The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
FASHION AS 1T FLIES.

Redfern's Designs -LoveIy Laces-Bern
hardt's Mantle-A Dream Dress of epul
Glass.
Noteworthy models designed by Redeem
the London nam mantau maker are in Prin
cess Of Wales red, navy blue, seal and nut
browns, and other popular colors, and black
finished simply with buttons to match. A
superb street costume is OF Roubaix cloth in
Lincoln green, the front of the skirt is in
wide pane plating enriched with embroid.
cry and military design in braid OF mixed
silk and golden thread, divided by slender
cones of side plating, crossed at the top by
short tablier in curved folds. and the back
in pulled drsTery; supplemented by Q
pointed habit corsage with Postillion back,
finished with wide standing collar and
cuffs to match, garnished with embroidery.
A still more elegant costume, of Lincoln
green cloth. has the wide panel plaits en-
riched at the left side with double row Of
palms in embroidery of braid in silk and
golden thread; with habit corsage finished
in embroidery OF small palms. A useful
and attractive costume of nut-brown boating
serge is garnisbed with tongue-shaped cross
wise bars of fat military braid, piped around
with Russian braid, or soutache, in red and
gold, and shows waist opening from the
wide military collar on q vest of cloth in
Princess of Wales red.
A handsome costume of wine colored
faced cloth, is outlined on the plaits in the
skirt. and on the edges of the corsage with q
narrow band OF Astrachan fur headed by
braid embroidery in black, of coil design.
a costume of aced cloth in a beautiful shade
OF plum-color, is relieved with facings, COL
lar and cuffs of plum colored velvet, show
ing design of small dots in delicate shade
of plum-color. A costume in seal brown
cloth, with a capuchon faced with red, opens
over tablier and vest of red OVERLAND with
q checkeTed design of gold military braid
half an inch in width. An attractive Jacket,
of black diagonal cloth, fastens over on the
left side, under an extended piece of black
Astrachan fur, while the right side of the
front collar and cuffs are enriched with
braid embroidery in black and gold, in As
trachan design. a costume in faced cloth,
IN q rich shade of brown, is gsrnished on the
left side Of the skirt and On the waist, in EN-.
broidery OF black Russian braid in fern-leaf
design.
There is marvellous thing in the way of
POINT D. ALENCoN LACE
seeking purchaser in New York. It isa
complete dress of exceeding fineness and has
bridal toilet of q young girl at that time the
Cd y surviving daughter OF q wellknown
widow. The bride who wore this married
the only son and heir of one of the richest
of Baltimore merchant princes. It was q love
marriage and the lace gift from the groom.
Six months later the young wife closed her
eyes in death. Her husband, frantic with
grief, could not bear the sight Of anything
reminding him of the past. and all the psr-
sonal belongings of the young wife were
sent TO her poor, broken-hearted mother
This was years ago, and now that mother, IN
her old age by the strange and cruel chances
Of fate. is left in poverty. One By one her
valuable possessions have been sold, until
finally the bridal robe, with its pathetic
history, concerning which its next owner
will care but little pleads for purchaser.
Mrs John Jacob Astor is the best known
collector and probably the best Judge of lace
in America. She knows every stitch in the
fabric CT every country, and can tell at a
glance the date, the point and the value of
anything in this line. The merchant who
happens IN his travels upon something won
derfully rare or beautiful in antique lace
may be confident of a purchaser in Mrs.
Astor, but let him beware attempting to palm
off reproduction or secondrate bit of old
point upon this critical Judge. In Mrs. As
tors cole ction there are two or three founces
and lengths formerly the property of sover-
eigns, among them beautiful hounce be.
longing once to Napoleons second spouse,
Marie Louise, an exquisire and gossamer-
like fabric, with the sym bolic Bee" wrought
in its meshes with the imperial arms of
France. She is also very rich in Jewels
Mrs. Hugh Jewett, the wife of the railroad
king, is another lace collector. Her taste
runs more 10 abe old Irish and Italian laces,
and she plumbers some exquisite founces of
old Irish point among her treasures.
SARAH BERNBARDT's GORGEOUS IMPERIAL
MANTLE
worn in Sardou's new play, Theodore" is
the talk of the hour in Paris. Though not
so valuable as the original, which was said
to be worth 100000, the modern mantle
cost 81 600 and is exactly copied from the
famous mosaic portrait of the Empress of
RavenDa. 1t is made in blue satin, bordered
with gold and sown with peacocks having
sapphire an and emerald plumage aud ruby
eyes, and is worn by Theodore wnen visiting
the hippodrome IN state.
1t is said that one lady in New York has a
dress OF spun glass trimmed with cut crystal
beads, the glass being in the palest amber
tone, IN exact coloring OF the hair Of the fair
wearer, who is very young and exceedingly
beautiful. Another of these dream dresses
is in soft uncertain tint between pink,
gray, and lilac. The lower edge of the skirt
is finished with full ruching, while the
other portion is entirely covered with de.
signs in silk blond artistically arranged and
so beautifully worked that they seem to hold
on by magic. A Louis XIV. tunic, similar to
the skirt and edged with small, pinked
out ruche, is drsped very much at the back.
joining the puff, which Is formed by the
frightening of the back of the bodice. The
low-necked bodice Is edged with q very thick
cbaplet OF hortensia blossoms gathered from
their stems and threaded together. Sleeves
trimmed with chaplet en- suite and a ruche
Of tulle; very high couture with an horton
STA blossom fastened in the knot of the hair,
shoes matching the dress, with moderately
pointed toes, trimmed with cOckade bow of
the same material pinked ont at the edge;
gloves Of lght-colored unglszed kid.
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