The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-03-04
MODES


Btocaded silks have not gone out OF vogue
Buttons small for dresses, large for wraps.
Tho palmleaf pattern crops out In all the new goods
Combinations IN costumes are ms much In vogue as
ever.
sllyct-srangled tullo snuch worn In Paris Tor ball
dresses
overdresses are made eccentric and irregular In tho
dtaring.
Position backs and points IN front arc the rule In
basqucs
RedinRotes aud polohalses In score ot FORMS arc
highly popular.
Now Khlba cloths oflght weight come In hne checks
In the new coors.
Velvet ribbons are revived for trimming cashmeres,
SILKS, anu novelty Fabrics,
The new French buntings come with SILK brocht
hgutc3 In Louis XIII designs.
CLASPS on the collars aud In the neck OF dresses take
the place OF moochcs aud face rins,
Velvet wastcoats let Into the front OF SILK and wool
hofques VIII he feature IN new SUITS
The Ibis lotus, and other Egyptian designs are
features In spting goods OF the hnost grade
orange and fame colorsn vanishing effects are seen
III many OF the new sllRs and novelty goods
Very long, deeply curved aprons that are caught
up high on each hin ate on the newest French dresses
New mulls aud SILK muslins are dotted and figured
In SIR br0che spots dots, diamonds, howers ana
leaves
Jackets OF velvet OF the new royal French hne VIII
buttons.
The long nurse apron front, With paniets above II
around the hips, Is mVoiite style Tor spring
costumes.
Brussels aces In the old-tlme thread patterns are
restored to tavof ana are used Tor hounces on pack
ottoman SIR dresses.
New china grapes OF the finest quality are peauu-
fully embroidered, by hand, OF course, In palm-leaf
and other oriental ngutes
Long casaques OF VoNet Win open phgoda
sleeves complete the newest cloth suits. shoulder
cape 70 addeu Tor the street.
Waistcoats OF all kinds Directory, Louis NV,
Continental, aud D'orsay arc oil In nigh favor on
ladies' basques Jackets, and bodices'
New ve'lings come IN ioNey ehaues OF cream anu
pure white, with dots Wheels stars, feathers, and
leaves In small detached s''k brocaded ngures.
An exquisite fabric Is tho Vatican rave, SIR and
wool fabric In vanishing cross stripes on changeahe
lengthwlse striped gtound In oriental colors and
| effects.
The latest mportatonsof hrocadcd silks show Otto
man grounds with satin and plain SIR designs How
ers, leaves, and conventional, medmva, and Oriental
figures.
The white India cashmere robes, with india cash
mere pam-ieaf and other oriental designs. are the
costlcst wooon stuts brought out TINS season. They
are priced At 500 robe.
Embroidered robes Of French cambtic, fine as ba-
tste and In all colors Including scarlet, have the
embroideries dono w old sampler cross stitch, With
coorel linen threads In all the Oriental shades.
GrOS-E grain, plain ottoman rcppch SILK and hfocaded
ottoman silks are the materials most used at present
by fashionable odiscs FOR the black silk dresses that
to for the intermediate spring season and for
/ late in the summer.
Special designs for cotton snteens have birds on the
wing patterns ot lilac borders and crushed roses
arranged side panels as honnces for the front
breadhs, while smaller designs are strewn over a
! Of color,