Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-15
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OOfaSS bouquets grow ldi ger anu AoA SSA'
Robes Of sateen appear among the new
goods.
Ball dresses are again trimmed with
flowers.
White camel's hair is much liked for
evening and home dresses.
Ashes of roses has made its appearance
among the aesthetic colors.
Birds and fruits form part of the de-
sign Of many Of the dressiest sateens.
Robe dresses with embroidered fiounces
appear among spring importations.
New sateens appear in the fashionable
and aesthetic colOrs, so popular at present.
Large dots, circles and moons bid fair
to be as popular as ever in the new spring
goods.
A princess back with waist and train
in one continuous piece is preferred Tor
velvet dresses.
Tabliers of ficelle lace, with deep collars
and cuffs to match, are worn over PLAIN
cOlored silk toilets.
The draperies are much punched around
the hips, and even below that point, by
some dressmakers.
The feature in new polka-dotted cotton
dress goods is the large size ana close
proximity of the dots.
Velvet disks embroidered with chenille
trim dresses of dark camePs hair, cash
mere and Amazon cloth.
Notwithstanding good sense and Dame
Fashion combined, high-heeled French
boots continue to be worn.
Well-shaped frills of lace in two narrow
straps across the shoulders take the place
of sleeves in low corsages.
Thirteen Jacqueminot roses are fash
ionabie corsage bouquet. Does the uneven
number bring good fortune?
Two leather straps of corn-color, fas-
tened by steel buckles, trim large cavalier
hats Of brown, green or gray felt.
Counterpanes of black satin, embrOid-
cred in bright cOlOrs, are displayed, and
enormous prices are asked for them.
The critic did not err who said that the
pretty sinner of to-day looked exactly
like the picture of the medieval saint.
Entire suits of Jersey cloth, with shirt
waist and short trousers, are made for
small boys for their early spring suits.
Long straight garments are worn of
beige or seal colored cloth, trimmed with
band of fur. The collar and cuffs are
also of fur.
No matter how thin window drapery
may be, good taste allows heavy looking
band of plush or velvet to decorate the
lower edge.
FlOunces of embroidery are the stylish
trimmings for the white muslin dresses
that young ladies find useful at all seasons
of the year.
For babies about three years of age
whole dresses are of Scotch plaid plush or
of plush in two shades. They have small
sacques lined with satin.
The Connaught Jersey is in preparation
for spring costumes. This is made of rib
bed wool cloth or net of light quality in
dark stylish colOrs, and is trimmed across
the front with wide black braid in hussar
stripes.
Evening dresses are at present more in
demand than walking or indoor suits. 1t
is comparatively easy work to plan an
elegant ball dress, particularly with the
abundance of rich materials and trim
mings fashion now affords.
A fact to be remembered in connection
with the use of Velveteen is this: That all
secondary yelvets are part cotton or linen,
and that fabric composed entirely of one
material-whether SILK, cotton or linen
wears and cleans better than any mixture.
White camers hair dresses for the house
have applique embroidery of garnet velvet
around the Oyerskirt. The skirt of garnet
velvet is without flOunces. A cadet collar
and cuffs of velvet, with lOOped cards
across the breast, are the trimmings of the
pointed bodice.
For outside wraps. plain velvet is very
fashionably worn both for large and small
CONNECTIONS, and many redingotes and
long casaques are being made of it by
principal modistes. The trimmings are
of furO of jet pendants, and exceedingly
wide passementerie bands.
A green jacket with a terra Gotta vest,
green cloth apron Overskirt and terra
Gotta kilt below, make up a gay costume
for skating. The short jacket with
draped overskirt is preferred by skaters,
but there are also many long pelisses,
some of the close Jersey shapes, and
others with pleated fullness behind.
Princess dresses in royal blue velvet
are fashi0nably worn for reception toilets.
They have the Medici collar, revers and
deep cuffs deliberately embroidered with
dark blue jet. Plum-cOlored velvet dresses
in the same style have embroideries
worked in amber and ruby beads. Vel
vet, in fact, is the most fashionable fabric
of the season.
Grape muslin dresses come in pale blue,
cream white and shrimp pink, with the
embroidery done along the edges in abun-
dant quantities to trim the skirts with
two or three gathered ruffies, and to edge
the overdress. They are sold for SIS the
pattern, and they are used at present for
simple evening tOilettes, and are very
effective as transparents over velvet
satin skirts.
Robe dresses with embroidered flounces
are largely imported for the next summer
toilettes for the house and for general
wear out of town. They are shown in
both white and colOred materials, such as
nainsook, Swiss muslin and lawn for
white dresses, while for morning wear are
the durable Chamberys in all the stylish
colors wrought with white, and for more
dressy afternoon robes there are sheer
crape-like muslins wrought with self-col-
ors, or else in the cOlors of the flowers and
leaves of the pattern.
Evening dresses are of "crepe crepe"
dotted with silk or silver. They are often
made with overskirts plated over white
faille skirts bordered with pufings and
double narrow plaitings. These dresses
may be made still richer by placing be-
tween the plaits a trimming of she'll
shaped blonde, embroidered with silver,
gold or colored silk. The style of the en-
broidery depends upon the habit worn
with the skirt, whether it is of velvet or of
colOred brOcade.
Cross-barred muslin, striped dimity and
nainsoOk with twilled stripes are used for
the white aprons that are now made long
enough to almost entirely conceal the col
ored dresses worn by small girls. The
Iow-necked full French shape is the favor
lite for these aprons, because of its simple
pattern, with straight fullness. to which
band of edging is attached at the top, and
armholes are cut and merely trimmed
around, or else little cap-like sleeves are
added. These brighten up the dark fan
mel and cashmere dresses that little girls
wear all winter,