Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-09
THE SUMMER FASHIONS.
SEASIDE FAsHIoNS-TEB LACE RAGE-0ING-
HAM CoSTUMEs-oLD STYLES REVIVED.


HAM CoSTUMES-oLD STYLES REVIVED.
MORE and more fashionable grows tinsel
braid.
NONE but brides wear white kid gloves nova
days.
WOODEN LACE is used even for trimming I'M
derskirts.
BUTTONS are artistic in design and finish this
season.
LACE FRoCKs will be worn more than ever
this summer.
SEASIDE and country dresses are now in the
hands of dressmakers.
Wool CANVAS or sail cloth is the newest fabric
for seaside dresses
USDREsSED SUEDE GLOVES remain the favor
ties for dressy occasions.
THE SHORT Spanish" or "Sultana' jacket is
fashions latest within.
NEW SILK and Isle thread gloves come in all
the fashionable kid c0lors.
THE CARVED HANDLES and tops OF coaching
parasols things of fine art
WOODEN LACE of the color of the garment
trims many mantles and costumes.
CUTAwAY SHORT JACKETS OF various shapes
are seen on many dressy street costumes.
THE Bow OF RIBBON on the side of the neck
instead of in front is q fancy OF. the moment,
"CATOGAN' is the name given in Paris to the
newest style of hair dressing for young ladies.
FLAT TURBANs and conical-crowned, mar
row-brimmed hats are equally fashionable for
little girls.
SUPERIMPosED waistcoat fronts of plaitings
ofmoire, surah, or lace on imported
Paris wraps.
ASHES OF ROSES is again in favor and many
changable silks are shot with rose warp and
Rshgray wool.
BEAD EMBROIDERY on the collars, cuffs and
waistcoats of dressy jackets are among other
decorative fancies.
PLAID JACKETS of fine Gilbert flannel are
made with belts and hood lined with bright
or sober brown surah-
RED SILK JERSEYS prettily worn over
skirts of printed sateen or percale figured with
red for house dresses.
SCARFS IN ORIENTAL cOlors and designs, illu-
minated with gold thread, form the trimmings
of many hats and bonnets.
THE PRETTY BEIGE ard alInond-tfn ted dresses
are revived, and find as much favor they
met twenty-five years ago.
TUCKED SKIRTS, the tucks Overlapping one
the other, sometimes in clusters, Sometimes
graduated, seem to be taking the place of
hounces
FULL JABoT RUFFLEs Of black lace are placed
down the fronts around the bottom the neck
and sleeves of dressy black silk street
jackets.
A SMALL Bow of bright colored ribbon placed
a little on one side OF the high coiffure some
times directly on top, u the latest caprice for
the hair.
ALL STREET AND DAY house dresses are
made with very high collars. fitting close to the
throat, cut the bias, and frequently braided
or embroidered.
VELVET AND MORE combined make very
rich frock. especially when tinsel passemente-
ries TO match the color Of the dress are used as
trimmings.
SHORT MANTLEs, jerseys, cloth and silk
jackets, long newmarkets, raglans and dolman
visites ofmedium length are all fashionably
worn as street wraps.
HANDKEECIIIEFS are purely ornamental
They are small, with colored borders. delicately
embroidered and enriched In one corner with
design or monogram.
BUsTLES OF STUFFED hair attached to the
waistband of each separate dress are more in
favor than steel bustles, and tbs pity. but it's
true, that bustles grow larger.
PLAIN SKIRTs-that Is, skirts without
flOunces or plaitings-either perfectly plain or
trimmed only with rows of braid or overlap
ping tucks, are growing in favor.
DRESsY PARASoLS are ornamented with
ribbons tied around the handle and top, formed
into pretty looped bows, and one gore of the
cover Is similarly decorated.
A DAINTY little fashion Is introduced of
having a card-case made to match the calling
costume, and any lady can easily make one to
match any dress she desires
BENGALINE is popularity worn as a skirt
under draperies or poionaises of chuddah cloth,
broche or embroidered French cashmere
camefs hair and wool etamine.
SOME OF THE LATEST DREssING-GowNs are
simple rotondes of muslin, surah or yelling
with elbow-sleeves trimmed with wide lace
ruftes, and lace to match in the neck
THE USE of rough-surfaced. bourette and
bouele etamine sturs in combination wih
fa1Ile, Francais and shot silks. bengalines and
surahs, is q feature in spring dresses.
THE LEADING IDEA of Grape mourning is to
follow the most conservative and quiet ideas
possible. No display is permitted, or any at
tempt at ostentatious alfectasioi OF grief.
THE LATEST FANCY in hair-dres.ing in Paris
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high figure s on the top of the head, and frinses
of hair and Hat curls around the face.
THE KEY NOTE of this season seems to be en-
broidery. 1t is used upon everything-dresses
oonnets, ribbons, laees, trimmings and fabrics
Ofevery description for under and outside wear
SAsHEs OF WArERED RIBBON, which are
dont, twelve and even sixteen inches wide
are worn as finishes for elegant indoor and
walking toilets, and asSSspecial Avorites with
young ladies.
MORE SILKS ARE RESTORED to fashionable
favor. Some of the richest costumes sent out
by Dusuzeau from Paris are made entirely of
MORE ard trimmed with laceto match the color
OF the silk.
SKIRTS OF MANY hREssY FRocKs are made
OF shot silks, over which are worn polonaises of
rough-surfaced etamins tEoche in EAce effects
the etamine of color matching the tone of the
silk.
Lawns WITH SMALL FIGURES ara made up
with open V-shaped bodices edged with lace
and beited with soft silk the color OF the figure
or they are finished with Swiss bodices in silk
or velvet.
AMONG the popular goods in AL black is the
fabric known as ring cloth, material which
Is as transparent as gauze, but as strong as
grenadine. 1t is so fine and elastic that it is
said the entire width OF the goods can he drawn
through an ordinary fnger-iing, he nee its name
VERY PRETTY FICHCs are made in soft folds
ofgold or silver-dotted tulle or muslin to pass
round the throat and cross low upOnfhe front
Thar IL !
OF velvet edged with standing lace and the
ends with lace and a group OF velvet and satin
loops.
NEW BRAID Is Of coppery co,ored gold; it
Is narrow, and set up on the material in knife
edged patterns which completely cover the sur
face. II is used for vests and standing "milI-
tary collars. 1t looks exceedingly well upon
The light vicuna cloths which are fashionable
this spring.
THERE ARE FEWER Expensive FABRICS in
market this season than have appeared for
many years. Novelties crowd the shop win
dows ana counters which prove tar too tempt-
Ing both IN price and quality to be passed by
without a purchase, and the more expensive
goods are accordingly left unsold.
PRETTY OVERALL APRONS for little girls are
made oftwo wide breadfhs of nainsook or lawn
tucked at the bottom and SHRED back and
front of the half armhole, which is finished by
Two wide bands of muslin tied into u bow on the
OF the shoulder to retain 10 in ,loco