THE TAILOR-MADE OF 1908.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 11

THE TAILOR-MADE OF 1908.

-The coat'and skirt has apparently attained the zenith of its popularity. Unless toddlers ore gowg'to be clad in the "tailor-made" it ' is ■ difficult' to seo how its [wear can. bo more - universal than it promises to be. • Incidental ; ly, ■ wo may .remark; "tailor-made"-. is only a ■ polite-fiction. The large: majority -,- of . coats . . and ■■ skirts,-otvo/very httlo to the-masculino "■builder." -The glory of_tho -present fashion; actually lies in its-femininity.'. Once upon a time the essential accompaniment ■ of a. rigid, looking : skirtj and a'coat cut almost like, a--man's was-a stiff linen shirt and an uncompromising t:o, sand often —alas; much, too of-. ton I—ascvero little sailor hat. For a while; tho- fashion, rode rough-shod oyer . all: sortß, g and 'conditions: of women, the largo majority P of iwhomilooked/thcir worst' m/a uniform that denied them any-indulgence in> j fal-lals.' Tho taijor-mado-of to-day: is as-graceful'us its predecessor, during the first boom,, was ,tho. reverse; - : The: skirts . aro cut in :gc'nerous fashion, while ;tho.lons coats are delightfully, -graceful.There is nothing'too:dainty for, tho vest, the collar and jabot tqab goes with-the modern, coat and, skirt,-, while as .' ;\be' said: for'iis 'supplemqritaryj'toauejpr.ihat.j ..... .. . In,,other'wordsV/the boat and skirt,that comes, / - to'us-this autumn is fully deserving of all the popularity it-is'..quite safe.to get.,