The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-18
FEMININE FANClES.
What % New IN the fsshIonabss
at.e. world.

What % New n the fsshsonabss
| at World.
The Breton style OF making spring COS
TUNES has great popularity.
MsZarine blue cashmere, bunting, and
other soft wool material, are the favorites
| for the Breton costume.
Sometimes the Breton vest il entirely
covered with embroidery, or the embroid-
cry is on bands which trim the top and
bottom of the vest.
French walking jackets, double breast.
cd made in light fancy cloths, will be
popular this spring.
The most stylish trimming for colored
cloth jackets is the small, smoked pearl
or tinted pearl button, sewed in rows
like on the Breton jacket.
The long round overskirt is still fash.
ionable, and may be made with square
corners on the side, which are left
open, aud the trimming extends to the
waist.
The pocket trimmed with succession
of ribbon loops ls stylish feature OF the
long plain overskirt.
Black lace stripped grenadines, made
en- princesse, will be very much worn
this summer.
Quite novelty in the grenad:ne prin-
cesse dress is in the peplun points, which
are formed by many rows OF plated lace
and deep fringe.
Mandarin satin or silk arranged in
folds under black lace, form q
becoming finish for the neck OF grens-
dine dresses.
These folds of colored silk may be also
OF tilluei Vesvuel.
The habit Vase " ""Ich is so fashion
abe is sometlm with blouse
front.
The basque is also ornamented some
times by n straight piece OF Srensdine
fastened at the throat and waist, gather
ed quite full, but tied across here and
there with knots OF colored ribbon.
For yonng ladies the JuIve style will
be very much used in summer costumes
in wool ba eye over silks and ornament
ed with India ribbons.
Worth showss decided preference for
three or four colors in small brocsde
figures for his costumes.
"A navy Uluc Elm Has tHc uiouec iioIb
and side cores which meet behind, made
of striped mandarin and blue brocade.
An olive silk has brown brocsde
overdress, with mandarin yellow satin
ribbon, IN bows AZ the waist and neck.
A pretty style Is to bind the edge of
knife plaIls with contrasting color.
A wide and dark blue knife plated
Il ., IA Har n Ep hn
Inning of mandarin yellow and blue
striped silk underneath.
Gallons are much used to trim the
top and bottom of founces.
Flounees are gathered or plated at
wide Intervals or arranged in little
rutfl.s.
The pIsstron, cut square, pointed or
heart shape, is a popular feature OF the
rev costumes.
They are cut in the girdle shape, with
a point in the middle of the upper edge,
and silk loops all around, or laid in PLAIN
folds beginning at the seam under the
arm only, and fostering III front with a
buckle.
The princess takes the precedence OF
all other sly les for home costumes
Linen and silk basket cloths are in
great demand for seaside dresses.
Black velvet skirts will continue IN
stvls for this summer with thin over
dresses.
Damasse cut in bias bands and pipes
with the predominsting color, will be
much used for trimming white wool
dresses.
The multiplicity of seams in the back
of the &C rsage is only becoming to stout
people. =.
A theatre bonnet may be composed OF
a thick wreath of wall flowers inter
mingled with black currents and jet,
black tulle strings, ana no crown to the
bonnet.
A charming bonnet for young girl
has full wreath of daisy buds encircling
the crown and dropping behind, and tulle
strings