The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-08
Paris Faslhisns.

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curacy what will be the prevailing
fashions during the summer. We be
gin to think of washing-dresses and of
Light materials. Embroidery. in its
various forms, is likely to be more than
ever in request, especially for musiins
aud cambrics. Some of the effects in
this way, already to be seen, are most
pleasing. A dress of batiste. pink. pale
blus or ecru, with tablier embroidered,
or covered with rows of embroidery, is
as becoming as any ball costume could
be.
According to the present programme
Of fashion, lady of varied tastes has
plenty of opportunity of indulging
them. She may have one dress of very
narrow proportions and another full
and boutfantc; she may have one con-
sisting of first jupe, secon1 jupe and
tablier, or tunic, and another of straight
severity, being nothing more than the
single skirt covered with one or two
wide kits, and headed by simple scarf
drapery. With this diversity. she is
quite in the fashion. Extremes meet,
and the fashionable lady may almost
wear anything. The same laxity pre-
walls as to combinations of materials.
Fabrics of various textures are harmon
lied together upon the same costume;
wooden stutfs and cachemires with silks
and velvets, one color with another,
and stripes, with squares and flowers,
As example, we may take q jupe Of
striped silk under polonaise or tunic Of
broche or figured velvet.
The bodice continues to have the high
collar, the high sleeves, the long pointed
basque, and robe cut away more than
ever from the hips. And these charac-
teristics,, with the exception of the
pointed basque, apply also to the out
of-door jacket, which grows shorter and
shorter, until in many cases there is
little to be seen of it below the waist.
YER becoming these short jackets are,
when they fit to perfection
and incase beautiful figure. They are
generally in colored cloth, dark blue OF
green, and may be profusely braided
with fine silk braid, or with broad
braid in military form, or trimmed with
flat gold or bronze braid of about an
inch in width. Gold braid on the myrtle
green cloth is effective. A jacket OF
this pattern resembles rs closely rs
possible the body of q riding-habit.
There is style and character about it,
and also something which suggests that
it should be worn with simple dress of
wooden material rather than with silk OF
satin.
Whether decree of fashion from in
visible quarters has gone forth that lace
must be worn, orwhether certain ladies
have taken it into their heads stimuli
taneously to adapt beautiful lace they
may have by them to the present re-
quirements of their toilets. we cannot
say, but it is certain that o great deal of
lace is being worn, and it is often of n
to lead one to suppose that IT
has not been bought expressly to meet
the exigencies of a passing costume,
which is put on to-day and tomorrow
east aside. Exquisite specimens of lace
in the shape of tablier tunic and flounce
arr, to be seen upon costumesYhichh have
no claim u full Evening dress.
we might suppose. that IN certain irr-
stances some Of theSeabeautifm lace eff
fects have been produced by cutting up
bridal wells or other treasures of the
kind; yet we can hardly indulge in such
. supposition in face of certain statis-
tics lately published by the Gauiois- rel
ative to fashionable lady's toilet ex-
penses. Among other items. laid down.
f124 Is the modest sum fixed upon to
cover her annual account, with her lace
mercer. sHNOsE
At fashionable wedding at Ste.
Clothilde recently the prominence given
to lace upon day costumes was very APP
parent. A lady, not belonging to the
party, wore plastron and pam
iers of white lace over a striped silk
dress of the shade known as shrimp
pink, and trimmed with maroon vel
vet. The lace was of superlative quail
ity and had about it an air of age which
added to its richness of effect
Another lady wore an eserdress of
dark blue velvet and broche, and tunic-
and fichu of white lace; and this. too,
was of costly kind. Another striking
dress was entirely of black lace; and
another of satin broche, with copper
ground and large flowers in dull gold
Many of the bonnets were entirely or
partially Of Lace, and among the flow
ers chosen for their decorations we no
ticed that preference was given to vi
Diets and pansies. An elegant half
costume consisted of black.
satin polOnaise over jupe, covered with
with this was Of black velvet and white
lace, with feather of the most delicate
shade of mauve-
The redingote is not yet discarded:
Is continues, together with the. tight
Jacket, the pelerine and the elegant
little visite mantelet, to dividethe favor
Of ladies' A visit to the Avenue dies
Aeacias at the fright hour will show this
There ladies' often drive in tight jack
cts and hats; but, when they are driven.
they oftener than otherwise. wear the
visite or the. fichu, or they are to be
seen en- table.
add variety to the dress materials now
in use, and combine lightness of texture
with an appearance of richness and
solidity.e Striped and shot silks are
much Wor1r. also English velveteens
md wooden fabrics.
Braidins is not limited to jackets and
We have seem some charm
ing effects IN this way upon costumes.
One was IN light fawnrcolored cloth,
with long, square tablier over Killed
skirt. The tablier and bodice were
orofrsefy braided. ~
Copper, tending sometimes towards
red and sometimes towards warmbrown
S still pe-eminent among Ieolors. We
viii describe a demi-todet in this fash
enable shade: Jupe. of copper silk,
5ouiItonnee with blac4 lace fioumce over
each bouillon: Bodice and tunie of
yaze-broehe. with wall-fiowers upon,