Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-03-06
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
Written for The Herald bu s Leone
EARLY SPRING DRESSES.

ported by merchants, and will be
used in combination with the new sheer
fabrics that are striped all over with
plush or with velvet. The soft dull T
colors are seen in these cashmeres but the
most prominent is the bronze and moss
shades. To combine green and beige is
one of the fancies for spring dresses, for
instance the basque and drapery of
bronze green cashmere, with a vest and
panels, or skirt front of beige with length
wise stripes of bronze plush in groups, or |
else with cross stripes of plush in gradu-
ated widths quite broad across the foot |
and becoming the merest line near the
belt.
Stripes. lengthwise pleats, revers, sash
es and very bouffant draperies, some of
which are short and others long, are the
features that are confirmed for the dress
of the coming season. There is hint
that iounces are to be restored, but it is
not likely to come about very soon.
The narrow foot pleating which is
sewed on foundation skirts, is needed to
support the outside skirt and long draper
les. and should be placed there for this
purpose even when it is not visible. A
device of the dress-maker to prevent the
skirt from being picked out" at every
step of the wearer, is that of making
three Sits upward in the front breadth of
the foundation skirt each of these Sits
is two or three inches long and the braid
which binds the skirt extends up the Sits
also; of course these open spaces are en-
tirely hidden by the outside skirt.
Velvet and plush will remain in favor
as accessories of spring and summer tot
lettes to give tone and decision to the in
coming light" and colorless" new
shades, or shadows of shades.
A spring costume of moss green cash
mere has long redingote polenaise of
the cashmere which meets in front at
only single point in the corsage, and on
this is wide revers of darker green vel
vet or plush a dog-collar (which is moth
ing more nor less than an extremely high
meek band, and may be made separate
from the basque and trimmed, e-bead-
cd or fringed or fastened on the basque] !;
| narrow cuffs of the same, a belt with
buckle, and large square cornered pock-
cts or velvet of velvet on each side, theld
by buckles or buttons. The skirt of the
dress is of plush striped canvass and is
disposed of in very broad kilt pleats. of
which only four are visible their whole
length, and those directly in front. The
polenaise slopes away from its single
button at the top of the first dart, dlsclo-
sing a vest of the same material as the
skirt, and fall in lengthwise pleats in
front and behind, while the sides form
broad panels on which pockets are set.
| Buttons of two sizes are again used on
costumes, those for the corsage being fiat
and about half an inch in diameter,
while those for the skirt and jacket re-
peat the same design. and are two inches
across. Wood with metal, and wood
with carved pearl, are the buttons for
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foundation being of wood. Flowers are
cut in pearl and set in the wood, or else
the button is of polished wood on which
are metal beads or flowers in relief. War
rior heads in different metals are group
ed on some of them.
A row of eight or ten of these large
| buttons is set down one side or both sides
or in front of the dress skirt, while small
er are on the reyers of the corsage or on
the slope beside a vest, and are intended
for ornament more than use. The cheap
er large buttons come in metal designs
and may be had in our own dry goods
houses here. AS yet have seen none of
the wooden buttons displayed here.
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| SELECTED FASHION NOTES FROM LATEST
FASHION REPORTS.
Small wraps and mantle to match suits
| will be fashionable for spring wear.
Very stylish effects are produced by
embroidery in black on fine shepherd S
plaid goods,
Dark Russian green and dark plumb,
or lead color, are considered excellent
shades for between-season suits.
One of the most stylish garnitures is
Persian embroidery, which is cut out and
applied" on wooden costumes.
Some very effective mohair trimmings
have dots of tinsel through the center,
and they are edged with tinsel lines.
Although contrasts are still shown in
many toilets, yet the latest Partisan styles
! show harmony of color throughout.
One of the leading fabrics for spring
wear is barege, and it is shown in finely
woven as well as in open-work lace eff
fects.
Velvet will continue to be largely used
in the coming seasons for trimming not
only wool and silk, but also cotton dress
es.
Old-fashioned crepe de chine shawls
are now utilized as draperies over the
lace and tulle skirts of ball and evening
reception toilets.
Among late novelties for the adorn-
ment of wool costumes are panels, bod
ice and sleeve trimmings of coupe plush
in graceful ara-besque designs.
Swiss peasant bodices are again worn
by young ladies at evening parties laced
over long-sleeved. high blouse waists of
lace tullue, crepe lisse, or organdy mus
lin. Long fur boas are increasing in IA
yor, the long-haired varieties being most
affected. These are not tied as they used
to be, but are fastened closely under the