The Brookhaven leader., 1884-04-17
Il Dress AMI Cloak Trimmin~s.

Quite q revolution has occurre1 Of "a g
wears in the ordinary m thods If dress
trimming. The cheap IT, les, tie COM
mon varieties OF bralds anil gimps aud
tringes, have almost VIII l.y diSap.
pear,d. and in their place we find trim
ming of the same, or n contrasting. ma
terjal, rows o: stitching, facing which
suggests color W thuut really exhibiting
it, AMI buttons which often have artistic
value.
These methods must lie considered q
great improvement on styles of orna-
mental on which added nothing To the
real beauty of the costume or garn ent,
were cas " defaced, and then made a
really good material look shabby before
/ il was RI. Whatever is used rs
mounting OF course suffers more from
contact than the body part of the stun,
and ought 10 be mo e, rather than less,
scrl iceable in its character. But this
was rarely thought of IN the selection o
ord nary trimmings; and iiiLsr paSse-
mentcries. gimpS, and fringcs, fire.
mrntlv cheapened and vulgarized an
otherwise respectable fabric and lower
ed its standard of excellence in the
minds OF those who Judged it from its
inadequate attempts at enumeration.
OF late so many nice trimming laces
have been produced, that efficient aid
has been rendered in the finishing OF
ordinary silks and IN n costumes, While
in the making up Of woods, ncatness has
been founl the most effective 70 III that
decorator could take, and one after
another every addition in the way OF
trimm ng has been gotten rid o., eX-
oepting the braidS IN | bindings. This
year there is revival of the Hungarian
cords Il rasIementerie buttons, the
"mil.ta"y style rs it IS called, which
trade must make in the direction of at
lractive novelty. and costumes. The
real novel; eS and clcganc.es in trim
ming are in the direction of the different
kinds OF open and solid embroidery,
and the magnificent cloak trmm ms i'll
feather, and chenille. In the produc
ton o. the embruidcr CS upon cloth and
other fabrics, Ncnetj n models have
been largely followed, and designs,
some of hi, h have been ob,a ned from
museums and collections of rare works.
The beauty Of design. and the eXGuis-
tie workmansh put into them, would
elevate them into the region OF art, Il
they were executed by hand instead of
b. machine.
Workmanship upon the material has
given the kev-no to the present styles
of decorat on. II is only the carrying
out of the Eastlane idea in furniture,
which years and years ago we an
nounced a. a new departure, VIII CHI was
sure to have its following in dress and
its 'Ornments The braided cmbroid-
cry uron cloth, which puts Goth upon
cloth. AMI outlines the dies gu with a
narrow, thick. At, cord-like braid.
which is placed partly fat, partly on
edge. nd 0 ten wrought in solid clrcu-
lar coins, or buttpn-hkc forms. is an eN-
IT, ordinarily subs, autial and effect VI
method OF trea'inr handsome cloth
suits. and rea ~ TirirheS them. Us it
should. .or it is yer, expensive. Eut it
is nothing besides the eXqu site :eweled
effects produ ed by the mixture of
! earl, VIII te Jet and s'lk embroidery on
the tinted event Z satinS, covering en-
tire front, and forming est, plastr, ms,
pam ers, sleeves, and other parts or
additions TO a en- toilet Much of this
work is done by hand, all Of that which
is really I'm" and artistic, and the simple
front OF an ivory pa e PINK or amber
satin gown will perhaps cost hundred
and sevcntv-tiye or two hundred dol
lars fore a yard of he rich fabric is
added to it, which VII form the body
part of the e>s, or stitch put i'll to-
ward the making DtmortM'S MOnttiu