Fashion Forecast

The severely plain tailored gown will not be in favor during 1901. The demand for plain, tight-fitting tailored gowns is growing less and less. One of the reasons is that they are expensive. None but an expert tailor can give them the required finish. Being heavily boned, and required to avoid wrinkles in wearing, they are not comfortable; and the American woman is beginning to think that comfort is an important consideration.
All skirts flare considerably. Perhaps the majority are laid in inverted pleats at the back, although the "swing" is obtained by shaping at the bottom. Circular ruffles are very well liked. Some skirts have three of them, each one half inch deep.
A bolero comes in all materials and is worn on all oaccsions. It is used with evening gowns, as well as for street wear. Oxford gray is very popular. A dark gray trimmed with stitched bands of velvet or silk and finished with bone buttons is a favorite street suit. Black cloth gowns are correct if they are cut with a flare skirt and a bolero jacket.
The flared skirt can have five bands of satin
A lovely waist for evenings is white taffeta or peau de soie with body and sleeves tucked in fine tucks, and a fichu of net, trimmed in fine lace and laid at a knot at the bust.