The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-08-10
Beautiful and Economical Fashions.

Beautiful and Economical Fashions.
Never within the memory of even " the
Oldest inhabitant " have our fashions been
SO beautiful, SO becoming, SO exquisitely
dainty, as now. Even paterfamilias, that
confirmed grumbler, finds little cause for
complaint, for economy enters largely into
fashion this year, and extravaganza is a
matter simply of choice, not at all of
necessity. Many of the elegant toilets
that challenge admiration are "made-
over" ones, sometimes, but not alwrys,
with the additional advantage Of portions
OF new material: Some handsome new
toilets show charming contrasts in a
polonaise of some light.colored summer
silk, with skirt, an inserted vest and
front, pockets, cuffs, collars and trim
ming of some delicate check or stripe in
two or more colors, one of which is the
same as the polonaise.
A handsome street toilet has a long
plain skirt with smooth front and side
cores, while the fullness is brought to the
back by cluster of gathers at the belt.
AS a wide train is desirable, the back
breadth is cut perpendicularly up the
center, and wide gore is inserted between
the knees and the hem. A double row of
shirrs holds the skirt in place. The
polonalse is remarkably elegant. In front
1t IS fastened with buttons and button
holes to within foot of the hem. At
this point is snowy arrangement of loops
and ends of ribbon. The back and side
bodies are extended to form basque,
which is exceedingly graceful. 1t is
rounded up in a curve in the back, and
cut into long point on each hip. At the
extremity of this point is large bow of
wide ribbon. The drapcry in the back is
very beautiful. The back breadth is cut
in large point on the left, and rather
short on the right. Instead of being at
tached to belt, this breadth is disposed
in burnouse fold. An extremely ele-
giant toilet is made of this by the addition
| OF very deep fringe around the polonaise.
A handsome dinner toilet for a cool day is
oftcream- colored cashmere and black vel
vet. The skirt of the latter material is
long, without any ornamentation, but with
a full, sweeping train. The polonaise r.
of the cream colored cashmere, finished
around the bottom with fringe of SINH
lar color, with which is mingled profu-
sion OF black. velvety tassels. The polo
naise is closed down the front with square
bows OF black velvet, each having in the
center three little tassels of cream and
black. Collar and deep cuffs, and pocket
OF velvet, complete this very hand
some toilet. Some dainty morning
robes of organdy are very beautiful, and
the material is in great demand for this
purpose: A lovely one is of rose pink Or
CANDY. The front is half tight fitting, and
the back at the neck is laid in double
box pleat, and hangs loose. The bottom
of the middle breadth has narrow gore
inserted, which gives the train full and
graceful sweep. Up the front fine and
and narrow knife pleating forms spiral
arrangement, narrowing to the waist and
becoming broader again as it reaches the
shoulders. Another charming morning
dress is of sheer blue organdy with skirt
and sacque. The skirt has deep rutfle
of white Swiss surmounted by two full,
wide putfs. The sacque fits closely to the
figure in the back and is short. Before,
it is long, reaching to point at the knees,
and is quite loose. Swiss ruffles similar
to the skirt, but much narrower, arc the
trimming.
Some pretty novelties in the way of
dressy little sacques, with or without
sleeves, are of puffs of black net and
stripes of velvet or ribbon. These are fin.
ished around the edge with ruche OF
pleating OF net. With white dress, OF
one OF bright-colored silk, these little jack
cts are very elegant. A pretty and new
material, which IS appearing for the frs,
time, is a large meshed silk net, in color
rich yet delicate cream. This is de.
signed solely for polonaises. Ahandsome
one, deliberately trimmed with knotted
fringe, is worn over a skirt, and with
sleeves of black silk velvet. This is al.
most the only fabric used in combination
with this cream -colored net. A grenadine
dress Of striped light and dark blue has a
trained skirt with three pleated ruff1es
and the upper one, as a heading, has an
upright ruff1e of blue silk. The overskirt
is a long polonaise fastened diagonally
across the front, and finished here and
around the bottom with two narrow pliss.
es of grenadine headed by the standing
rutf1e of lace. The sleeves, which reach
only to the elbow, terminate in pleatine
of grenadine, below which is full rutfle
of blue silk with fall of blue silk lace Ar
extremely stylish toilet
Fichus are quite "the rage" and the
ingenuity of modistes is taxed to the ut.
most to achieve some fresh and bizarre
triumphs in this line. A very pretty one
is OF seagreen China Grape. The Grape is
laid in two broad folds, and each of these
is edged by triple row of narrow Valen-
cicnnes insertion and edging A knot OF
seagreen ribbon, two inches wide, mingled
with lace, confines the fichu on the breast,
midway between neck and waist. An.
other odd but very attractive fichu con.
sists of six folds so arranged as to form a
pointed cape in the back, where it is fast.
ened to the belt. Three of these folds are
of orn-colored silk. The other three, al
ternating, are of black silk net or tulle
dotted with straw. A rutfie of silk
edged by tiny plisse of the net, borders
both sides, and in front this pretty little
affair is fastened by jabot Of tufle ant
silk, and tiny tassels Of black and yellow
A simple fichu for morning is of dotted
white Swiss, three-cornered in shape, and
made over blue silk piece of similar
shape. A gathered ruffie of the Swiss.
edged with narrow Valenciennes and two
pretty bows of blue ribbon and Swiss
back and front, complete tasteful addi
ton to morning toilet.
The fancy for becoming little breakfast
caps grows apace, as they should, fol
nothing makes a pretty face still prettier
or plain one more attractive, than one
of these lovely little caps. A pretty one OF
white Swiss is gathered so as to fit snugly
to the head, and stand little above it, al
does the Normandy cap. A box-pleated
ruffle of Swiss, bordered by narrow Mech
lin lace, falls over the hair, while SINH
lar one stands up against the cap. In
front, between the ruches, is a double bow
of scarlet ribbon, the ends of which pass
around the cap, and tie at the back in
loops and ends of the same. For brul-
nette, and on cool, breezy morning in the
mountains, nothing could be prettier
Another dainty little cap, odder than the
former, is even more lovely. A gathered
crown of white silk net is surrounded by