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Show I STRIKING EVENTS REFLECTED IN FASHIONS. New York AH ptriking events are reflected in the fashions, and although the present, war was too sudden to have a strong influence on the early autumn fashions a military air Is rapidly malting its way felt in worn en's apparel The long coats with their wide belts at the hips and the Btraight collar across the back of the neck are sug gestive of early cnch wars, but they have a military spirit, and, because be-cause of this, they are strongly emphasized em-phasized today. If France could be in a position in February to dictate the world's fashions, fash-ions, there is no doubt that every gar- I ment would refleft the uniform of I some soldier on the vast field of battle bat-tle Think of what material she would have nt her command Russian Ser elan Turk, Algerian Indian. Senega lese. Highlander. Canadian. Bnglish, Belgian and French uniforms different differ-ent In color and cut. And added to these' are all the divisions oi the army and the hundreds of suggestions that would be Inspired by different battles .ind episodes and advetltUI and heroism. But no one feels that France will be qbie to put her seal on the February Feb-ruary fashions, and it Is therefor'' time that the American design r should turn to th study of these ka- I leidoscopie uniforms for Inspection She can find enough ideas to SUggesI a hundred new models She need , not study books or go to the museums muse-ums for friezes or historic paintings, lor Japanese prints She has at hand. I walt'ng to be utilized one of the most fruitful fields of inspiration that the I world has ever offered to a designer of women s apparel. Milliners First In Field, j One of the New York dressmakers has gotten out a Belgian cap through her millinery department, and other milliners nro getting suggestions from the Cossack turban, the cap of the aviators, the turban of a field marshal, mar-shal, and the head wrapping of a Senegalese. Se-negalese. These fflPhions are projected project-ed directly against the one which ealla for the large hat While it Is quite true that the sailor with the wide brim is in full fashion, it is als true that a large number of American women will not be bothered by wearing wear-ing a hat that tugs at the wind and that is not comfortable in the motor mo-tor Therefore, they like the small tur- all summer But they want some originality in It. They are loklng for ingenuity, and the milliners are 'inding it for them in the uniform caps svorn by the soldiers A novel right fitting rap is made of black astrakhan which is copied from i certain snip woru by a segment it the Russian forces The flat crown s of velvet the wide band of the black fur and there Is a silver tassle held hy a silver braid ornament, hang ng at the side Such a turban rests in the neat flat coiffure of the day ind remains snug with the aid of a single hatpin Over It a veil is easily eas-ily adjusted, and it withstands wind and weather, which advantage cannot be claimed for the hat with the brim, nrhicb may be more becoming, but cannot can-not be as comfortable Fur Turbans Have Velvet Tops. It is not nearly as smart to wear an entire turban of fur as it is to rombme peltry with velvet. This is lone In all the new small hats. Any one of the furs are used that are worn on the neck or carried In the hand, but there is a strong fashion for astrakhan, possibly because it is connected in our minds with Russian troops. For afternoon hats one sees bright colored velvet used at the top with sombre furs like skunk. Hudson seal nr hlarV mnnkev ReH velvet if. nn! or black monkey. Hea velvet is nor used as much as one thought it would be, but leaf green, old rose, burnt orange or-ange and Saxe blue are among the i colors chosen. |
