The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-16
Spring Suits.

THE first impOrtatiOns of spring suits
consist of silk and wool costumes, and
and show both polonaises and upper skirts.
The polCnaises have the Marguerite, or,
as it is now called, the cuirass back, with
sash drapery across the tournure, like
those we have lately illustrated. Thus,
an elegant black costume made by Pingat
has a princessc polonaise of black cash
mere with skirt Of black silk. The front
is double breasted, and has two rows of
large polished red gold buttons. The
edge is finished with silk pleating headed
by silk galloon. The Marguerite back,
with long seams from the shoulders, has
five or six rows of inch-wide galloon
straight down from the neck to the sash.
The coat sleeve has silk plcating falling
over the hand, headed by galloon. a
deep pocket, in reticule shape, hangs on
the left side. The tasteful trimming of
the silk skirt is knife pleating a fourth
of yard deep, headed by band of gal
loon three inches wide, above which is
standing pleating. Another suit has a
navy blue silk skirt with polonaisc of
blue and gold brocaded silk made in the
shape just described, and trimmed with
gold galloon and fringe. A black grena-
dine polonaise, in block pattern, is closed
diagonally in front, and trimmed with
folds Of silk and Spanish lace.
The basques show no change in shape.
They are simple long cuirasses, with long
seams whaleboned to the end, and no
fullness behind. The fashion of sleeves
different from the basque is repeated;
also many vests are shown. There are
English collars showing facings of con
trasting color, and Byron collars, both
single and double. The large gathered
pocket remains in fashion. There is an
other effort to use box-pleatings instead
of de-pleatings, and the former appear
even on basques and over-skirts. The
over-skirts have very long aprons, wrin-
killed. in front, and are very simply drapcd
behind, sometimes in burnous fashion,
and again in large box pleats. A youth
full and pretty dress is of blue and white
checked twilled wool made over silk.
The blue silk lower skirt has side-plcat-
ed silk tlounce, headed by wide, bias
puff of blue and white wool. The wool
overskirt forms wrinkled apron, With
new bournous drapery, and is edged
with ox-pleating of the wool ravelcd
out to fringe each edge. The cuirass
basque of the checked wool has silk
sleeves, collar and piping. The general
effect of the new costumes is precisely
that now in fashion; the only difference
is in small details. One handsome dress
has seal-brown silk skirt, with a Bolt
euse overskirt made of gray and brown
damask silk. Pretty costumes of black
and white checked silk are being made
for the spring, with all these latest French
suggestions, and will be sold for $50. A
great deal of Spanish blonde lace is i'm
ported for trimming black grenadines
There are also many ccru laces in Span
ish designs.
Beautiful toilets for the intermediate
season are being made of cream colored
India cashmere combined with foulard
silk Of Havana brown, pale olive, light
wood, or reseda green shades. The
basque and deep tunic of cashmere are
trimmed with cream -colored lace. Other !
foulard costumes are partly plain grounds
and partly figured or jardiniere stripes,
or else the Pompadour foulards that have
bouquets of flowers. Thus there are
feulard skirts of pale blue with long
Vatican overdresses of white striped |
toulard. The striped overdress has pale
blue sleeves with large cuffs of the
striped pattern. These costumes are very
similar to the Lady Washington dresses
now so much in vogue at fancy dress parties. |
Dolmans of black Sicilienne are the
first spring wraps shown. They are of
The shape worn at present, with elbow
sleeves, and some few have long mantilla
fronts. The trimming is very wide silk
yalloon and exceedingly rich fringe, with
broad netted heading, in which balls,
assels and braids are interviewer. The
Spanish lace mentioned above appears on
some of these wraps, and insertion to
match is set in up the back in the shape
Of side forms. Handsome wraps for
evening wear are shown in the same de-
sign, made of white or else cream colored
and braided nearly all over
with tinsel braid. Dressy sacques OF
Brussels net, both ecru and black, are
nearly covered with arabesques and other
igures made of silk or of cashmere, very
neatly applied. Spanish lace edges the
garment. Long silk sacques are being
made up with back seams beginning on
he shoulders, in the way basques are now
nade.-Uarper's Basar. !