Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-15
FASHIONS FREAKS.
Revival OF the POmpadour and
Marie Antoinette Styles -
"Harper's Bazaar" Describes
Some More of the Spring Nov
elites.

"Harper's BaZaro Describes
Some More of the Spring Nov
elites.
The revival of Pompadour and Marie
Antoinette styles is the most notable
feature Of the display at the openings"
at fashionable mOdistes and furnishing
houses. The panier drapery, which is
the distinguishing characteristic of these
styles, is seen on the richest trained
dresses for receptions and dinners, and
on toilettes OF simpler fabrics for car
riage, visiting, and house dresses. This
boutfant draping is the reaction that
follows the too clinging princesse dress,
and is formed by scarfs or short upper
skirts laid in soft pleats that curve away
from the front TO the figure over the
hips, and are lost in the bunched-up
drapery of the back breadths.
The richest Pompadour brocades and
Marie AntOinette stripes are used for
these dresses in satin, Cnambery gauZe,
and silk, with flowers, fringe, and lace
trimmings. The figured fabric is used
for the corsage, the .paniers, the train,
while the skirt is of plain goods. Shir-
red silk plastrons are down the front Of
many corsages, with the panier curving
away gracefully on the sides, and pyra-
mid pleatings on the lower part OF the
petticoat front. The flowers for trim
ming are used in the most original
ways.
The panier draperies are repeated in
brocaded grenaline and silk dresses
prepared for visiting and day wear.
When these are black the trimming is
fine 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 skirts 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 pleating
that covers the three front breadths.
Another feature introducedby Worth
is the revival OF shot silks of two cOlOrs
mingled; these were formerly called
changeable silks, and are used in plain
effects, with striped satins 10 cores
pond. Blue and gold changeable silk
Is combined with similar silk on which
are half-inch stripes OF blue satin red
and green changeable silks, pink with
gray, and other quaint combinations,
are used in the same way. The striped
fabric forms a broad vest, and hangs on
the long scarf-like ends down on the
front of the skirt; the side forms of the
pOlOnaise are OF the plain silk, and
are curved back in folds on the hips
to meet the striped middle forms OF the
back.
PompadOur fOulard dresses, so long
popular with Parisians, are now shown
al all the openings. Their gay lowered
chintZ designs are similar 10 what was
once popularity known a. the Dolly Var
den patterns, and the style of making is
also in the Dolly Warden fashion. The
Overdress is panier polonaise, With
the long fronts curved below by being
carried up high on the hips to meet the
middle forms OF the back.
Mulmy-cloth dresses are among the
gayest of the imported cotton dresses,
and are made entirely of one striped ia
brio over which chintz figures are
strewn. The waist is panier basque
like that illustrated in the present num-
Der: the short apron OversklTt is shirred
up the middle of the front and on the
sides To follow the curves OF the panier
basque, and il also curved and boutfant
i'm the back. The edges OF the basque
and overskirt are rutfied, and the lower
skirt Is kilt-plcated in front, where 1t is
quite short, while the back is ruttled
demi-train.
silk hanlkerchiefs are introduced for
making handkerchief costumes in the
way hitherto confined 10 Madras ban
danas. They are creamy white silk like
twilled iuulari, with quaint tracery and
borders OF black, blue, or red; they are
used for the boutiant over dress, with
plain iuulard skirts.
The newest wraps have panier attach
ments and bouttdnt backs. At the first
glimpse these appear sensational, but II
j. suggested that they will give the new
effect Ia last wear : costumes that have
no panierS. Pingat makes small
round cape OF >icIliene, deeply edged
with ncttrd Jet the front OF this extends
long like basque. and is curved back
over the hips and draped there in
small boutlaut loops; the arms come out
from under the cape, and are not cover
ell.
Evening wraps Tor balls anu the opera
are made III new white brocades, partly
silk and partly wool, in patterns that
look like embroidery, and are trimmed
with white cord and pearl basement
cries. cori iringes, and Spanish lace. \
long scarf 81 white Spanish lace Is then
worn over the heal and shoulders-a
becoming fashion that some ladies' are
using over their bOnnetS.
White muslin dresses for the house
have graceful panier basques and Pom
padour pol6haises with the curved full
ness i'm one with corSage; yet there
are Others i'm which the basque Is long
Louis Quaturze coat OF the muslin, with
much embroidery, and iabots edged
with Breton lace. Creamy white bunt.-
ing i now made So thin and fine and
If such light weight that it i used in
simple evening dresses for the Watering
places, and is especially stylish for eIab-