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A. Brilliant Spectacle of
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View from the Balcony
The Ultra-Fashionables
Who Sit in the Boxes-
Their Attitude and
Dress.
With the opening of Grand Opera be
gins the social whirl of another winter
season In New York. On the heels of It
follow the endless round of dinners, lmlls,
receptions, teas and bridge parties which
crowd the days and nights of fashionable
society. Up to this time the fashionables
have spent the autumn days at country
residences or In temporary city quarters,
motoring back and forth from dressmaker
to milliner, up and down the avenue and
across the side streets where are situated
the small exclusive shops supplying the
numberless accessories necessary to the
feminine wardrobe.
Opera Rehearsal*.
And while luxurious city houses have
been undergoing all sorts of repairs and
wardrobe preparations have been, going
on, the sweet voiced songsters of two
great opera companies have been spending
long hours rehearsing for the greatest
event of the winter season.
Openlug Night.
Everyone- naturally looks forward to
opening night with no little anxiety—
lovers of music, critics, fashion Idolaters
nnd the great number of reporters and
fashion writers who go to grand opera to
Draw from it all that is meat for a good
newspaper story.
In the Boxes.
In the boxes snbscribed for from year to
year by those whose fortunes are public
talk, sit some of the most beautiful
women of the world, the beauty of face
and figure enhanced by the gorgeous cos
tumes nnd the brilliant Jewels they wear.
The splendid spectacle of this array of
beauty Is best viewed from the balcony,
where those who go to hear nnd see usually
(It. Box occupants, faultlessly attired In the
best that the world of fashion has to
offer, step from their carriages and go
directly to their seats, there to assume an
attitude which the careful study of head
poise and body grace makes so attrac
tive. There little moving about and
less talking while the singers are on the
stage, talking not being fashionable In
these days among the ultra fashionables.
Between the acts these box occupants are
on parade, visiting back and forth, ex
changing light talk and pretty compli
ments, and Incidentally affording much
satisfaction to the lookers-on.
Graml Opera a Faaiilon Show.
Like the Horse Show, the Opera Is
really a clothes show: the latter even
more authentic that the former. While
everyone weal's new and charming things
at the Horse Show, the most exclusive
clothes are reserved for the Opera'. This
season will, undoubtedly, be the greatest
operatic season, from a fashion viewpoint,
that' New York has ever known, for
never have we had such fascinating fash
Ions, and such exquisite materials with
which to execute them.
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Jewel* tor Maid and Matron.
Jewels of every kind and value bedeck
the fashionable matron, but the debutante
Is restricted to a simple neck chain, a
string of pearls or a handsome brooch.
The opera gown is the ball gown and
the formal dinner gown, low of neck,
short sleeved and long trained. Dinner
at home or at Sherry's or Delmonlco's
precedes or follows the opera, so that In
either case the opera costume, serves two
purposes.
One gown which will create no little
excitement this season Is that to be worn
by one of a family of women styled "the
seven most beautiful women In America."
It Is empire In mode, but strikingly at
tractive because of its simplicity of de
sign and beautiful trimmings, in color,
too. It Is highly artistic, the material,
soft, silky lansdowne, being a very deli
cate shade of gray and the hand embroid
eries gray and silver with touches of vio
let, these wrought by a Japanese artist
who has recently become famous In "Gay
Paree" as an associate of one of the
greatest costume makers of the times.
Bodice and skirt which bear all the ear
marks of the renowned Paquln are embel
lished heavily with these embroideries.
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for evening wear* will be adhered to as
.usual. Plain and fancy materials, rich
satins and sllkB, soft chiffons and valu
able laces, with a wide range of beautiful
brocades, will all be there. Trimmings
are many and various and their use at all
times artistic. Costumes of plain silks,
sntins, lansdowne nnd such weaves are
Embellished with rich laces and hand em
broideries, while the printed silks and
other fancy materials use plain trimmings.
Pallletted Effects.
Paltletted bandings and medallions are
very effective on any material, and they
are being used to a great extent this sea
son on costumes for both maids and ma
trons. One gown which will be worn by
a New York debutante very popular In
the upper set for her beauty, wit, and
great fortune, has the entire front of the
bodice, the short sleeves and the skirt
pnnel, of silver sequins on a net founda
tion. This, with a foot trimming of vel
vet appliques above a deep sntln band. Is
the sole trimming of the beautiful gray
net gown with a foundation of gray satin.
No jewels other than a single strand of
penrls will be worn with this toilette, a
feature which distinguishes it from that
of the matron.
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the central motif of which are fllet net
medallions set In the front and back skirt
panels and the front of the bodice.
The New Fnra.
Fnrs, of course, are always part of the
opera toilette. Handsome neck pieces
and muffs, separate wraps and coats of
various lengths and shapes—cape or
klinona sleeves, with or without collars
and trimmed with beautiful laces—cloth
and silk outer garments with touches of
fur, all these will represent the vogue of
furs In this winter's fashions. Excepting
the Russinn sable, which is always high
style by reason of Its exclusive price,
white furs are the most fashionable.
