St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-05-03
Trimmings for Dresses and Wraps.

PompadOur passementeries with
raised figures like those in the Pompa-
| dour laces are the new trimmings for
dresses and wraps. These gimps are
made entirely of beads of one color,
such as fine bugles of either black or
white jet, and the novelty is the use of
fruit designs, such as cherries, cur
rents, pears and plums, amid leaves of
beads; the small fruits are well repre-
sented in round full size, but larger
fruits are shown only in half, as if cut
in two. Such gimps come in ordinary
trimming widths, from two to four
inches broad, and also in wide panels
for the front or sides of dress skirts,
Steel passementeries made ''solid,"
| that is, entirely of the beads, are again
imported, and there are also mixtures
Of steel with gilt. and of Jet
with gilt beads. that are very effective.
Solid jet rings three inches in diameter
are new this year, and will be used
separately or in pairs for placing about
on the upper part of the front of
basques. or on sleeves at the wrist, or
else in rows down vest. or across an
apron over-skirt, or lengthWise between
10
palm leaves OF fine jet with fringe at
tached are arranged in pairs, that is,
one for trimming the left. and the other
for the right side of dress waist
The newest jetted nets in the piece
and in trimming laces to match come
with the raised Pompadour figures;
these are used for the drapery of dress
skirts in preference to the flat beaded
fronts that cover merely single front
breadth; these are made by hand, and
have very fine beads in feather, fruit
and palm-leaf patterns, with sometimes
mixtures of chenille and of steel beads.
Heavily jet5ed fringes in straight
strands, or with Melted headings in
which are very large beads, are used
especially for edgiLg silk Jerseys, as
their weight keeps them in place. Gray
jet beads on gray net are imported for
trimmings of gray satin or gros grain
dresses. Crocheted black silk passe-
menteries for trimming mourning silk
dresses are in the new fruit patterns.
Black French laces are shown as the
choice for trimming laces, and are
also in the suitable depths for tlonnces
across the fronts of skirts, and as
single falls from just below the
waist to the foot of the skirt. Ecru
laces arein similar designs. For trim
ming colored summer silks there are
the embroidered batistes which French
modistes use SO effectively over blue,
red, brown, or dark green silks, and
the beauty of these embroideries is now
further enhanced by stitching of gilt
threads on the outlines of the figures,
or by the introduction of colored fig
ures that match the color of the silk.
For trimming spring woolens, and
even for the thinnest nuns yelling. is u
made-up galloon OF linked rings Of silk
cord in white, ecru, brown, blue, or
gray, or else in dark colors mixed with
gilt. Wooden clasps for fastening
wraps or corsages are in dog's-head
patterns, greyhounds, pugs and Skye
terriers being well represented; there
are also many clasps of pearl, steel and
silver Buttons remain small and |
round, and are now most inconspieu-
Gus, as they are often covered by the
drapery of the front of the basque.
Ha9per's Bazor.