The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
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Cashmere is certainly the most agreeable
and tasteful material for fall or winter
house dress. A very neat costume for home
| wear, In pretty heliotrope shade of cash.
mere, is combined with plaid velvet, the
/ ground of which is also heliotrope and the
| stripes, running both ways, of cream color.
! The basque is plainly made, with narrow
! pointed plastrons of velvet, reaching from
| the collar to the waist back and front An
| edging of the same is placed around the
! bottom of the basque, and it also supplies
collar and cuffs, the former being straight
and rather high. The drapery, of cash
mere, is very cleverly arranged, each fold
! showing velvet lining, 1t is long at the
| left side, and at the back, but for the rest.
! leaves the underskirt exposed. The latter
! is made from the plaid velvet, and is en-
/ tirely plain.
i Another house dress, of which the ma
terials are both WOODEN, plain and striped.
has the underskirt plainly made in front,
/ but at the sides where it passes beneath the
over drapery it is arranged in three vide
/ folds. 1t is of the striped material, the
! stripes running across the skirt The over
! skirt of the plain goods is longer in front
than those IN general use at present, and
| reaches nearly to the bottom of the skirt.
| Where it loops at the side it has broad
facing, from the loop (which rests on the
waist TO the bottom of the striped fabric.
| The back drapery falls very plainly III wide
! folds to the bottom of the skirt The
basque OF this costume has the front almost
entirely covered with plastron of striped
surah, which extends from the collar to the
waist, coming to a point there. From this
point the two fronts OF the basque divide,
. ending IN sharp points short distance be-
low. The plastron is bordered with wide
revers of velvet, which run from the shout
ders down to the end of the plastron, COM
ing to a point there. The collar. of velvet.
IS, as usual with all sorts of basques lust
now, high and straight; the cuffs are mere
( ~ little bias strips of velvet, with a couple
OF ornamental buttons on each-the only
buttons visible upon the entire costume
charming reception toilet, one which
will be initiated far and wide, was recently
observed. 1t is in a very beautiful striped
wooden goods, combined with plain silk.
! The silk is employed in a wide panel on
the skirt, and for the plastron which covers
| the front of the bodice. The latter is made
very prettily. The upper half consists of
marrow plaltS running lengthwise; below
these are two rows of plaits, laid diagonally
IN opposite directions. one folding beneath
the other. On each side of this plastron is
a lace reyers extending from the shoulder
to the point of the bodice. The sleeves
reach Just below the elbow, and are bor-
dered with the lace, while gloves of I'M
dressed kid are drawn on and cover the rest
of the arm. There is no over drapery, and
the skirt of the striped WOODEN goods is
laid IN wide plaits all the way round. The
silk panel on the left Is ornamented with a
design in bead passementerie.
The Jersey is in the full glow of popular
favor once more. 1T garment which
cannot be suppressed for any great length
of time, and always reappears after its tenn
pOrary Punishment. Some JERSEYS now
have small, square plastrons inserted of
bright colors, and usually laid in fine plaits
In others, striped sleeves-the stripes being
of the body color and of some bright. con-
trasting celor-are inserted.
For the coming winter, Young ladies
viii find yelveteen somewhat less expensive
than cloth for their dresses. and suits made
from this material viii be in the plainest
! tailor shapes, in all respects similar TO
cloth costumes. All the popular dark
colors are allowable, plum color, acajou
and the darker shades of brown being
favorites. Position basques, the plain
apron dTapery so generally favored and
almost exclusively worn, and the scrupu-
+ lousy simple underskirt which appears on
cloth costumes just now, Will be the cor
rect modes for yelyeteen dresses.
Plain tailor suits Of homespun are very
popular for promenade toilets. They wear
well, and are always neat; they are made
without any trimming, usually, beyond the
necessary buttons. Diagonal cloths and
serges of various kinds, corduroy, and many
other kinds of plain materials are verv
much liked for walking suits Astrakhan
Is extensively used on these dlas-es, lie
skirt is frequently trimmed via a wide
border of it, al least foot deep; others
have three or four wide bands laid across
! the skirt. Epaulets of passementerie are
seen on many promenade costumes. Black
silk or satin dresses are very extensiveis
trimmed with black jet passementaTies.