Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29
Grenadines.

BRoCADED grenadines trimmed with
thread lace is the fashionable choice in
black grenadine dresses. If velvet
loWer-skirt is used instead of silk, the
grenadine has brocaded or an armure
stripe, alternating with broad stripe
of velvet. The arabesque brOcades are
most liked with the figures thicker
than the thin armure OF lace-like
ground on which they are woven.
French lace is used for trimming such
dresses even by the most faStidiOuS, yet
ladies who have fine black thread laceS
have an opportunity now for using
them. The design of such dresses is
usually a basque, with an oyerskirt Of
the grenadine draped on the lower silk
skirt, to which the fiOunces are at
tached. This draping takes the form
of scarf aprons on the front in diago-
nal or else Tapped tablierS, and nearly
always differs on the sides. The long
pocket is seldom omitted. a light
quality of taffeta silk is used for the
lower skirt, which is merely a founda-
ton, and is covered by the Over-skirt
drapery, lace and f1ounces, that are
partly grenadine and party-grOs grain.
There are also graceful pOlOnaiSes of
grenadine, trimmed with jabots of lace;
for instance, the pOlonaise is velvet
I,n
of thread, with loops of velvet in the
curves, and the skirt is Of black vel
vet.
For the plain and serviceable black
grenadines that are made at home, the
Mexicaine checks and larger plaids are
chosen. The basque has silk lining
throughout, and is merely piped on the
edges. Its front buttons in straps
across a silk vest, or else it has shield
front of silk corded on the edges, and
finished with a row of small buttons
on each side, or else French lace
slightly full is placed down the
fronts to outline a vest. If silk
also of silk, with cuff or pleating of
grenadine tied around with a band Of
gros-grain ribbon. The over-skirt of
grenadine is deep and round, edged
with a cluster pleating of the grena-
dine, or fringe, or lace; it may be
draped slightly different on the sides,
and one side ornamented with a
pocket Many folds OF wrinkles across
the front add to the style of these
grenadine aprons, or else the apron
must be trimmed across or diagOnally
to relieve its plainness. Very little of
the lower skirt is visible, and that is
covered by cluster pleatings of the
grenadine, or, if the skirt is to serve
with other suits, with silk pleatings
One stylish way of trimming a gren-
adine skirt is first to put around the
bottom straight knife pleating three
inches deep of grenadine; above this,
and four times its depth, is a straight
grenadine fiounce divided in three
ing, the second is puff caught half
way down the flounce, and the third is
frill, and all three are in clustered
pleats three knife pleats in each, placed
three inches apart.
Among very handsome dresses are
myrtle green grenadines, trimmed
lightly with gold OF with silver braid.
These are used for visiting tOilettes,
for day weddings, for driving Oh the
Avenue, and will also appear at the
waterlng-places. There are also polo
nalseS OF cream-colored armure grena-
adines to be Worn over skirts of navy
blue silks, and cream-colored damas-
Gene silk over dresses, with skirts of
black yelvet.-HaTper's Bazar.