White and light colored ostrich and mar
about will also be worn, together with
novelties of lace, chiffon and malinette.
The Fashionable Coiffure.
The coiffure merits equally as much at
tention as the costume nowadays. The
high dressing so generally becoming Is
still the fashion, despite the effort of
coiffeurs to bring In the low arrange
ment. Young girls dress their hair low
on the neck, but only a few beautiful
women to whom the flat part and low
classic knot are particularly suited dress
their hnlr in this fashion.
Magnificent jewelled crowns and tiaras,
anyone of them worth a king's ransom,
are worn by the matrons of the glittering
horseshoe. Those less endowed with this
world's goods display coiffure ornaments
of spangled and Jewelled gauze and
malinette, while the debutantes wear
simple ribbon filets or wreaths of roses
finished with rosettes of malinette.
The Debutante's Gown.
Since simplicity la the keynote of the
reason's fashions and maid and matrcn
alike are following this latest trend of
fashion, there Is little difference In the
designs of costumes worn by these young
er members of society. Practically the
only difference in their opera toilettes Is
the absence of Jewelry In that of the de
butantes. She may wear a string of
pearls, a simple neck chain or a pretty
pin, but none of the brilliantly attractive
Jewels with which the matron is privi
leged by rules of fashion to adorn herself.
These fashionable pallletted nets which
make such brilliant, scintillating trimming
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grand opera, Is of gray net over satin of
the same shade, trimmed with velvet ap
pliques and sequins in Paquln blue. There
Is a deep facing of gray satin at the
foot of the skirt above which the appli
que and sequins form a deep border. The
sleeves, bodice plastron and skirt panel
of the pallletted net are In one piece.
Above the sequin decolletage Is a gulmpe
of finest white net top lace, three frills
upstanding on a net foundation. A band
of dark blue velvet with Jewelled slides
is worn around the neck, and the long
gloves are white suede.
Ultra-iaahionable Opera Attire.
Decollete costume of rich silk or satin,
brocade, chiffon or lace, faultlessly ar
ranged and ornamented coiffure, a pro
fusion of beautiful Jewels, and we have
a picture of the fashionable box patron
of grand opera. This beautiful creation
which comes from a Paris salon for one
night at grand opera is of white chiffon
with printed velvet borders in pompadour
design nnd colorings, medallions of lace
and pallletted net dividing the two bor
ders of different widths. The medallions
also trim the square necked bodice. A
sash of the velvet border starts at the,
waistline In front beneath an oval buckle
of rhlnestones, is draped over the shoulder
to give added width to this part of the
figure and apparently diminish the size of
the waist, and brought down to .the top
of the high white satin girdle and secured
there with another Jewelled buckle. This
sash is lined with chiffon and the ends
finished with medallions. The sleeves are
very short and simple. The coiffure and
Its ornaments are fashionable and artistic.
For "Opera Matinee.
Opera matinee and evening opera are
two different things, so fur as the dress
ing of society is concerned. Neverthe
less one sees some very stunning novel
ties at these daytime performances which
are very much worth while from a fash
Ion viewpoint. For Instances, the pic
tured coat and muff of lace and chinchilla,
brought over from Paris especially for the
opera season oy a young society matron
whose fancy for horses and taste in
clothes Is well known. The body 9f tbe
coat Is of white silk applique over white
satin and trimming this Is a pointed stole
collar of chinchilla with pendant cord or
naments In white. A wide fur band fin
ishes the bottom of the coat and the Jap
anese sleeves. The muff Is of the ap
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the negligees this season, one wonders at
the Ingenuity of designers In working
out so many charming variations of tbe
Japanese idea. The Japanese klmona,
while the national formal dress of these
little people of the Far East, is to Amer
icans purely a negligee garment so it
Is quite natural that its best adaptations
should be found In garments of this char
acter. Its success, however, is not lim
ited to this field, for we have long since
acknowledged It the dominate feature of
every type of present day costuming,
with one exception, the tailor-made.
A very attractive combination of modes
Is witnessed In those beautiful empire
house gowns with Japanese sleeves.
Sometimes the sleeve is a full, fluffy
puff of lace or some soft fabric such as
net or chiffon, set Inside the wide man
darin armhole with its characteristic
deep satin band, and again It Is truly
Japanese, cut In one with the body of
the garment and drooping gracefully In
Oriental fashion over the shoulder and
arm.
One piece house gowns share favor
with two piece models this season. The
latter for some unaccountable reason
seem dressier than the former, suffi
ciently so to serve as evening costumes
en famllle. These are made with long
full skirts, gathered or pleated Into the
waistband, and finished at the bottom
with a billowy flounce or an applied hem
of silk or satin. If the latter, the coat
like matinee is finished all around with
a narrower binding of the silk and the
sleeve trimmed to the same depth as
the skirt. The amtiii'u waistline Is at­
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or galloons set In several inches above
the natural waistline and the material'
cut away beneath. Sometimes a deep
pointed or scalloped edge lace Is used,
and then the points are set toward the
shoulders, the straight edge of the lace
marking the waistline rather definitely.
