The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
WHAT WE ARE TO WEAR.

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Fichus of all sorts are very fashionable.
Pockets appear on some Of the new French
dresses.
Home dresses of soft wooden stuffs are
made severely simple in style.
Jersey basques will be much worn with
plaid skirts Of wool, and wool and silk mix
lures.
Bustles and crinolettes grow larger, while
skirt draperies are made more ample to ac-
| commodate them.
Black silk stockings with gold thread
clocks and embroidery are among spring i'm
portations of fancy hosiery.
Tiny frogs are the latest thing in lace pins
| They are quite natural-looking and sell at
a higher price than whole dozen of the real
article.
Tight-ftting waists are to prevail in sum
mer as in winter costumes. 1t is TO be hoped
for the sake of the ladies that the thenrome-
ter will not go high,
The white toilets of aesthetic young ladies
| will be given dash of yellow this spring by
yellow satin sash ribbon, amber head neck
lace and wristlets and yellow flowers in the
corsage bouquets.
Lace sacques that were once the rage, are
| to come into fashion again this summer
They were always pretty and stylish when
worn over lieht-colored silks, and no doubt
delight.
Fine linen collars with neat machine
stitched edge are finished with a cravat Of
lace of six inches width and about one yard
length cut into the middle, with the edges
hemmed and gathered into = space of about
an inch on each end of the band.
| One of the most effective portions of a
child's dress now is the collar; deep collars
of embroidery or lace are universally worn,
| Iar1., fI,a ha,,
soonest of these are made up of fine insertion
of delicate Swiss embroidery edged with
| deep Fittings of lace. They should be large
enough to reach the shoulders but not to
fall over the sleeve, excepting in the case of
children in arms, then the collar may be
almost as deep as the cape of the pelIsse.
notwithstanding is one of the most pop
| ular fabrics for spring dresses; but there are
also morine and tweed textures, basket
cloths and armures, and pretty fancy wool
ems with satin stripes and checks on the sur
| face, while the variety in design and coloring
| is still greater than that in texture. Stripes
are once more fashionable; they are seen
| upon all fabrics, silks, woolens cambrics
and muslins. In silks the pekin style is
mostly adopted, that is, stripes of equal size,
satin and faifle, or gros grains and more
! stripe; shot stripes and plain ones are also a
favorte combination, while in other models
| f1oriated stripes alternate with satin or MORE
ones.
A novel style of dress is made very much
| like re0ingote, only that the fronts are full
| IL is gathered on each side at the shoulders,
and again at the waist and a little lower
down. This gives a little fullness to the
skirt which remains open about halfway
up, showing an underskirt finely plated,
which only comes down a few inches lower
than the redingote dress. There is no puff
behind, but the dress is also slit open some
way up. the slit being finished with a plain
bow and ends of faille ribbon. This costume
may be entirely OF cashmere or other wooden
material; or it may be of wooden fabric for
the upper part only, with the underskirt and
trimmings of faille. Sometimes wide sash
is passed loosely round the waist and tied i'll
| front.