Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-06-06
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
Written for The Herald By Leone"


WASH DRESSES, SArTEENs AND Lawns.
Baptistes and Cambrics are again large
" imported, and quite rival the ging-
hams and percales SO long in use. The
fancy is for the cool looking and lighter
tinted grounds.
For plain gingham or satteen dresses,
basques are made without lining, yet
with all the darts and forms used in rich
er fabrics. Embroidery set in front and
back, or as very narrow vest is used to
trim the pretty rose buff or porcelain
blue ginghams and satteens, but there is
no trimming needed on the simpler bas-
ques.
The sleeves are in ordinary coat shape,
but are not as tightly fitted as they were
last year, they are carried up high and
round in the shoulder seams.
Those who prefer pique dresses to those
of white wool, are advised to make the
skirt pleated, with plain space in front
from which the side pleats must turn
back, and the back breadths full in two
wide pleats. A short apron overskirt
may be edged with wash lace or ham
burg embroidery, or it may have rows of
white braid on it. An Eton Jacket trim
med to match the overskirt, opens over a
vest of embroidery, and there may be a
soft silk sash or velvet girdle or else an
embroidered belt, to complete it. There
are other pique dresses imported, that
have the lower part of the front of the
skirt embroidery, or else the whole front
breadth is embroidered, and the side and
back are pleated.
Belted waists are in favor for wash
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ing these waists, but those most easily
ironed are plain on the shoulders, and
merely gathered to belt in the middle
of the front and back. The fronts are
buttoned close up to the throat with small
round pearl buttons, with eyes sunk in
for sewing them on. The back is all in
one piece and stayed by facing of linen,
beginning On the shoulders, following
the outline of the armhole, and being
sewed in with the belt. Others prefer to
keep the waist separate from the skirt
hence they extend the whole bodice a
finger deep below the waist line, for this
part to pass under the dress skirt after a
drawing string has drawn it into shape,
or an under belt has been used with the
waist gathered outside of it.
NOTES.
Light ecru tinted gloves may be worn
with white costumes.
Pearl beads are used to bead embroider-
les in white gowns, and to outline the
patterns on lace.
Dresses of light woods and tinted cot
tons may be covered to the waist with
graduated ruff1es. This style is well
adapted for tall, slender girls.
A novelty in spring costumes is trim
ming the sleeves from the shoulder to
the bend of the arm with Passamenterie
and fringe, wooden lace or braid is used
If the latter, it is put on in several rows
close together, and finished in loops.
Turquoise blue is color which will be
combined with linden green the coming
season.
Wood-colored cashmere makes a pretty
costume when combined with dark-red
velvet. The underskirt should be of vel
vet, also the vest and trimmings.
Green of all shades is combined in mil
linery,
Black and Navy-blue stockings are
worn with dresses of any color.
Mousseline is taking the place of Al
batross cloth, nuns yelling and other
light cloths. The printed design on some
OF them is very pretty.
Satteen dresses are often trimmed with
rows of velvet ribbon.
The pleated blouse waist is still made
in wash dresses for misses, and a pleas
ing addition in effect is to place cutaway
fronts trimmed with embroidery, in the
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