None of these empire garments fit snug
ly. They simply suggest the lines of
the figure without defining it.
In those negligees intended for the
confines of the boudoir only there are
numerous pretty Ideas for which one
may pay a goodly price In the ready,
made article, or copy at the cost of a
little time and patience. Very dainty
lounging gowns are made of Inexpensive
albatross or wool crepe In one sbade and
lined with thin China silk in another,
the pretty little bandlnps of ribbon or
silk matching the lining In color. White
albatross with one's favorite color In the
lining and trimmings would be very dainty
and sweet. Both materials clean readily,
so that aside from Its attractiveness a
gown of this kind would prove a prac
tical investment. The silk being
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soft and entirely without bulk Is put In
full and loose, that is, set In the arms
eye and neck seams only, and finished at
tbe bottom with a deep hem. The lin
ing could also be made separate and
tacked In place after each cleaning of
the albatross, which soils sooner than
the lining.
In the short negligees there is a very
clever little model which Is really an
Improvement on an idea which came out
about a year ago. The'original model
was BlftiDly a sauare yard' of material
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ribbon of any width from one to thr_
Inches Is all that Is necessary for tl
making of this pretty xonfectton.
good shopper can find both material an«$
trimming at such prices as to bring thfao
cost within the dollar mark.
Japanese klmonas of shantung and
China silk embellished with real Japa
nese embroideries are novel and attrac*
tlve to the comfort-loving American
woman. Japan is exporting quantities
of these garments to thlB country sine*
the vogue of all things Oriental, and
their prices are not exorbitant, consid
ering the fact that they are ltnported.
A Balcony Toilette.
The evening costume of the woman wha'
sits in the balcony at the opera may ol
'may not be decollete. AB a matter oi
fact, It Is very often tbe latter, but In,
all cases It Is dressy and worn with at
many jewels as she can afford. White
and light, delicate colors prevail In the
toning of such costumes, rich laces and
exquisite hand embroideries running riot
over satiny surfaces of bodice and skirt.
One material which will be seen very
much at the opera this season Is pompa
dour silk. Of such Is the pictured cos
tume, a white taffetas silk, soft and lus
trous, scattered with pink pompadoul
roses and foliage In soft gray shades. Th«
bodice and skirt are built In one, shirred
the depth of a girdle at the valstllne,
An oversklrt effect Is wrought with whlt«
satin embroidered In white and sllvec
threads, this trimming corresponding with
that on the bodice in the form of tarn
over collar and revers which extend al
most to the waistline and edge a vest oi
white duchess lace. The sleeves are novel
In shaping and are made of silk, ltfcv ap
plique aud printed chiffon of the same de
sign as the silk. They are very short
and met by the long suede gloves several
Inches above the elbow. A broad brimmed
chapeau with trimmings of gold lace,
ostrich plumes, and malinette Is a pretty
accessory to this costnme.
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with a square or circle, sufficiently la.«
to admit the head, cut In the centr
When adjusted the points of the aqua
come over the arms and In the cent
back and front. The putting on and
of this little novelty naturally dise
ranges the coiffure to some exter
enough so to have started the work
some Ingenious mind on the road to 1
provement, the result of which Is mo
satisfactory. The square with Its ne
opening Is'cut up from one of the poln
and 'the ribbon facing aronnd the squar
continues up these edges to the nec
finished with a ribbon bound point
collar fastened with a bow of rlbb
In tpe front. Over the arms the poln
are turned up to a depth of four or llvi
Inches and secured with a ribbon bow
this giving the effect of a high cuff
the simulated sleeve made by tacking
the square together under the arm tbre
Inches from the ribbon edge.
Entering tbe lobby of the opera houst*
Just as she bas stepped from her carriage
the woman of fashion presents a strife
lngly charming picture, which Is not tt
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occasion. Her costume Is of soft, rich
silk or satin, clinging chiffon or lace,
carefully designed to bring out the best
figure lines, and over this she wears a
coat or cape of fur or cloth ornate with
rich trimmings. An example of the sim
plicity of design which characterizes even
ing wraps this season shows to advantag«
In this coat of oyster white broadcloth'
hanging in straight, graceful folds from
shoulder to top of skirt hem. More than
half the surface of this coat. Including
the loose Japanese sleeves, is covered
with soutache braiding and exquisite dead
white Japanese embroideries executed on
a foundation of filet net over white satin.
Heavy silk cord tassels are set on the
fronts at tbe bnstllne. and the garment I*
lined throughout with gold and white bro
cade satin. A huge black bat of pleated
malinette and satin trimmed with black
ostrich and gold tissue ribbon compll
ments the touch of black in the velvet
throat band.
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