The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-01

loops and ends of satin
ribbon make variety in the trimmings.
Contrasts of color are used in the fab
RIGS, and these are repeated in the
plaitings of crepe lisse, the feathery
lringes, embroideries on transparent
fabrics and in lace. Breton lace is
used alike on the richest and the SIM
plest dresses.
The panier draperies are repeated in
brocaded grenadine and silk dresses
prepared for visiting and for day wear.
W ben these are black, the trimming is
line Jet, used most lavishly in wide net
ting, in passementerie, fringe orna-
ments, and lastly in laces. Worth
sends black brocaded grenadines with
the trained skirt draped over the hips
by closely-folded scarf edged with Jet
lace; broad panel of Jet down the
middle of the front breadth holds full
plating that cover the three front
breadths. The waist is a square basque
with elbow sleeves and jet lace trim
mings. The same modiste makes up
black Sicilienne toilettes in a similar
style; he also has the front breadth of
black satin dresses covered with en-
broidery, while the flowing back widths
are trimmed down each side and on the
edge with three knife-plaitings, one of
which is cardinal red, the second old
gold color, and the third black. The
Pompadour grenadines are novelties
seen at the best houses; they arc black
brocades with the flowers wrought in
natural colors.
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popular with Parisians, are now shown
at all the openings. Their gay-fowered
chintz designs are similar to what was
once popularity known as the Dolly
Warden patterns, and the style of max
ing is also in the Dolly Warden fashion.
The overdress is a panier polonaise,
with the long fronts curved below by
being carried up high on the hips to
meet the middle forms of the back. To
make these even more antique and
quaint-looking, the waist is quite full,
and is shirred on the shoulders and at
the waist line in front and back, and
the neck is opened in surplice V shape.
A second curving is added on each side
of the front of the skirt, and the whole
is edged with frills of the foulard, or
else embroidery on batiste. The skirt
has the religieuse plating down the
front, and shirred flounces in the back.
The same designs are made up in sat-
teens, lawns, mummy cloths, and other
chintz-figured cotton goods. The latter
are trimmed with white laces, embroid-
cries and long-looped bows of satin
ribbon that combine three or four
colors in one cluster, such as deep red
with pink and ecru, or else old gold
with Sevres blue and cream color, or
mastic gray with gendarme blue and
poppy red.
Mummy-cloth dresses are among the
gayest of the imported cotton dresses,
and are made entirely of one striped
fabric over which chintz figures are
strewn. The waist is a panier basque;
the short apron overskirt is shirred up
the middle Of the front and on the sides
to follow the curves of the panier
basque, and is also curved and bouffant
in the back. The edge of the basque
and overskirt. are ruffled, and the low
er skirt is lt-plaited in front, where
it is quite short, while the back is a
ruff1ed demi-train. This is a most CO.
quettish little costume, and is made
gayer still by loops and notched ends
of ribbons set between the curves of
the overdress. Pale blue and olive
green are much used in combination to
trim these soft, faded-looking mummy
cloths.
Silk handkerchiefs are introduced for
making handkerchief costumes in the
way hitherto confined to Madras ban
danas. They are creamy white silk
like twilled foulard, with quaint tracery
and borders of black, blue or red; they
are used for the bouffant overdress.
with plain foulard skirts.
The newest wells are of black tulle
with small dots made of very fine gold
thread, and border lightly wrought
in gold above the hem.-Hdrper's b.
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