Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-07-04
THE SPRING FASHIONS.
Combination Dresses Tor the Lndies-Tws
Fabrics in a Dress.
from Ha-pers Bazar.1

tFron Harpera Bazarl
One of the caprices of the season is
that OF combining materials that seem
homogeneous in n dress, but the man
ner of arranging does not change, the
preference being still given to plain
fabrics for the basque and drapery, with
striped or figured stufs IN the skirt.
For demi-season dresses there are skirts
of striped MORE and satin showing olive,
blue, and red lines laid over In pleats,
and the over-dress Of dark blue wool Of
rough surface, with q vest Of the striped
fabric; for midsummer there will be can
vas striped skirts with q basque and
drapery Of China Grape. Mohair with
canvas, alpaca with India silk, Benga-
line silk with wool lace, and dresses of
lace made over watered silk are also
fashionable combinations. One of the
new suggestions for street costumes is
the use of dark blue lustrous mohair
with a vest and fan pleatlngs in the
sat made Of India red silk Grape; blue
velvet ribbon is used double like a bind
ing beside the vest and fans, and silver
eyelets are placed in this ribbon, with
silver cords run through them. An
iher toilette that will be worn in the
first warm weather is a dress, OF light
gray mohair with the pleated skirt
hanging plain, and a fan front OF eight
or ten pleats of white canvas (etamine)
set in from belt to foot; the sides of
the skirt are plain like panels, with a
piped fold of the mohair bordering
them, while the back hangs in box
pleats; the short polonaise is very
slightly draped, AID has a vest OF white
pleated canvas. The English mohair
goods can now be found ID most of the
large shops in either single or double
widths. White mohair or alpaca with
email red and blue Pompadour figures
is being made up by the modistes in
afternoon dresses for young ladies to
wear at the seaside and mountain re-
sorts. Some velvet of dark shade to
| give character to the dress and white
bison laces are the trimmings. Another
combination is that of soft satins in
bayadere stripes around the skirt, with
plain surah for the over-dress; the new
Sicilienne poplins also come in a plain
shade for the basque, with velvet stripes
around the skirt; ccru Sicilienne with
blue velvet stripes on the skirt makes q
handsome costume for visiting and for
day receptions, while q simple dress for
a young lady has a skirt of Algerienne
striped satin, with the basque and sash
drapery of dark olive green SATIN surah.
A ~favorite way of combining two
fabrics in every part Of the dress is that
of putting a single width of the figured
goods down the back and the front OF
the skirt, while the sides are of plain
goods, laid in pleats toward the front,
and a full breadth of this plain fabric is
placed each side of the figured goods il
the back; the three pack breadths ther
hang straight and are gathered to the
belt, while yer them as drapery are
two pointed wing-like pieces OF plai1
material, and there are short lambre.
quin-like draperies on the sides anG
front. The basque of such a dress
should be of plain goods. with a Y.
shaped piece of the figured stuff set il
the front and back, and arranged il
folds or pleats on the collar and cuffs
These V-shaped pieces are inserted
not set on-and are especially becoming
to those who have short waists, as i
gives the appearance Of length ant
senderness now in favor. Anothe
fashion, also becoming to stout figures
is that of striped stutfs for the basque
such as MORE and satin stripes each al
inch wide, or the new canvas good
that have stripes of velvet Or wateret
silk, while one Of the most tasteful
novelties is ecru pongee striped witt
brown, red, or blue velvet. The Skin
then a be almost entirely of the plat
fabric, with merely borders Of tn
stripes, or else fans of it set in the sides
| OF in the way described above for
sinple front aud hack hraadth