The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-08-30
Fashion Items.

Watered Irish poplins are achieving a
great success.
White dresses are worn everywhere,
in town and country.
Huge cabbage roses are worn upon
the bonnet, at the top of the parasol.
and as corsage flowers.
Broad ribbon sashes are worn by the
million, from the child of one year to
the matron OF sixty.
Pale blue or pale pink muslin dresses
dispute the majority with sprigged and
polka-dotted patterns.
Lunch-cloth, wherewith to make
bright and picturesque lawn party, is
in the new elegant shade of cardinal,
with gold brocaded borderings and deep
fringe of the same yellow hue
A bonnet made wholly of gooseber-
ries, lately exhibited, met with poor
success, as did also one of plum-colored
chenille, adorned with a bunch of
apricots. In the ' 2 of fruit garniture
elderberries, in SUI D coloring. or pale
green grapes. SUI 'unded with silver
powdered leaves, ct with the greatest
favor
Small checked ks are made up in
many fanciful ST $. and always in
combination with Ither fabrics, plain
merveilleux being the usual choice. A
skirt of royal blue and white checked
silk is covered with wide plated
Hounces, each healed with narrow
plating of royal bluS surah. The cor
sage and Vatican overskirt are of the
plain blue material, with cuffs, pockets
and pelerine of the checked silk.
White or black dresses are frequently
adorned with multi-colored ribbons,
hoops and long streamers, or jabots in
mixtures of colors-olive, gray and pink
or pale blue cardinal and terra-cotta, for
instance, being conjoined. Primrose,
bronze brown and crimson form another
fashionable combination, but the slight
est error in tint destroys all the good
effect. Well blended, this simple trim
ming sufficiently brightens the sombrest
toilet.
Ribbon of every shade, design and
width forms an important part in the
costumes of the day. The old-fashioned
stiff bow is seldom seen, the modern ar
rangements being designated as cas-
cades, flats, plaques, choux or pompons;
and dressy dress, or even a simple
morning toilet, now looks incomplete
and expressionless until some adorn-
ment of ribbon has been added. Upon
some of the most fashionable costumes
are used ribbons by the dozen yards
upon the skirt alone; and corsages and
wraps are frequently covered with loops
OF ribbon, mingled with waves of lace.
A novel skirt and stylish costume has
the short walking-skirt of black gros-
| grain silk, with Louis XIV. tunic Of the
same trimmed with richly-worked ap-
plique bands of cut jet. Over this q
French casaque of black and white
striped silk, fitting the figure very per-
fectly, and fastened down the front with
loops of silk braid and jet-beaded frogs.
| The parasol of black is adorned with Jet
and lined with white silk; black silk Jer-
sey gloves drawn on over the close coat
sleeves of the casaque, and bonnet of
black lace, wrought with jet beads, and
trimmed with u semi-wreath of white
roses. complete the costume.
Casaquins, polonaises, redingotes and
corsages paniers will all be in favor
this and the coming autumn season.
Drawn bodices are also much worn with
diaphanous fabrics; the number of shirrs
on these, however, is greatly dimin-
ished. The corsages "mademoiselle, :"
with deep points, are quite the leading
style for very rich materials, such as
brocade, moire, lampas and the like.
The Jeanne dare corsage is a novelty,
| Deln9 Opeueu Ut one sue, anu IdCeu up
with silk or silver cords. This and the
corslets laced under the arms will be
much worn during the summer season,
accompanied by guimpe and sleeves
/ of Oriental gauze, or achemisette Russo
of white silk India muslin, embroidered
in the colors of the dress.
Adjustable trains have been found en-
tirely too convenient for the existence
of any probability of their going out of
fashion, as they are equally suitable to
all seasons. The vogue of scarfs, tab
liers and plastrons detachable from the
skirt, and fastened to it when desired by
means of patent hooks or invisible but
tons, iSnearly as great, as by this means
the toilet may be varied almost indef-
nitely. A rich dress may be made in
the height of simplicity, yet in a few
moments the addition of long, ad-
Unstable court train in the back and
down the front, a tablier covered with
lace, glistening with passementerie or
wrought with elaborate embroideries,
may transform this unpretending dress
into a toilette elegante. Plastrons of
pattern materials, or of satin. gauged
or plated, are still very fashionable,
while those of silk or satin, in light
shades covered with lace or hand-paint-
ed. are exceedingly elegantly Y.
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