Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-24
THE LATEST FASHIONS.
THE UNIVERSAL GRAY-TAILoR-MA DRESSES
AGAIS-SPRING sUITs-COLoRS IN GLOVES
WHITE DRESSES, ETC.

AGAIS-sPRING sUITs-coLoRs IN GLOVES
WHITE DRESSES, ETC.
VERY little jewelry IS worn.
THE taste for shot silks is on the increase
NEARLY everybody has some sort of gray
gown.
The gored skirt is mOribund. but it will die
hard
SILK GLOVES in tan and gray shades are
popular
SHOT velvet comes up among other changea-
bic dress stuffs.
FEW FEATHERS are to be seen on fashionable
hats and bonnets.
WHITE velvet hats are worn at dress after
noon garden parties.
DARN CoLoRED STOCKINGS in plain colors are
still extensively worn.
THE newest fancy in printed lawns is for dot
ted effects in the tissue.
HAIR POWDER Is worn in Paris by some ladies,
but only for evening dress.
FEATHER borders and feather fringes appear
On dressy silk and satin parasols.
PALE GRAY TINTs bid fair to take the place of
ecru and cream for evening toilets.
REDINGOTEs with shirred backs fitting we'll
In at the waist line are much worn.
CLOVER BLOSSOMS are extensively used on
small bonnets They are very pretty.
ETAAISE is the fabric nsed instead of Turkey
red for seaside parasols on the other side Of the
water.
BANDS of ribbon terminating in flat bowsform
the vertical decorations of many printed lawn
dresses.
The oyerdress is more and more frequently
made with downward pleats as the season
advances.
None but slender and young women can
wear the high-shouldered shoulder cape to
advantage.
LACE parasols, lined with colored Surah, and
decorated with flowers and bows of ribbon ap-
pear on umbrella counters.
The polonaise or redingote or smulations of
these garments are the popular style of dress
for street costumes this season.
AMERICA sets the fashion for little girls dresses
on the other side, the american frock" being
the first favorite for little women.
some Of the shot silks vie with the luster and
sheen of the wings of Insects and the feathers
OF the most iridescent of birds.
TAnOR-MADE DRESSES are worn on the street,
to the total exclusion of all other gowns They
are simply made and are untrimmed.
The favOrite form for the popular white lawn
suit Is the Mother Hubbard yoke and belt waist,
with tucked skirt, not gOred, but gathered or
plated TO the waist band.
GOLD BRAID, gold lace, gold beads, and a
variety Of yellow flowers. from daffodiis and
buttercups to dandeiOns and yellow asters. oc-
cupy a large place in bonnet trimmings.
SoRREL green and rose and old gold and
pheasant blue or bronze are favorite color COM
blnatiOns In costumes especially those of shot
taffeta glace trimmed with velvet and lace
SILK and Isle thread gloves and mitts with
very long wrists, ana in all the new shades of
gray. tan. brown. black, and ecru. are seen on
glove counters and sold at very low prices.
The open loose redingote worn over full
skirt, is frequently seen in New York. 1t opens
loose in front, over a lull plastrOn but defines
the figure with glove-like fidelity in the back.
THE blending of many colorsi in the same fabric
gives an antique grace to many costumes. and
also permits latitude of taste in the selection of
me cOiOrs OF the ribbons and other accessories
Of the toilet.
VELVET will be used again upon white lawns,
musns, and thin silk materials not In black
alone. but also in colors-garnet, terra-cotta
myrtle green and heliOtrOpe. upon white, black
being used more upon ecru and gray.
THREE dangerously bad special styles of this
summer, against which a note of warning should
De raised in time, are the shoulder cape the
large and eccentric parasol. and the profuse use
OF gold in braids. feathers cords nets flowers,
millinery and accessories of the toilet.
The cross rays of pink and blue, pink and red,
pink and gold, and blue and gold, as seen In the
shot silks Of this season. present a rare luxury
of color to the artistic eve and afford scope for
variety harmony in Inn Of
parts OF the dress.
THE NEWEST STYLE OF ENGAGEMENT RING Is
diamond and a ruby or diamond and a
sapphire set at right angles, or diagonaly
Lockets have gone out of fashion "a gifts from
the groom to the bridesmaids at fashionable
weddings. and bangles. with the bridal mono
gram set in jewels. have taken their place.
ALL FRENCH DRESSES are now made on a
narrOw-gored skirt of alpaca or siles!a that
measures two yards and three-eighths around
the bottom Upon this skirt the costume is
built up Great variety of arrangement is ex-
hiblted, but the drapery is always extremely full
and bouffant- Generally it is punched up over
the back of the basque. but for rich and heavy
materials the back hangs ii box plaits, undraped
from the waist.
A HANDSOME SPRING WALKING COSTUME is
made of that stylish shade of golden brown otto
man silk so much worn at present The skirt is
trimmed with wide panels of brown and gold
b-ocaded satin and velvet. the edges of which
are finished with a very rich passementere in
beads of every shade Of golden-brown bronze
and olive Vest. collar cuffs and revers have
garnitures TO correspond The small bonnet
made principally of beads. is adorned with an
ostrich pOmpOn and aigrette and the golden
brown parasol has floral design wrought In
beads on one side.
The new gauZe crepe is lovely material for
millinery purposes. and much used in white,
pale pink and blue for bonnets for evening
wear. For this purpose it is embroidered or
trocaded in tiny dots or leaves, and the crown
Is shirred so to form upright cords The
brim is closely puffed and somewhat speckled
with fne gold or silver but the dotted crepe eff
Iect Is more refined. particularly as the mara
bout feathers which constitute the principal
part OF the enumeration are powdered with
gold and fall In a shower over the front These
bonnets are exquistely light soft and deli
cate-much prettier with light toilet than the
goid-braided crowns which have become so
tireSOme.
QUANTITIES OF WHITE DRESSES are being sold
The tavorite style this year for girls is very
simple. 1t consists of a round tucked skirt and
tucked blouse, with the waist put inside the
skirt and worn with a ribbon or velvet belt
rosette or narrow velvet or satin ribbon is at
tached to the cOrsage. The oyerskrt is often
only an apron with wide tucked sash. the
whole, of course, trimmed with embroidery.
some of which Is very fine and beautiful A
pretty style for making these white washing
dresses is with the lower front in upright tucks