Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-09-21
w edding Dresses.

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THE fashionable season for we'd
dings is in October, and already CORE
spondents are making many inquiries
about the fabrics and styles for bridal
dresses. Rich brocaded and damaS-
sees silks came into vogue for wedding
toilettes last year. and are again large
ly imported for this purpose. These
have vine, leaf, and arabesque figures
SO thickly wrought that the SATIN
ground of the material is almost COW.
cred The bouquet clusters and striped
silks are not as fashionable as the IN
tricate designs just noted. Heavily
repped gros-grain is still in favor for
the whole toilette, though there will
be many dresses of this rich fallle
combined with damasSee silk. Cream
white. rose white, and silver white
are three different standings Of gros-
grain. The newest fancy reverses the
arrangement of last winter, and uses
plain gros-grain for the upper part Of
the dress, with brocaded silk for the
train and sleeves. When the dress is
entirely o. groS-grain, exceedingly
fine pleatings of it are used for trim
ming; for instance, the trained skirt
is trimmed straight around with a
cluster Of five knife-pleatings that are
SO marrow that the entire cluster is
only six inches deep when completed.
White satin is not nearly as popular
for wedding dresses as it has been.
The princesse dress, with the breadths
.ntire, reaching from the neck to the
DOT without being cut off at the waist,
IS the French fashion for full-dress
weddings. The back of such dresses
has five seams in the cOrsage, and
these are cut square" that is,
they extend straight out from the
shoulder or armhole, and then extend
down the figure, making a square
corner. The effect is peculiar, and
its novelty pleases. The front of the
corsage is high, and sometimes has a
fichu of lace. The sleeves are frilled
at the elbows, or else they are plain
coat shape. If the upper part of the
dress differs from the lower, they are
joined together at the belt, and in many
cases there. is a lining to which both
parts are attached, the lower part be-
ing little more than a border or
tiomce. This gives the slender, cling
ing effect now considered stylish, and
does away with theseparate overskirt,
which is not always effective under the
lace veil. The large pocket holds it's
own even on Wedding-dresseS. White
roses are now almost as much in favor
for brides as are the conventional or
ange blossoms. They are more used
IN clusters than in garlands. Small
sprigs of them with dark, glossy foil
age are set about in nests of lace and
amidst long loops of white gros-grain
ribbon. The lace depends upon the
purse of the bride, and is usually one
of the varieties Of point lace-round
,oint, duchesse, or applique. The fine,
arrow, lmife-pleated frills of gros-
grain will be found very effective, and
less expensive than lace. Tulle pleat-
ings of fine Lyons tulle viii also be
used; crepe isse is refned-looling,
but is so generally worn in mourning
hat most brides object to it as a gar
iture. The long veil of tulle is still
chosen plain without being hemmed.
The flowers for the couture depend
upon the manner of wearing the hair.
-HarpeT's BGzGr.