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Show BACK TO BONNETS IS LATEST; TAFFETA FOR EVENING WEAR BACK to bonnets, so says the mode. That la, if you do not prefer one of the smart head-fitting toques which are also immensely popular this season. sea-son. Fashion Is smiling approval on. both. The bonnet vogue started some lime ago and It Is growing more Important every minute. The outstanding thing about the new bonnets is that they adopt a drooping side silhouette. That n A ' & Sy V ' iff' makes them very different from the N ' k Jm bonnets which have gone before. ' " t (: r I J This drooping wide side effect some- times follows the simple natural lines. Xjf Then again it is achieved through 'id"" : ,1 makes them very different from the bonnets which have gone before. This drooping wide side effect sometimes some-times follows the simple natural lines. Then again it is achieved through most cunning pltuts and fluted contours. con-tours. Paris modistes are playing up these side brims which hug the face in every possible Ingenious way. It Is really astonishing, the clever things designers are doing with bonnet bon-net brims. Sometimes they cut them away In a diagonal line across the eyes, developing Dutch bonnet flanges at the sides. Sometimes, too, the milliner mil-liner plaits the brim across the neck at the back. Even the soft vagabonds which are so popular an item for early fall emphasize em-phasize the face-framing idea. The first hat in this picture, which is a new type vagabond, Is trimmed with grosgrain ribbon in two tones. Leather or stitched fabric belts, which are brass-eyleted, are often buckled about the crowns of these soft ripple-brim sport3 hats as per the model pictured last In this group. Two colors of felt are worked together to-gether for the cloche at the top to the right. The autumn mode throughout entire costume styling features combinations com-binations of colors either In blends or contrasts. A pleasing development In the bonnet bon-net vogue is that of the contrasted facing. This gives a splendid oppor- tional programs presented through style shows such as it has become the. custom to stage not only in the larger cities but In lesser ones as well. At the sAnie time these exhibitions are versing women as to fashion's trend, they are also cultivating a deeper appreciation ap-preciation of dress as an art in the finest sense of the word. The lovely gown In the picture U typical of the exquisite apparel which Showing Trend Toward Bonnett. is gracing autumn's featured style parades. This handsome model was exhibited at a showing recently staged In Chicago In a salon of one of Its finest hotels by leading local stylists undei the auspices of the Associated Dress Industries of America. The study of the details of this charming evening frock is a revelation of that which is being planned for wear at smart formal after-six-o'clock affairs tills autumn and winter. First of all this fetching gown proclaims pro-claims taffeta in unmistakable terms. The moment one glimpses it, one senses the importance of taffeta for the coming months. Not only taffeta in beguiling solid tones and tints, but flowered taffetas are bespoken for evening eve-ning wear, made up In most picturesque pictur-esque fashion, too. Bouffancy, uneven and exceedingly full hemlines, huge to-one-side bows, all these fascinating details silhouette themselves in the mind at sight of this exquisite mode. Perhaps most outstanding is the graceful capelet of spangled net which envelops the shoulders so intriguingly. Too much cannot be said In regard to the shoul- r- 1 j A Beautiful Eveninz Gown. tunity lor color effects which add to becoiningness. The hat In the oval to the right is dark brown with a russet facing, these favorite fall colorings re peated In the trimming. The center all-over stitched hat Is typical of the new trend In bonnet shapes. What splendid opportunities wu ot this generation ure privileged to enjoy, through Hie many edura der cape and fichu effects, also floating float-ing draperies which are featured throughout the new stylings. Another interesting Item is the cor sage bouquet of feather dowers. Cos timie flowers are trending to the strikingly unique. They are being made of tinsel ribbons, of beads, ot jewels and many trailing effects are observed. JULIA BOTTUill.EY. (. lll-S. Wi-stern Newspaper Unlua- |
