The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
Fashion Fnncies.

Fashion is running wild over en-
broideries Of every kind, and this trim
ming is used with lavish hand upc n
toilets designed for every occasion.
Various shades of gray are much
worn this season. Steel gray will be
adopted by elderly ladies, while softer
hues, showing a sheen of pearl or sill
yer, will be used for youthful wearers
A hieh-necBed, long g-sleeved, belted
waist of muslin CT self-colored gingham
is worn under low necked, short.
sleeved dresses by little girls when the
weather or the occasion does not per.
NIT the low, sleeveless garment.
When tea gowns are made of white
or tinted camel's hair, they have usually
collars, cuffs, sashes, pockets aud revers
of velvet in various colors-violet, cop
per, red, aurora, pink, terra Gotta,
bronze green, ruby red and sapphire
blue.
Deep and full box-plaited ruches,
shell ruching, diagonal puffs, turret
blocks falling over plaitings, and host
OF other odd trimmings appear on the
bottom OF the skirts of late lmpvrta
tions and home productions of cos.
tunes.
Demi. wigs or false fronts of natural
rnrl water ra-ed h~i~. ->>~L~ Al -
dressing of the hair a matter of only q
few moments. These fronts are now
made so ingeniously that it is impossi-
BILE to tell who does and who does not
wear them.
The null neck scarfs lately so pop.
ular are now utilized as fchus tied or
loosely knotted on the bosom of the
corsage, while the neck ribbon is
placed above them around the neck,
inside the dress collar, but outside the
ruche or linen collar.
Lawn tennis suits have skirts of lawn
tennis stripes in bright and aesthetic COM
binations, while the tunics and blouse
waists are of light flannel serge in com
Elementary colors to those of the
stripes, The cuffs, collars, revers and
bands are OF the striped stuff.
Sloping shoulders are enduringly un.
fashionable. In days gone by their pos
session was considered indispensable to
establish any CLAIM to having a good
figure. Nowadays fashionable women
dress the shoulders as much as possible
to produce the desired height and
squareness-s shirred scarfs, high puffed
sleeves, and even beaded epaulets ami
floral garnitures being set upon the
shoulders to produce extra height. So
it seems that even the standard OF the
beautiful is regulated by the dictates
of fashion.
Dresses of sheer and fine French
lawn, almost as gaudy as organdie, are
made up with handsome trimmings of
imitation duchesse lace edgings, falling
over plated ruffles on the skirt. The
panier and tablier draperies are trimmed
with the same lace, while the upper part
of the coat sleeve is formed of two bands
of the lace sewed together. The un-
lined corsage has tichu Of the lawn
trimmed with the lace. 1t also en-
circles the throat aud wrists. White
satin ribbon bows are placed on all
parts of the costume demanding such
decoration.
The variety of grenadines is so great
at present that these dresses will be
more used than they have been; for
young ladies the Spanish lace grenadine
is made over colored satin-no notably
terra Gotta red, olive green and salmon
colors; for older ladies the fine taffeta
grenadine of sewing silk is used as a
transp irent above rich colors, while
for those who prefer all black dresses
two kinds of grenadine are used, COM
bining the plain or striped armure
grenadine, with brocades that have
large balls, flowers or fruits, apples,
pears or plums brocaded on relief upon
q satin lustrous ground.