The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-05
FASHION AS 1T FLIES.
The New and the BeautifuI.-A Reign of
Beads, Jet and Embroidery.

Jenny June says There are many beauti-
full things: and if not many that are new,
many new applications of old ideas, if one
only knows where to look for them. The
fault of the popular style is, that they are
! discriminate. The beauty OF high fashion
that is OF those models which represent
the taste and intelligence OF an experienc
and cultivated class is, that each one is
adapted to a special purpose, and has hi
thought and care bestowed upon its every
detail. One of the best tests of quality to-
day is color. All the old, soft, lovely shades
of color reappear and are put together in
exquisite combinations without forming any
startling contrasts. These cOlors are fast
fast in cotton well as in silk, but it is Ina. d
to describe them OF to make the uninitiated
appreciate their value. Sent TO a distance
from the business centers, where women
generally have a better opportunity for edu-
cation in color, the receiver is very apt to
think she has been imposed upon: and that
"Old goods have been sent to her instead of
the new. The difficulty in describing them
lies in the universal inaccuracy of the use of
terms, and the putting of the natural vocab-
ulary to artificial Uses. Thus there is
lovely, new green, a quiet grassy shade,
which combines with gray but is no more
like what we are accustomed TO call grass
green" than the green of the paper shade is
ike that OF the dark, grOund-myrtle. All
the different shades of sandstone and gray
stone, bark brown, old 'stone" blue and
tinted white appear in the finer materials,
such as Chuddah cloths and pure Indian
cashmeres; the former being equally fine
but having the camel's hair finish. A novel
combination is Redfern's latest touch in a
charming little garment called the Newport
Jacket. The mateaial is fine sandstone cloth,
trimmed with peach velvet; q lovely dark
shade with a soft bloom upon it. Upon this
an ''all-over' embroidery is executed by
hand in cord, which is mixture of peach
silk and copper thread. The copper" idea
is quite new and very effective; and the color
is reproduced in the silk lining. A daughter
of one of the millionaires who have recently
settled in New YOak has ordered a costume
IN this combination, to include jacket and
hat. The dress will have panel, pointed
collar and facing for drapery of the embroid-
cred velvet, and 1t will also form the crown,
bTim, and upright leaves for the hat. Some
very stylish gray wool dresses have been
made recently, the embroidery executed
with oxydized silver cord, or rather thread.
The work is equal to any done abroad, but
it IS very costly, and few expect to possess
more than small quantity of it upon a
jacket or mantle; but the effect is very novel
and distinguished, and gray cloth costume,
with silver embroidered panel aud bonnet,
as well as jacket or mantle, would render the
wearer a woman OF mark.
THE BEADED EDGES.
have DISAPPEARED from frst-class tailor-made
gowns and jackets, but are universal on pop
ular spring styles-iackets, basques, vests,
DOnnets, hats, panels, mantels-everything
upon which beads can be put. Dark straw
hats are seen in the street with beaded brims
or rims, in glass which reflect all the colOrs
Of che rainbow. In many cases, the beaded
additOn-cOaTse and showy-has no relation
whatever to the article upon which it is ex-
pended, or to the costume OF which the srti-
Gle itself forms part, and is nothing, there
fore, but a bit of barbaric glitter. But of
beaded embroidery and beaded garments
there Is an almost infinite variety; much of
which is very rich and expensive Costumes
are seen upon the street, the wide paheled
sides and nantes of which are masses of
beads and beaded work; and il the wearer
chooses, her bonnet, gloves and hosiery can
be purchased studded or wrought to match.
| A bronze dress exhibited lately had panels
and mantle embroidered with metallic silk
cord and beads, in various shades of gold,
bronze and garnet, lntermingled with bronze
shells and pendants, and edged with metallic
| fringe mixed with shaded chenille, tipped
with bronze beads. Stories of rabian splen-
dor pale before the effect of half dozen such
costumes, rejecting and multiplying with
every movement ali the colors of earth air
| and sky. What it would be il all or any
number OF women, could adopt them, aud
| if they should add to the beaded dress aud
| bonnet the hose and the gloves, the beaded
| satin boots and the beaded parasol, can hard
| ly be imagined. The usual procession of wo-
men upon thoroughfare would be more ter
| rible than IAN army with banners" The