Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
THE Fashions.
Some Notes Ot Interest to our Fail
Headers.
From the New York Evening" POs,,l

From the New York Evening" pOst.l
Summer and washing silks will be in high
vogue this year.
New fancy grenadines are heavily bro
cadcd and closely resemble brocaded silks
and salins.
In straw hats and bonnvts the color
of crushed raspberry. is produced in deli
cate shades closely resembling perwinke
pink.
Sultan is the sane Of new dark red
pcnscc rouge an odd slaae q purple and
vort c'Oir is another peculiar tint added 10
the long list of greens.
Double OF single pipings of satin, in white
and colors, braided in floral designs and deep
pointed edges are uscd as headings to other
trimmings upon dinner and carriage COS
tunes.
1t is quite the fashion for ladies who have
IL fancy for doing their own dress-making to
30 10 fashionable dress maker, or, better
still, to an artist who undertakes the con-
srucisn of tailor made" dresses, and have
what is termed "A permanent pattcrn"-it.,
a bodice of thick linen cut to the exact
measurement a. The form and fitted perfect
ly. This bodice is t,.ca all taken apart,
ready TO serve as a pattern for al future cor
sagcs
The mania for braidirg dresses, and fer
thai matter, brading Of every description,
seems to he greater than ever 1t appears
strange that no simple fashion can he adopted
without being carried 10 c.tramoG and hack
ncycd within three months. BraidinE and
beading both look well if used sparingly /,
bu, All entire dress running over with orna-
mental vines and leaves, berries, buds, birds
and blossoms put On indiscrimnately from
throat to skirt hem, is sight TO see, and is
in utterly bad taste.
Mourning dresses still sparkle with Jets,
and many Of the richest looking new spring
nantes are literally covered with applique
and cmbrUidcrics in silk and jet. Jctted
gimps are used in combination with elegant
jet fringes and pendant ornaments aud
cords. Some Of the new velvet galizes have
large raised flowers outlined with jet, but it
is is doubtful if this is an improvement. 1t
certainly impairs the soft effect which is the
greatest attraction for this handsome mater
nj, newly imported for nantes and over
dresses.
Among the list of summer fabrics are
pale colored linens, silk gauzes satetns, eH-
| quisitely tinted vcilings, delicate French
muslins, French fDulards always popular in
Paris, Louisiana silks, French organdics,
cambrics, and lawns in all the bean,iful new
shades. There are also novel Ickin gailzes,
with corded velvet and satin figures upon a
diaphanous ground, and lovely tinted mus
Inns. quite in the jardinicre style, to he made
up for lawn parties. a Ia shcpcrdess, with
| Vatican dripcry aud lace and ribbon by the
league, cascaded all over the dress.
| Ribbons lined with cOl0rcd satins are much
used us strings and are found very useful
and effective for the ribbon roses employed
as trimming updn many bonnc,s, instead OF
flowers or feathers. The coloIs of the two
sides of the ribbon must harmonzc well, OF
the good effects is lost. Sapphire blue and
silver, cloud blue and primrose, ruby and
pale pink, Russian green and ccru and violet
and pale mGuve go admirably togctocr.
Black lined with golden yellow, coral OF
crimson makes effective roses, as do also
green plush ribbons faced with cher
ny, giving the effect here Of nest o.
| mOssCB.
The ruche stills gains ground, especially
the Chicorce and shcli.paiied styles, which
are very much used in every width for sh0r
dresses, aud for trained robes II is now pu
all the why around the bottom Of the skirt il
crcsCcndo or dimnucndo fashion, to sui
the style Of the train or the fancy OF TN
wCarcr. Very narrow chicOrec ruches ar'
used as Cdgngs to cut out borders or head
ugs to lace ruillcs, and are very effective ol
TINTED silk or satin evening dresses, the so'
trimming OF many very beautiful dressc
consisting of friuged ruches very wide 70
the skirt edge and narrower for the bodic
, and tunice, and pleatcd up 80 thickly nn'