Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-06-24
WHITE DRESSES.
How to Make Up the Elegant Material.
Recently Introduced.

How to Make Up the Elegant Material
Recently Introduced.
White cotton embroidered fabrics are
if possible, more elaborate and elegan
than ever. 1t would seem that the pos
sibilities of enrichment in this direction
must be absolutely exhausted, but TIT
ingenuity with which designers brins
out new ideas and keep up a continue
evolution of new patterns, combination
and applications of current styles, is a
deserving of commentator for its un
firing industry rs for its charming re
suits The new embroidered flouncing:
have been varied in style, and now show
stripes Stimulating insertions that are Sc
both lengthwise of the goods and acros:
the tlounces. They drape very effect
lively. and are sometimes used for deer
side plaitings. If this is done, the good:
must not be plated by machine. as even
W tn the most careful handling it is al.
post certain to be cut by the blades a:
the pressure is brought TO bear on them
The simplest fashion of making up
white dresses, if these deep tlouncings
are used, is to make plain gored skirt
of suitable white goods. that matching
the fabric of the embroidery or grade
heavier is best, set single plating
around the bottom. and then gather
tiounce and skirt into the same belt.
The front should be quite plain, and the
back very full. The left side Of the
tlounce may be Topped up nearly to the
waist and fastened with bow and ends
of ribbon. The skirt. below the loop.
ing, may be covered with three barrow
flounces of embroidery to match, OF with
plain founces of the goods. One model
has full plated flOunce of plain goods,
so deep that the looped up portion OF
the tlounce does not quite expose the
upper edge of it. set all around on the
lower skirt. This style has it's ad.
vantages in requiring less pettieoats to
be worn under the dress.
The waists of these dresses may be
made in basque fashion or with belt.
according to fancy. In either case, it
is the custom to lay the edge of the pat
tern for the front upon the edge Of the
tlounce and make the goods up with
the two edges meeting. For some
dresses fly or band of muslin is set
under the embroidery on either side for
the buttons and buttOn-holes. Nearly
all dresses are cut close to the throat,
and are finished either with plain
standing strip of embroidery or with
tllrned-Over collar. Sleeves for such
bow to wrist. and have fall of en-
broidery at the lower edge. anL knot
of ribbon at the back of the elbow.
Other sleeves are made of the embroi-
derry. the edge being left whole from
shoulder to elbow on the back of the
outer half of the sleeve. The under
half may be Of plain or embroidered
goods.
Some of the finer dresses show alter
nate flouncings of embroidery and lace
around the skirts. and are accepted rs
pleasing vari' ty among the masses of
embroidered garments. In these dresses
the sleeves are sometimes made of all
over lace to match the tiOunces, and
some waists have alternate putfs of lace
and embroidered insertion. Very full
plated lace is also set around the bot
tom of the skirt for the lower flounce
to fall over. A very choice sample of
this combination has the front made of
alternate tlounces of lace and en-
broidery, and the back of two wide lace
flounces and single breadth of all
over embroidery joined together length
wise and slightly Topped The breadth
of embroidery is between the two lace
founces, and the lower edge is finished
with very full-plaited ruffie of lace
four inches deep.
Ribbons are plentifully bestowed upon
all white dresses. being used in every
shape and every available place. They
are seen as sashes. shoulder knots, neck
bows and bands, long loops. streamers,
and attached in every imaginable fash
ion.-Demorest's Monthly.