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Show I SHOP TALK BY AMY ARMSTRONG WHETHER it bo duo to garment strikes in the east or whether it H he just a little slowness on the part H of our local shops, here it is the niid- H die of August, tourists visiting and H passing through our city wearing H suits and fall gowns and hats, yet H summer garments and hats are being H shown here with only a light sprink- M ling of the new season's offerings. H Of course everybody is waiting for H the fashion show the first part of H September to really start things off, M but in the meantime it looks like we H might bo having a few more elabor- H ate suggestions as to what we can H count on for the next few months H and if by any chance we do need H some article of wearing apparel to H tide us over a week or two we ought M reasonably to expect some slight au- H thority for hoping that it will be in m style at least while we are breaking H it m All of the tourists who are coining H through Salt Lake City now are bring- M ing with them and showing on our H streets the fall fashions. I suppose H wo all want to cling just as" long as H possible to the pretty summer things, M but at the same time we do not want H to be behind the procession. There H are a few exceptions, but this makes M but the greater contrast. Personally, Hj for instance, I have nothing in my i shoe racks but white shoes and some H' old pairs of last year's styles which I know will never do at all even for one who does not pretend to walk in front of the band. Yet I have been keeping my eyes open now for a month to get a line on something I could purchase to have on hand or on feet in case of, a cool spell or a rain which would mako the white shoes ridiculous, and not one pair have I seen save old styles or summer sum-mer models. Conditions are not like they were in the olden days when a pair of shoes purchased one year was just as good to wear Ave years after if it was not worn out. My gypsy boots of last spring, unless the sky falls or there is a blue moon in the realm of fashion, will be so passe' that even I, and I am pretty brave in most things, would not dare to wear them down the city streets. This bit of pessimism may have been induced by the cold gray dawn of a morning after, one of those chilly chil-ly ones which we are always beginning begin-ning to have and which belong neither with summer nor with invigorating invig-orating fall. For these are quite a number of new designs being shown here and about. The shop windows just now, though, present pretty much of an " 'arf and 'arf" appearance. appear-ance. One side of a double window will pay tribute to summer, a courtesy cour-tesy which cannot be neglected for fear the lady will protest a too summary sum-mary dismissal and retaliate with some too prolonged summer weather, the other side will display winter garments gar-ments not of repentance, hut of vainglory vain-glory at being the most discussed item in the world of shopdom. While the time has come when it will not do for managers to longer neglect the first fall fledglings (poor metaphor as fall fledglings sounds unnatural), un-natural), it is a rather ticklish business busi-ness to show warm looking dresses and heavy velvet hats while one is still moping the fevered brow either literally or figuratively. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, some of the fall styles in dresses and some of the millinery showings, draw our most Interested and keenest attention. "I'm certainly glad they are going to wear one-piece dresses this year-says year-says one woman looking in at a window win-dow showing several new models. A straw vote reveals the fact that nine women out of every ten echo the sentiment. sen-timent. One-piece dresses are such a convenience and the lines of those being be-ing designed today are becoming to, so many women, that this particular dictate of fashion bids fair to be a most popular one. There are some who protest in favor of suits and sure it is that for some occasions there is nothing that cniite takes the place of a goodlooking jacket and skirt with pretty blouse. It is hard to put into words the elusive elu-sive charm of some of these new one- piece models. It is not so much in the materials, for these are about the same that we have had for quite a while, so far, bo it must be in the lines and the touches of trimmings, mostly perhaps, in the lines. While some are belted in to a tight waist, most of them hang from the should- . ers either without any belt at all or , with a wide loose one or a straight r sash tied in a loose knot. One I saw had the blouse part extending in straight lines below the waist forming a sort of yoke to the skirt The front panel was lonjj, the side ones short and the skirt was fastened to these panels with the cartridge pleats, , - which