Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-28
THE SPRING FASHIONS.
SPRING CoLoRs-FULL DRAPERIEs-NEw SUIT
INGs-THE MoHAIRs AGAIN-soLIp DRESS
FRONTS, ETC.

SPRING coLoRs-FULL DRAPERIEs-NEw SUIT
INGS-THE MoHAIRS AGAIN-soLIp DRESS
FRONTS, ETC.
BRAID is worn on costumes, hats, bonnets
wraps and jackets.
HATS WILL BE WORN almost TO the exclu.
sion of bonnets this spring.
ENTIRE SKIRT FRONTS OF angora lace come
among spring importations
SOME OF THE new shapes of straw bonnets
look like hUssars helmet
TISsEL THREADS give effect to many of the
new spring wooden novelties
AMONG OTHER FASCIFCI BoDICES, are some
with lengthwise organ plaits.
DARK ECRCE ETAMINE striped with moss
green velvet is exceedingly pretty.
GOLD AND SILVER BRAID will be used to ex.
cess In trimming spring cashmeres.
TAILoR-MADE DRESSES are trimmed with
many rows of bla ok Herculese braid
CoCKADE Bows made Of bright-colored rib
bons are again worn on the fronts of dress
waists.
CHENILLE DOTTED ErAMINE CLorH-an airy
hummer textile-will be favorite evening dress
hor1c the coming season.
THE WOOL VELvETs go popular I'm winter will
remain in vogue, the fabric of lighter weight,
the figures contrasting in color.
The SHORT DoLMANS AND NISTTES made of
velvet, brocade, ottoman and broche fabrics
abroad.
NEW LACE FLoUNCEs, forty inches deep, en-
broidered in fine wool on 81 foundation material
made of square meshes. are among the latest
importatons.
Bison CLOTH is so much like serge that one
writes of them all under the same head: coarse,
sleazy and light Of weight, which is their chief
recomme ndatiOlS.
NEwMARKETS and long dust wraps with
pagoda sleeves will be made of the check for
travelling and driving; these long enough TO
cover the Whole OF a handsome costume.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WOODS are new with the
spring; but little uf this. however, accompanies
each pattern, only sufficient to form vest and
cuHS, ana u deep band across the front OF the
skirt.
BRAIDED AND PLATED HAIR is more fash
iOnable than the former way OF arranging it in
coils, ant, the rule holds good when The couture
Is arranged Iowa Ia Grecque-or high-a la
Josephine.
ericsson GREEN and pale rose and primrose
and pheasant blue or golden brown are favOrite
color combinations in costumes, and especially
those OF shot SIX, trimmed with velvet OF the
darker shade.
IN SPITE OF THE RUMoRs TO THE CONTRARY,
which reach US from Paris, the latest importa-
tions from that great center of fashion show that
large tOurnures in the back and full hip drape-
ries are still the height of la mode.
NELyETs ARE VERY POPULAR. The old
time love for black silk velvet and real Chan
lilly lace seems to be coming back TO the hearts
OF our ladies, and there is a very marked de-
mand for black all-silk yelvets of good quality.
THE FULL, fingered, tucked skirt, with round
waist enhanced by pretty belt trimmings Of
ribbon, Swiss bodices, or girdles fastened with
handsome buckles, will be a favorite style for
afternoon dresses of muslin, foulard, summer
SILK, and all white materials for summer wear.
SCARCELY ANY COSTUME is deemed COM
plete in these days without the addition to the
bodice of a vest or Moliere plastron. This is q
fashion to be recommended. as It is one that is
universally becoming. The plastron is usually
OF a contrasting material, and adds greatly to
the dressy effect OF costume.
BRAIDs OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, basket,
Titan, Soutache, Hercules, and diagonal, in
wool, silk, and mohair, will be in great use as q
garniture for spring walking costumes. Diago-
nal ttnsel braid comes in black and various
cloth shades, and has woven through 1t
threads OF gold or silver, which are warranted
not to tarnish, even under the influence Of salt
sea air.
THE MoHAIRs brought to the front last sum-
mer and but sparingly used, it Is prophesied as
the warm season approaches, will be in great
demand. Mohair sheds dust, is cooler than q
soft Atwood cinging fabric, and is cheap enough
to be thrown aside when sOiled and faded.
Among the novelties Of the season In mohair
there is the changeable, the striped and the pin
head check: the latter in black and white
brown and white and the prettiest of all ecru
with dark brown.
TULIPS ARE much used for table decoration
just now. The colors are not mixed; either one
special tint Is chosen, or otherwise two eOlors
such as scarlet and pale cream yellow, but these
are kept distinct from each other when placed
In their several receptacles. Nothing looks
better tor table decoration than low, fiat dishes
violess, and crocusses embedded therein. Flat
effects are particularly sought after just now in
the use Of flowers and foliage for the table.
SOMETHING IN A SCITING that was never
made before, !" said one of our leading designers
as he unrolled piece of superb goods 1t was
pure mohair in alternate threads Of brown
and beige, lustrous, thick, firm and falling in
rich folds graceful enough to make an artists
heart thrill with delight 1t is one of the "high
novelties, and in limited supply. 1t is to be
trimmed with fine mohair braid, buttons, and
finished in tailor fashion. The fabric comes
In several good colors, and promises so well
that next autumn may see full line of desira-
DEMoREsr FOR APRIL says that velveteen
viii be in very general demand for early spring
wear, and makes very stylish, useful dresses
There are new embroidered velveteens ex-
tremely stylish and effective, and being done
by regular Hamburg work machinery the en-
broidery must necessarily be very durable.
There are few good qualities of corduroy in
the market, and plain velveteens to match
some OF the corduroys are in alternate wide and
marrow stripes, some In one stripe, three
quarters OF an inch wide, and half dozen
eord-l1ke ribs, with other variations yet to come
Wool, OR FRIsE, velvets are among the most
popular of the spring suitings, and come In a
great variety Of colors and com limitations. Many
of them have tinsel effects, and there are some
ofthe more limited novelties in alternate stripes
two inches wide, OF the uncut, or 6-ise, effect
and plain goods. One of the latest designs is a
rather small pattern with little outpost figures
about central one, like the plant we knew in
our childhood days called the chen and chick
ems" This comes in ecru ground with coffee
brown Jrtse figures. in dark blue and ecru
brown and beige, and many other combina-
lions, including several of the new gray shades
SOLID DRESS FRONTS Of fine silk cord and
braid passementerie are among the promised
novelties They Were foreshadowed last season
by the more moderate aprons. but this wear we
are told they VIII be almost full drapery aprons
They are TO come also in beaded passementerie
both In jet and colors. The fridescent fronts
composed OF myramids of glowing beads will
be striking in the extreme. There are new gold
match the trimming Of the same sort already
shown by samples. This will be among the
most gorgeous productions Of the age but will be
suitable, OF course, only for the most full dress
Of grand occasions.
A VERY PRETTY and exceedingly inexpen-
s1ve bridal toilet recently worn consisted of a
skirt Of thin white foundation satin, covered
with a deep hounce Of Oriental lace which was
laid IN very wide kits from the pointed bodice
10 the satin pleating around the bottom of the
skirt. The bodice and demi-train were made of
plain white gros-grain silk. The elbow sleeves
and square opening of the corsage were trim
NIL OF lace as a heading. The veil was of wide
hemmed tulie held by a chaplet of white iilacs
and orange blossoms interningicd. Thirty-fiye
dollars covered the entire cost of the toilet in
Guiding the veil and gloves, but not including
the nowers for the hair, corsage and bouquet
RIBBON GARNITUREs WILL be worn in the
greatest profusion upon spring and summer