoulder space and neckband alignment.
The piece surveys fall fashion trends with arum lilies white velvet trim and skeletal leaves on nets, vulture plumes and Amazone plumes, and trims designed to enhance slender lines. It highlights satin brocades, braces carried in fur, striped Shantung silks, tassels, and the ubiquitous tailor suit. It notes handkerchiefs for French women, new checks and stripes, and pastel deigns for elderly wearers. It mentions evening frocks with chiffon, satin dots, and rose borders, and lacework in filet and colorful grounds, plus favored fabrics like faille louisine moire and soft taffetas.
The piece notes Keak as a favored shade and highlights emerald green as popular. It mentions green and black combinations, Copenhagen blue as a standout blue, fruit red tones, and a shift toward smoke and gray as the fashionable trend this season.
Advice on washing neckwear lace with care avoiding rubbing or wringing. Dip lace with light hand pressure and use milk to improve finish after ironing. Always iron lace on the wrong side.
A square of oilcloth or denim under the sewing machine serves as a catchall. Use a large rug to trap threads and litter so cleaning can be quick. Useful where sewing is done in living rooms.
UTTONS are placed on gowns in every conceivable shape. Many are cabocaon shape, made of swutache, braided round and round like tiny beelhives. The newest button is called the mushroom, and stands up about an inch in heiht like veritable minia ture mushrowns Thee buttons are made of moulds covered with fancy braids.
Separate coats of heavy tweed gain favor for schoolgirls with three quarter length styles. Descriptions include beck options from semi fitting to tight fitting, box coats for younger girls, and linings of satin sateen and silk serge like fabrics. Braid trims are common.
The piece notes hats should not mirror frocks, with hats sometimes echoing a coat in costumes. It cites strong colors like croque, sapphire, peacock blue, emerald green, and pansy paired with neutral froth shades to create contrast.
Mut Ties have become a leading feature of the season in neckwear. Universal approval marks their first season, with all widths in demand and the three and a half inch wide style drawing greatest favor.
The article notes fashionable coats with semi fitting backs and rippled skirts, including long coats in diverse fabrics such as taffetas merveileux Pompadour silks and even tulle. It highlights tussor in natural shade for tailored frocks and dressy gowns, praising colored tussor for charm and the small fancy bolero.
The article explains how color combinations affect perceived height and proportions. It advises matching blouses to skirts for shorter figures, using contrasting waistlines for tall figures, breaking height with belts, and ensuring a stout figure uses a belt matching the blouse to elongate the waist. It also suggests belt color accuracy and secure fastening for a polished look.
The new leather hand bags appear flat and in fashionable shades. They are described as wholly novel in shape with wrist bags featuring narrow leather straps as handles that loop over the arm.
Notes on black accents in evening frocks highlight imported models for early fall. A white maire with pink rosebuds and black velvet trim appears beside pale blue grosgrain brocade with ribbon sashes. Black velvet neckbands return in vogue, sometimes tied or pinned with a brooch. Black taffeta touches nudge white dresses toward a Parisian flair.
Silk and chiffon fichus in daring colors rise in fashion. Experts note color blending can lift neutral costumes with vivid accents, creating striking效果.
Fashion notes observe jewelry cycles with items reappearing after years. Gold enamel bracelets once worn fade, globular watches shift to flat locket styles, and long forgotten earrings resurface especially among English and Spanish wearers. A serpent bracelet tightens around the arm while pendant designs regain popularity.
Fashion notes describe veils with a two inch fluted chiffon border sewn around, and worn without pins or hair ties. Double veils appear commonly, signaling a shift in headwear trends.
Virorous tulle boas flecked with large chenille dots reach only to the bust softening facial outlines and yielding a highly becoming look. Finished with floating ends of silver or taffeta bows for a graceful effect.
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