The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-04-26
Spring Silks.
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Changeable taffetas silks of smooth
lustrous surface are very largely i'm
ported for spring and summer dresses;
these come in glace or changeable
grounds, OF else they are checked or
striped, or have dots, blocks, or almond
shaped figures. In these small designs
tl1fetas silks are used for combinations
with fine cashmeres for simple costumes,
but the more novel patterns have frise
or curled figures, messy and velvet-like,
in stripes or large snowy designs. In
some cases three kinds of changeable
taffetas are imported for a single dress;
thus there will be merely the change
able effect for one part, and the same
with small dot or block of velvet for
the second, while third will have a
large velvet flower amid the small dots
on Il ground like that of the first. The
colors in these are odd. such as verdi
girls with rose, or red with pink, blue
on ecru, garnet on moss green, or black
on white, or else on Russo gray. There
are also pOtntHle changeable tafietas
with tiny points or dots all over them,
and also q brocaded flower, with an
illuminated effect produced in the col
oring that brings out the dots effect
lively. Plain or smooth outlines of o
contrasting color are around the frise
velvet figures. Among the wide stripes
there are satin and glace tatieta stripes,
either plain or brocaded figures alter
mating on the stripes; still. others are
mile raie, with threads of contrasting
colors forming wide stripes that alter
nate with glace stripes.
For dark costumes for the street
are glace satins with illuminated Per-
sian figures for part of the dress, and
the plain changeable ground for the re-
mainder. For very quiet dark dresses
the satin marveilleuX, Rhadames and
surahs are still largely imported, and
when these are to be made lighter and
more summary looking, they will be
trimmed with ecru embroideries that
look like lace. Faille Franchise, gros
grain, and the Rhadzimer silks with fat
ribs are commended in the new spring.
shades. of Russo gray, champgnon,
smoke. brown, and other grave tints
that are now frightened by gay acces-
SORES such as a Moliere vest of poppy
red or blue satin, with velvet rosettes
or cockade bows to match, and deep
border of this gay coloring across the
foot of the front and sides of the skirt.
Checked surahs and Louisines are liked
best in decided blocks, not necessarily
of large sizes, but in squares rather
than in bars or small broken plaids. The
durable lndiapongees will again be used
either quite plain or else embroidered in
sprigs, crescents, leaves, arabesques, or
linked rings all over the breadth; and
this embroidery may be had done in
white cotton in most delicate effects. or
in colored silks, notably in dull India
red, very dark brown, and in olive
green. The bordered and scalIoped
bands are also shown again, and another
pretty fashion is the open-w worked
pongee in daisy, star and compass pat
terms. to be made up over brilliant red
or blue satin which will show through
the openings. This is used for basque,
and for the plain front and sides of the
skirt, while the draperies and tlounces
are of plain pongee. There are also
applique velvet embroideries for trim
ming pongees, and the French caprice
is for tapestry figures on the dull ecru
ground, and for using as trimming the
Bulgarian embroidered scaris which are
wrought with gay silks and with tinsel
threads. The printed India silks are
shown with dull red outline figures and
flowers in white or ecru grounds, and
there are many plain surah and tussore
silks in their natural unbleached colors
that make most durable dresses. -Har-
per- s Bazdr. ... ... ..I.