The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-28
SUGGESTIONS OF SPRING STYLES.


AS much as forty yards of tulle is often used
in creating an evening dress.
Tnoru;;a eries and heads heine still in favor,
fiat trimmings . =. predominant.
Lace braidsin various widths and colors are
used on spring dresses or costumes in various
WOODEN goods.
In fashionable spring colors all shades OF
brown and many of green and yellow are certain
ly predominant
Plain net wells with an inch-wide hem are
worn, and also gold and silver spotted ones. with
gold or vandyked edge.
Five o'clock tea aprons made entirely of white
lace, are very fashionably worn over short
dresses of surah simply made.
Cachem;re pattern bands as borderings to fine
WOODEN goods are quite in favor and are likely to
be more so as the spring advances
Plated skirts and full bodices will be worn by
little girls Full blouses of white cashmere are
worn with colored skirts and zouave Jackets.
Wooden canvas, in all the spring colors, has
tiny f1ecks of brieht-colored WOOL aud is used in
combination with material of the same tone
with darker stripes.
Lace scarfs, shawls and founces are much
used as draperies over skirts of evening dresses,
and they certainly correct and soften the
rather hard and straight lines of silk and velvet
skirts.
Plain satin or silk dresses Of last season may
be re1uvenated for evening wear for this sea-
son by covering them with narrow flounces.
and draining the skirt with any Of the transpar-
ent materials so fashionable
Bands of beaded passementerie quickly change
the plain look of jersey to very dressy
and rich. and it is surprising how very little
alteration instantly renders becoming what be-
fore was strikingly the reverse.
Last year. when toilet was made up Of two
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the train; now IL is quite the other way; the
trains are plain and the decoration is avished on
the front breadth. There is considerable econ
omy in this.
1t may be accepted as general rule that girls
ball dresses are trimmed with ribbons only, and
that artificial pos.es and garlands are the special
property of the young married women. The
train also denotes that the wearer is no longer
| awaiting promotion.
No girls wear trains; even their tea gowns are
draped SO as only just to touch the ground.
1t does not follow, however, that the opposite il
| the case Married women wear trains and short
skirts, almost as much one as the other, though
it requires some nice discrimination to decide
which should be chosen for each separate occa
sion.
A simple means of improving jersey is to
take three lengths of velvet ribbon Of suitable
width. The center one is fastened just at the
neck opening, and reaches to a little below the
chest. The others are shorter on each side. and
the three lengths are arranged all the way down
in short, close loops, with beaded pendants
mingled with the loops.
Yellow is favorite color, produced in many
shades for evening. 1t is charming in velvet. in
dull silk and in Grape. Pink is still very fash
ionable, especially for girls short dresses. in
pink Grape, pink tulle, pink yelling striped with
thin Oriental silk. for the most part much draped
and bordered with many pearls, also touched
with pink blush. White and cream hold their
own, even against pink.
1t is difficult to say what form Of thin over
skirt is not in vogue for evening dresses. AL
most any arrangement Of drapery, loose and
flowing festooned and garlanded, wound about
in spirals is admissible Now the material is
used with profuse recklessness, now II is meas
ured with strict economy; and in the case Of
beaded tule and other expensive sorts little IS
made to 60 great way.
Whatever coors are chosen to appear in the
composition of toilet, one rule must be borne
in mind, namely, that the darker color must in
variably frame the lighter For instance, in the
style SO Thoroughly at the height of fashion for
ceremonious toilet, that IT, the skirt or merely
the tablier OF one material and color under q
train or overdress of another, the front portion
must always be the lighter shade framed by
draperes of the darker.
A new mode of fastening taor-mad cloth
dresses is to dispense with the time -honored
method of closing the bodice. 1t is, instead.
fastened by number of minute buttons and
tnued around the arm, following the exact
| shape OF the sleeve and thence proceeding up the
shoulder seam to the throat In this way the
bodice is made to fit the figure like glove. For
fine figures this style is effective, but Indifferent
ones should shun 1t.
New York Evening Post. Many Of the cheap
er rough goods in frise and boucle effects now
brought out look most stylish and attractive in
the piece, but in the end their Staying powers"
are measurably limited. and they are certain
to show their wear after a very
little service. Poneees and summer silks
also require considerable decorating to make
them at all effective Tailor made suits of cash
mere. fine wooden. and camels hair, do not. 1t
takes yard upon yard of narrow width goods to
form side or kilt pleatings for costume Three
yards Of double-width goods will work wonders
when formed into self-trimmngs upon Dress
80 that in the long run, the expensive material
is by far the cheaper one. being sure to outwear
the other by an entire season, at least.
English straw bonnets and hats are among the
most comfortable of spring headgear. Turbans
will be worn by ladies to whom they are becom-
loosely around the crowns Of hats and
fastened with few slides or pins
Trimmings will be massed in the fronts
of hats and bonnets very much as they
have been, only higher if possible. Some
of the new models have strong wires to support
the trimmings that are concealed by loops of
velvet. or silk, being passed over them Flowers
will be used upon few of the early bonnets
but the majority will be trimmed with birds
WINGS and made feathers, and bands of grebe
and pheasant feathers will be among the stylish
trimmings. Many ostrich tips will be used
Plumes from ten to eighteen inches in length
are used, but twelve-inch lengths trim with the
| best effect.
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