Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-05-12
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In selecting dresses for the spring
season, now opening upon rs, we would
strongly advise every lady not only to
and selecting the lovely new goods that
load the counters OF our stores, nor yet
alone the resources of her pocket book,
but to the study OF her own face and
figure, and the adoption of colors and
size and pretty the dress, it is failure it
uns1ited to the wearer and the occasion.
Ifa lady. in selecting dress, takes into
consideration her complexion. the color
of her hair and eyes, her height and style
and the shape of her head, she can so
conform her dress thereto as to produce
an effect most harmonious and pleasing
No short woman should wear the very
long waists now in vogue, if she wishes
to increase her apparent height
No woman with a short throat should
wear her hair hanging in curls or dangling
ornaments from the head unless she
wishes her throat to appear still shorter
A standing ruffie also apparently shortens
the neck.
A strongly marked face sometimes
acquires a coarse appearance if the hair
be brought low on the forehead. while a
refined expression is given by dressing
the hair higher.
A woman with broad shoulders should
not wear puffs on the sleeves, and very
narrow skirts, she should be much wider
at the hips than at the shoulders, or she is
out of proportion and ungracefnl. wo-
man OF handsome figure always looks
we'll in skirts with simple graceful draper
les.
Heavy velvets or dresses overturned
are tar less becoming to young girls than
dainty muslins of delicate tints, and soft
clinging woolens. A freshly opened rose
bud needs no ornament to enhance its
beauty
In skirts, the gored side breadths are
not used BY fashionable dressmakers. The
skirt has one middle breadth very lightly
sloping on each side towards the waist.
The side breadths are of equal width top
and bottom and brought in at the waist.
The breadth behind is perfectly straight
and drawn back only sufficiently to pre-
serve the shape of the front, but not to give
strained appearance. There is an evil
dent tendency to increase the fullness OF
skirts. Flounces are worn with embroi-
dered or scalloped edges-or plain. Skirts
are sometimes plated in large plaits,
which are continued to the bottom of the
skirt and fastened there, or the plating al
ternates with putting.
The woman who can wear long slender
bodice is fortunate in being in fashion.
Shoulder seams continue quite short and
sleeves are placed high up. The darts of
the waist are made low to increase the
apparent length.
Pretty soft woolens appear in nearly
every color. Subdued tints are always
serviceable and can be varied by changes
of collar and ribbons, while one weares
of the more pronounced colOrs in plaids.
Stockings can be found of every finland
to match almost, any dress. Low shoes
of various designs in patent leather and
kid are shown, and will be very fashion,
able. Flowers are striving to supplant
feathers which have been stylish 50 long
roses are shown in every shade of pink,
yellow, and red, and pansies of every
shade of color known or unknown to the
gardener.
Bonnets are rather smaller. The new
hats are very high in the crown, poke
bonnets are very poky. Some of the
spring bonnets of cap shape are very
pretty, with ruffles of lace on the brim
and crowns of velvet or silk. A combi-
nation of crushed strawberry in velvet or
silk is used with gold lace for bonnets-
the one tint relieving the other.
Summer jackets are made very short
and close ftting.-all outside garments
long or short, slope away from the front.
Jackets are trimmed with braid or buttons.
Small checks are shown in summer silks
and ginghams will be very fashionable.
They combine not two. but several colors.
We see them in terra Gotta blue of several
shades, and browns. dark green. red gray,
light green. olive. etc. prices range from
IS cent to 81 % per yard for these silks !;
velvet is often used in combination for
cuffs, collars. etc. In fact, velvet will be
used extensively both ON silks and other
dresses for the summer in bows and other
trimming. Standing linen collars are
worn, and also handkerchiefs of silk mus
lin, the latter white or in cOlors, embroid
cred or otherwise. The light summer
fabrics for young girls will be made with
round waists which admit the wearing of
a pretty belt. Embroidered suits will con-
tinue to be stylish: and there are all sorts
of designes and rich patterns displayed.
Laces are extensively used in trimming,
and fiat bows and loops Of ribbon both on
the waists and skirts of dresses. The
economist will rejoice that the styles have
changed so little since last spring, that it
will be very easy to make last seasons
dresses serve for this one; and that fashion
Al. g.