The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-23
Individuality in Dresses.
Harper's Bazaar.

harper's Bazaar.
Independent young women select some
simple style that is becoming to them, and
have all their dresses of both rich and plain
fabrics made OF one pattern. Thus young
lady with slender, graceful figure has a
preference for the round basque with deep
apron overskirt, and narrow short skirt with
founces, and this, with slight variations in
the trimming of the lower skirt and the up
per drapery, is the design used for all the
dresses of her summer wardrobe. One of
these pretty dresses is entirely of India
foulard of dark ground, with India-red
circles in it. This has two or three gathered
1ounces on the lower skirt, hem on the
round apron overskirt and the basque has a
shirred front. With this is a parasol of
ing walks her hat is an English
rough straw walking hat trimmed with blue
velvet and two white pigeons. A second dress
is often of ecru pongee with the deep apron
overskirt covered with Persian embroidery
of red, blue, and olive, in very small de-
signs. And third dress has skirt of gay
figured foulard with scalloped hounces,
while the shirred basque and overskirt are of
plain lemon-colored foulard with frills of
Oriental lace. Another young lady finds
the Jersey waist becoming to her, and seven
of these waists complete the dresses of her
summer outfit. There is a ietted silk Jer
sey to wear with black skirts; one of pale
blue wool for a striped wool dress that
shows blue, olive, rose, and cream-color in
the stripes; a beaded scarlet Jersey
for white red, and black dresses;
a brown wool Jersey that forms the
waist to her travelling dress that
has checked wool skirts; an ecru Jersey for
pongee skirts; another of white wool to wear
with blue and white flannel skirts in the
country; and still another of white silk with
crystal headings to wear with evening dresses.
Since the Jersey has been deprived of it's
scant look and improved in shape by Ameri-
can modistes. who have added a collar cuffs,
pleating at the back and sometimes narrow
vest it has become both a popular and a
fashionable garment. Those Jerseys made
with sewed seams, forming a French back
with some pleats in the middle seam, are pre-
ferred for slender figures, while those woven
in the plain Jersey shape are liked for larger
women. They are made without darts, and
the single breasted fronts have an English
collar notched like the collar of gentlemans
morning coat and above this is high stand
ing collar. Small cuffs are turned back on
the sleeves and hemmed, and there are curved
Sits for pockets on each SIDE Modistes make
a waist like this as a part of suit, and
attach it permanently to the lower skirt, or
else there is sash like that of the lower
skirt sewed on to the edge of the Jersey; this
style is liked for young ladies and school girls,
Older ladies have the Jersey represent an
outside basque simply hemmed on the edges.
and finished in the back with a ribbon bow
and loops over the pleating, or to make the
back bouffant when there is no pleating.
When the webbing is not thick it will show
the white corset cover if tightly drawn over
it, hence cover of silesia, or of thin silk
the color of the Jersey cloth, should be
worn beneath it.