The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-08
Dresses.


for oyerdresses are made over lighter
material, such as velvet, satin, silk or
wooden, which takes its tone of color
from the grounding of the overdress.
As two or three materials enter into the
manufacture of suits, ladies who have
handsome dresses left over from last
year can, by some of the styles mem
toned below make use of them to CON-
bine with newer material. The Breton
dress is merged into the Breton polo
naise, which is used for heavy fabrics
like Spitzenbergens cloth or neigeuse
The "Swiss'' plated front OF. the
SERBIAN dress are among new de-
signs; the latter has tight-fitting waist
and peculiar apron front cut up at the
sides. Round waists with silk belts are
again being worn; cuirasse waists are
longer, and sometimes have the seams
piped with color, if there are pipings
on the dress, and vest of color
Sleeves are large coat sleeves and ell
bow sleeves for dress occasions, with
falls of lace; and velvet is used very
much for vests, revers, cuffs and col
lars
SHIFTS are narrow except When
deep box-plaited flounces, or side plat
ed at intervals, are as much used as
narrower trimmings; these last are
generally narrow-plaited tlounces with
full-plaited headings made like ruches;
sometimes these ruches are edged with
i,loss .riiliiiings' PaIticulariy wheh tle
aiess = 9 IN any VI .he lasorile green
.ll.s' AiaiiIfoihe p,incesse ''iesses nave
Trains wiii1h are piai,eo IN just peiow
.ll9 wals'' pul willcl spreau OUT wnen
nan way uoWh .ne shii' iii'o iarSe IAN
Trains vi SQUARE Trains.
Inc 1avorite style Tor bourrette dress
es IS the dlrectolre or coat-shaped back,
or the long tabs are on the sides; in
the last case they are sometimes part
OF loose cut-away coat front winch
SHOWS vest IN front. Inc back IS
then IN. the postilllon or riding habit
style. When the dIrectoire back is
useo the 'front.' is cuirasse from the SIDE
seams ana mas a vest front. The I'M
derdress IS then much trimmed across
tne 1ront, either WIN draped scarfs or
with perpendicular folds and large
square pockets ana 1rlnges. fronts OF
prlncesse dresses are OFTEN deliberately
trimmed with rows OF bead glmps; IN
that case the BACK OF the dress IS PLAN;
sometimes tins IS reversed, and the
close rows OF glittering trimmings ex-
tend from tne neck 10 the edge OF the
aress at tne pacR. Where overdresses
nave iohS orapeo ironts they are draped
toward tne rlSht size ana caught on the
ieit mp. heVers' or turned-oack pieces
are hucn USED on WAISTS ana skirts;
they are IN veivet OF SIX.
Ior trimmings embossed Veivet, cut
m oahas, Is USED with velvet on black
SIX dresses, 1oI uressy occasions net
scaris, emproiuerea IN sunset or
Il RAINBOW peads, are put on black
SILKS as afaPeries. incurred ostrich
ana NAT 1eather trimmings head che
nile !fnges on SILK costumes. chenille
ana SILK frlnges are intermlxed with
Milan buttons, and as hne Jet is much
IN favor 1t is hberaily mixed m these
ana passementerle headings Bands OF
bourrette ana moss embroidery, in
Wmen IghG snades are seen on dark
backgrounds, are used for heavy ma
tef1ais; pix galloons come IN two
dark shades shot with bright tlnts OF
coral, garnet or amber Tor bourrette
ianrics. flplnSs OF six are very popu-
lar IN contrasting colors, or in some