The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-05-26
Spring Styles in Dress.


Mostsoft the dresses shown combine
nj ieasttwomaterials, and some of then
AthreeNor four. These different fabric.
are designed with special reference tt
this com bnnttion and the harmony be
tween the plain. changeable and fig
urcd goodsis perfect Surah satin i.
used With handsome brocaded grena
dimes and silks, and also with sof
wooden ga6kls Ike cashmere, barege
etc, and y bright striped or figured
silk is sometimes added as trimming
A great dead of French lace is used t
ornament grenadines and is put on in
full raches, or the spaces where the
drapery parts are filled with lace ruf1les
Spanish lace is also much used Great
quantities of jet are seen on black silk
and grenadne toilettes, as are elaborate
steelfringes and passementeries. Heavy
cords, finished with tassels. balls or
spikes, ercrusted with steel or jet,
catch up the drapery or cross the front
of some dresses.
For travelling or serviceable spring
suits, the light wool. suitings are used.
and even in these costumes touches of
bright color are. permissible. One of
in different shades of brown, with
threads of dark red running through the
pattern, and this red also appeared in
the trimming lining the plaitings and
piping the bands. The basque of this
suit was double-breasted and did not go
below the waist just in front, but was
finished by belt put in at the darts.
From the darts it was cut long and
curved away toward the back, forming
long skirt on the hips and in the
back, The skirt was boX-plaited, and
had fun short drapery arranged upon
1T. Sometimes a deep striped vest is
q set in to fill the space below the belt
and between the Skirts of the basque.
p Very pretty half mourning suits are
made of WOODEN goods in small black
and White checks, with black silk used
LIN theadrapery and for the vest, collar,
3 etc. These small checks also appear in
soft silks with striped borders, which
are used for trimming. Some of the
street costumes have tiny capes
Just covering the shoulders in the
BACK. sewed in with the sleeve in
front, and made to tit on top of the
Shoulders by shirring instead of seam.
others have the deep round Russian
: 10 issfst vests age seen on many dresses,
l&4sat they are verv marrow. and laid in
lire knife plaitsvor crossed at intervals
by rows of Stirring. One basque Shown
had silk rings sewed on each side of the
vest and was to be laced across it with
silk lacing.
Stirring runs riot this season, but it
Is a trimming which must be used
moderately. worssit gives stiff, heavy
effect: Some ~ the costumes have the
ensiHe froneof the skirt covered with it,
hglzen only 1T intervals by very full
s. VS. or narrow tabs falling between.
0utside of coat sleeves is shirred
the back seam, and wide fiounces,
OF being. plated. are held in
ptaeahs little groups of shirring.
1pat sleeves continue to be the favor
1teshape, but are occasionally varied by
having tWoror three puffs let in. An
other fancy is to set puff of silk in
with the top of the sleeve, that will
stand Up above the shoulder The tea
gDwnsand other ,aegligee toilettes have
large flowing sleeves.
With the exception of few of the
dinner and evening toilertes, all the
dresses shown are made with short
skirts. The drapery is often shirred
high in front to show the deep box or
side plated skirt. Again, it falls in
long shawl point on one side, and is
Topped high on the other A heavy
gros grain skirt is trimmed with three
tiny knife-plaitings across the front.
above which is band of rich Jet passe
menterie. Over this, on each side.
hang two straight, broad pieces of bro
eaded silk, and between them is draped
. very short apron front of plain silk,
trimmed with jet fringe. The back of
the skirt has two box-plaited ruffles and
full drapery. All these loopings, shir-
rings and revers are combined in hun
dreds of different and complicated WAYS
which could be copied with difficulty
even by person who has seen them. |
Those OF us who are too remote from
the large cities to go to them for ideas
must use those which our own sense of
what is graceful and fitting will give us.
comforted by the thought that in the |
present diversity of styles we can hard
ly 60 amiss. Christian Union.