Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-06
[From the Brooklyn Union.


Trimmings for white dresses are frequent
| ly of plaid plush ribbons. about an inch and
half wide, different combinations of color
being used.
Shell shaped hats for seaside wear find in
creasing favor; those for very small chill
dren are exactly like clam shell; for older
ones elongated or double shapes are pre-
ferred.
Elaborate designs for trimming morning
dresses are made in satin braid of different
coIors, the braid is worked in relief to repre-,
sent fruit, flowers or leaves, and then ap
pliqued on to the material 1t is a very eff
fective style of decoration.
Lace fiounces are much in fashion. In
some of the most stylish dresses such trim
mings begin by a very deep founce at the
bottom and graduate upwards until at the
waist it is less than an inch in width. Gold
thread is often run through both white and
black lace.
A new trimming for summer wraps is
known as chenille marabout, and is used
either in masses to represent the side panels,
which are now SO fashionable, or as headings
for overskirts. founces or deep fringes. In
some respects this chenille marabout takes the
place of gimp or passementerie.
Considering how universally tight sleeves
are worn. it is quite amusing to notice how
much variety the dressmakers contrive to
make in them this season !; for instance, one
fashion plate gives ten different Styles all
equally tight, but entirely different in effect,
some reaching to the elbows and terminating
in an open ruffie; others with insertions ;
others, again, to the wrist, finished off with
lace or trimmed with narrow puffs and ruff
filings, edged with fringe or pleatings.
A sample costume is made of light materi-
al, striped, of two duIlish tints. The bot
tom of the skirt is scalloped out and edged
with embroidery, above which are two fioun-
ces trimmed in the same way and Slightly
shirred. The embroidery is worked in a
shade lighter than the stripes behind there
is an artistically looped up drapery, and a
few rows of velvet ribbon are placed at the
side; the bodice of the same material as the
skirt, but cut blouse shaped, with velvet
band round the waist, and basque scalloped
and embroidered like the skirt. This simple,
but cequettish, style of spring costume can
be made Of any fancy woolen material, such
as yelling, either striped, spotted or plain.
A French authority says that fancy velvets
of various shades of green are much in ia
yor. and describes dress made in fourreau
shape in front and at the sides, but sufficient
Iv ample to form two or three hollow pleats
at the back With this skirt tunic and
bodice of Indian cashmere are worn, the
former gracefully draped. A small cape,
reaching to the elbow, is of velvet, and is
tied in front with two long strings of ribbon
of the same color, or small mantelet, tied
through the front, is fashionable From the
same source we learn that visiting costumes
are now made with skirt and bodice of silk
quite plain, and self colored and with panels,
scarf or pufs of satin, brocaded with pat
tern of rich velvet flowers the sleeves are
often trimmed with border of small loops
Of ribbon round the wrist and up the outer
seam to the elbow.
Fashionable travelling dresses ars of rough