latter they tell us are to be still good this winter. No two of these one-piece models are alike, N , each having its own distinctive features, fea-tures, and withal most of them are very simple which is perhaps, when all is said, why they appeal to most women so much. Practically all one could get out of any person in any of the local shops this week was "annual outing." That was the one topic in which all were , interested, and if they talked at all that was the theme that or none. One could not blame them so much to be sure because the affairs were made much of this year, some of the ' f stores combining trips for their employees em-ployees to different spots of recrea-'tion, recrea-'tion, and all giving half a day off for the occasion. But the round of season sea-son 'and fashion change goes on and we must keep pace. Speaking of those belts, the narrow nar-row sash belt which is to play so important im-portant a part in autumn styles, is already al-ready being seen on some of the late Bummer frocks. In a navy blue gabardine gab-ardine trotteur frock the sash belt shapes the loose pinafore top to the figure in a long-waisted effect. The underskirt is pleated. White organdie organ-die collar and cuffs lighten the som-x som-x berness of the gown's color. Other words come this week to strengthen what was said last issue about the length of skirts and the fullness. Some new designs which have just come over from Paris and which are made especially for American Amer-ican makers of dresses emphasize that skirts are full but that lack of all extension and stiffening causes them to fall limply against the fig ure. Information also comes from authentic sources that later in the season evening skirts and all that are to be worn In the house will not only touch the floor but will fall on it in even folds, concealing the feet. Whether or not the tailored street gown will grow in length is not yet established, but there seems every reason to believe that when autumn really arrives at least three inches will be added to all smart hems. The tendency toward ochre and champagne colorings seems to be strengthening rather than weakening. France suggests whole gowns in these tones in charmeuse, chiffon and embroidered net for all hours, from noonday to midnight. Every prophecy, so were are told, points to the fact that France wants to revive the plum color worn by men in the' early part of the nineteenth century and it is said that our best tailored MISS IRENE BORDONI. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE YOUNG WOMEN ON THE VAUDEVILLh STAGE, WHO WITH MELVILLE ELLIS, WILL HEADLINE THE NEXT BILL AT THE ORPHEUM suits will be made in this time in broadcolth next winter, wjth the deep lapels of the coat ending in silver buttons but-tons at the waist line. "As a straw sent out to show in which direction to look for the wind of fashion," says one authority," there is a new afternoon after-noon frock made of plum-colored chiffon chif-fon and satin. The skirt has an apron front outlined by ribbon; the slim, tight bodice has long, wrinkled sleeves of the chiffon which cling to the arm from shoulder to wrist. The decolletage is slightly low and quite round." The French designers are indulging in-dulging in round or Renaissance necklines neck-lines minus the high rolling collar which has prevailed. I think wo are more "there" when it comes to millinery, perhaps, than in any other line of goods. This may be due to the fact that hats are to be had with less outlay, especially many of the first showings, than other oth-er articles of wearing apparel. One of the local departments has called in every single one of its summer boil' nets and is showing nothing at all H but the new fall chapeaux. So far KH these seem to come in the more som- ll ber colorings and the richer shades, jH also in the heavy velvets. With the IH exception of the less expensive felts tH for ordinary wear, scarcely a thing il but velvet is being shown. Most of Bl the models are large and much of the trimming is along the brim of the jH hat. There are some few small hats H in turban and toque shapes, but they H do not predominate. Burgundy is one H of the new shades and a number of H the velvet shapes show this, but as H yet neither styles nor colors are de- ,H termined. There is one decided model ,H in an Andrea hat called the Sharz- H adc. It doesn't sound like that so 'H since we do not run a pronouncing vo- H cabulary with this story you had bet- ' ter learn to spell it. I am told that fl the model "was named for a character H in the Arabian Nights, but my men- il tal notes have slipped a cog and I B cannot remember. Anyway, the hat " is of the harem type, with a long veil, M H in the correct hat being one and one- H half yards long, hanging straight H' down the hack, sweeping the skirt H hem. |