The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-20
Winter Dresses.

Among dresses for the house, ligh
cOlors are much used, especially in
cream, tan, and old gold shades. and in
those of pale blue or of red cashmeres
which are now worn by blondes and
brunettes alike. while the lavender and
mauve woods are confined to blondes.
These are made up with short skirts
that are full behind, and have petit
coat front, while the waist is basque
of simplest shape. Plush or the artistic
brocaded velvets are the trimmings for
such dresses, and these need not make
the wool dress expensive, as only a
small quantity is required, and all bro
cades are very much reduced in price.
Black dresses are bv no means aban-
doned, either for the house or street,
and some of these made of black wool
are suitable for either purpose, because
of the convenient short skirt and the
simplicity of their style. Black satin
brocaded with raised velvet figures in
lozenges or in half-moons, or else with
light vermicelli figures. is used for the
square cuffs. the monks collar, and
the hip pockets on black camers-
hair basques, and there are very
wide side panels, and perhaps a
wide border on the skirt. Plush
is used in the same way, and is
not always black, since purple-red dahlia
shades, olive. gold and pale blue. are
used most effectively on such dresses.
The smallest round crocheted silk but
tons, or else the same, bullet shape,
covered with beads, are used for such
basques.
An elegant basque of black cisele
velvet is most useful garment this
Saocap ~ ,nor- ha xrpry, v-it n xar;nn,
skirts. These are most effective when
must be rounded short on the hips for
stout figures. They require really no
trimming, but sometimes arich chenille
fringe tipped with jet is used around
the neck and across the fronts. One
fashion of finishing the front of such a
basque. (Which should be cut single
breasted) is to cut a deep slender leaf
point from the first dart to the buttons,
then another extends beyond the Sec
ond dart, making four leaves in front.
Another way is to have only three
curves, that are quite wide, one in
front, and one on each side reaching
back to the middle forms of the back,
which are folded in two large box
pleats; chenille fringe edges all the
curves, but not the pleats of the back
Still another new shape for rcoat-basques
has a skirted hip piece that is cut in
one with the middle forms of the back,
and extends along the sides as far as
the second dart OF the front; in front of
this piece the basque is sharply pointed.
All handsome basques are now loaded
with weights sewed in the facing back
and front to keep the ends from turning
up. and the basque from being wrinkled
when the wearer sits.
Other black dresses meant for full
dress are for ladies just leaving of
mourning. and these have arelief either
of white or lavender. and are trimmed
with wide jetted laces. or else with
white point duchesse. Heavy black silk
is preferred in these dresses to satin
finished fabrics, and the colored
material is either Sicilienne or Surah.
The petticoat front, for instance, will
be of white Sicilienne laid in wide
folds lengthwise. on which are stripes
of passementerie that is wholly of jet.
The flowing train is of black silk. and
the side revers have jet trimmings. A
similar skirt has three front breadths
of lavender silk, with two jet lace
flounces gathered across, and separated
by scarfs of lavender Surah. The black
basque has lavender vest nearly
covered with lengthwise rows of white
point duchesse lace. while jetted lace
edging the vest rests on the black silk.
The sleeves reach to the elbow, and
have wide lavender Surah down the top
of the arm, and full duchesse ruiiles al
the wrist.-Hdrper' Bdzar.