The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-15
Black and COlOred Grenadine Dresses.

FRENCH lace is used more than any
thing else for trimming black grenadine
dresses this summer. Such a quantity OF
lace is required for the basque, sleeves
and over skirt that ladies are not willing
to buy expensive thread lace and have it
endure the hard usage that comes to black
grehadihe drcsses-the standard dress of
the summer. Moreover, the French laces
initiate real thread laces so admiralty
even copying their irregular meslles-that
it is impossible to detect them except by
touch Next to laces, fringes of most in
tricate and fanciful design are chosen.
These make change from the self-trim-
mings that have been so long used, and
are still retained for lower skirts, though
they are not effective in the plaid, check,
damask and Mexicaine grenadines that
have superseded plain canvas grenadine.
The most popular patterns are small, open
checks, and the larger blocks a fourth Of
an inch in size; those with plain stripes
alternating with checked are also stylish.
1t is an unusual thing to find lower skirts
made of grenadine They are almost in.
variably silk, and the tlOunces may also
be silk if the skirt is needed for other
suits, but very many have shirred and
knlfc-pleated grenadine tiounces mounted
on silk
Another fashion is that of SHRED silk
founces elaborately trimmed with grcna-
dine pleatings. The grenadine over-skirt
for very dressy costumes is elaborately
shirred, caught up with long-looped bows
of the repped silk called turquoise, and
edged with a frill of lace. The basque is
grenadinc laid smoothly over grOs grain
like that used for the skirt, without other
lining, and abundantly trimmed with lace
on the edge, down the front and back in
iabOts, around the neck, and on the wrists.
Simpler toilets of grenadine have merely
basque and deep apron of any of the
plaid or matclaSse patterns, edged with
knite-p -pleatingS of silk, and worn over the
black silk skirt of some other costume.
The season of grenadines is so short in
this climate that economy is desirable in
getting them up Nine or ten yards Of
grenadine are sufficient for the dress just
described, Very pretty qualities are
found in narrow widths, of mixed silk
and wool, for S1.3715 or $50 yard.
The deep round over-skirts of the simple
shape that has so long boon popular arc
worn with these dresses, as they conceal
all the untrimmed part of the silk skirt
worn with them; others more fanciful
have deep apron, with back breadth
caught up in row Of putfs, and edged
with knife-pleatings of silk. Little fichus
of grenadine edged with lace or fringe are
seen on imported grenadinc dresses. Vel
vet-barrcd grenadine over skirt of black
velvet, and also velvet sleeves, make
rich dress that will not be considered too
heavy for August at the seaside and at
fashionable watering places.
Colored grenadines and Mexicaines will
be more worn this summer than they have
been of late. Dark navy-blue grenadine
in small square meshes is almost as pop
ular as black 1t is made up over silk OF
the same color in the way just described
for black grenadine, and is trimmed with
crimpcd tape fringe. There are also many
pretty costumes of gray grenadine over
silk, some of which have a jacket of the
grenadIne pointed and loose in front,
opening over vest and closctitting be-
hind; fringe is the trimming. Dark blue
silk is sometimes associated with gray
grenadine as foundation, forming
sleeves, vest and skirt Ecru Mexicaine
retains its popularity and is worn over
nut brown and over blue silk as it was
last summer. Expensive patterns are
barred with black or with brown velvet.
There are, however, bargains in these ecru
shades, and also in higher-colored plaid
grenadines, to be had for 81 yard.
Pretty summer toilets are made with
basques and over-skirts of plaid grena-
dine, shaded gray, barred with rose, blue,
or crimson, while the sleeves and lower
skirt are of gray silk. The plaid is more
effective if cut bias. Ladies who have in
their wardrobcs partly-worn silks of dust
brown, ashes of roses, French gray, violet,
OF chestnut brown can make fresh sum-
mer toilets of them by buying ten yards
of these new plaid grenadines and making
them up in this simple manner.-Ha1per's
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