Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-10-29
poLoNAlsEs.
Latest Modes for sash, Cost and Other
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PoLoNAISES.
Latest Modes for sash. Coat and Other
Dresses.
The new polonaises which Madame
Raymond says are only. polonaises in
part are found among the latest inn
portations of French dresses. These
are quite varied in design. some OF
them being severe. straight and state
Unlocking, while the more bonffant and
youthful styles are also represented. Or
the latter is one pretty and simple fash
ion that will be popular. because it is
a design that will be useful for modern
ling last years dresses. This is q
polonaise in the back only, being mere
" a pointed bodice or closely fitted
BASQUE, heightened in the back by q
sash-like drapery tied in one or two
broad, long loops, and below these
there are two ends that hang the whole
length of the skirt beneath. This Is
handsome in either wool or velvet
(the two fabrics now most used for
corsages), and may be made of SIM
pie striped fabric which matches in one
of its stripes the color Of the basque,
or else the regular sashes may be used,
as these can now be bought in wool or
in velvet with stripes along one side. or
else plain ground with stripes form
ing border across each end.
This sash polonaise is handsome
in dark wool, with gay stripes
attached to pointed basque OF
the plain, diagonal wool. with vest or
plastron made of the stripes. 1t is also
considered very dressy when made OF
black or dark velvet for the pointed
corsage, with cashmere-striped velvet
for the sash. With such polonaise
the skirt will be of plain velvet laid in
a few plaits, with wide kilt front, or
else the skirt will have a full-shirred
back, and there will be deep apron Of
the plain velvet covering the front.
turned upward on the left side, and
widely faced there with the striped
goods of the sash. This costume is SO
easily made that it will commend itself
sign either for new dresses or renovating
old ones. For instance, a velvet cos
tune of last year can have all its best
parts put into a skirt that has straight,
full, gathered back breadths, with
either wide box plat in front, like
that on boys kilt, or else draped
apron; the worn lower parts of the
basque can be cut off to make pointed
waist, and the upper part OF the front
can be renewed by a striped velvet
plastron, with revers up each side that
nearly cover the old front part. This
plastron and the sash drapery are all
the new parts required. and can be
made of four yards of striped velvet. or
else of sash, with half a yard of SIM
liar velvet for the plastron, high collar,
and bias fold which forms cuffs inside
the sleeves Sometimes the gloss OF
satin, or of beaded silk. or of fraille
franchise. is preferred for. this plastron
because it is more becoming
style than that with a sash, consisting OF
basque front. with the polonaise part
confined to the four middle back forms,
which are heightened below the waist
line to make two long fiat tabs that ex-
tend to the foot of the, dress. These
tabs are about half a yard wide, are
lined with silk or satin lining through
out, and if striped need not be
trimmed, but when made of plain
cloth they are bordered with velvet or
with GALLON two or three inches wide.
A pretty fancy for the front of this gar
ment is to make of the wool goods a
square Figaro jacket opening over
line aud cut off there. The wool dress
patterns that come partly plain and
partly striped are made up in this way.
using the stripes for the polonaise and
for the front of the skirt. which is
draped in Greek apron that shows
plain velvet at the foot, while the back
is made of two full gathered breadths
of the plain wool. Dark plum or navy
blue wool diagonal with Persian stripes
is made up in this way, with dull red
velvet at the foot of the front breadths,
and either plum or blue satin for the
vest In order to make the vest warm
light flannel is laid over the
silesia lining beneath the satin.
A third design for polonaises, very
effective when made of ladies' cloth
over a velvet skirt, is really princesse
dress with the fronts turned back from
waist to foot to form very wide revers,
on which cross bands or points of braid
and wood buttons are set. The front of
the corsage also turns back in revers
from the waist up to the shoulders, and
discloses vest of plush or of velvet
like that of the skirt The back is laid
in wide double box pleats, and orna-
mented with braid and wood buttons.
and there are large square pockets on
some in brown, black or blue cloth,
with the plush or velvet skirt laid in
wide box pleat in front from the waist
to the foot, while the sides aud back of
the foundation skirt have velvet only at
the foot in the small space visible below
the long polonaise.
Still another polonaise is like great
redingote, and SO nearly conceals the
lower skirt that only a very plain skirt
is required, with narrow pleating of
The material at the foot. This polonaise
is long all around and entirely un-
iraped, being slit up in the skirt to
form six long fiat tabs. one tab being
n each front, tab on each side being
made of combinations of the two side
forms, while each middle form of the
pack extends in separate tab. These
abs are lined throughout with thin lin
NO silk, and when made of cloth are
)ordered with plated braid two inches
vide. This is good plan for cloth
lresses that are all of one material, and
will also be used for velveteen, cordu-
'oy and plain silk velvet costumes. The
basket cloths and the diagonal cloths
hat have velvet stripes are also made
q this way over skirt of plain cloth
II of plain velvet. Harper's Bazaar.
We often want to japan piece of
ron, when to go to the trouble of bak-
Dg it in japanner's oven would be too
much work. We can make an imitation
apan which will look nearly as well as
be real work, and it NAV also be APP
lied to woodwork as well as to iron.