Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-31
THE FASHIONS,
Some Pretty Wool Fabrics an"
Novelties.

some Pretty Wool Fabrics -fhneies anu
Novelties.
Every one has gone cloth. crazy, One
sees hundreds Of suits of every color, AND
~every shade OF color, and of every quality
Sf fabric, but with a great sameness o.
,,vle in the makeup. This is to come ex'
ept unavoidable, as to the skirt at least,
for all heavy fabrics ehould be made up
jplsiply. If the ~drapings are of lighter ma
/ terial, however, there is great latitude Tor
variety. Some Of the Graperies are pan
eled, others are made very long, with
boufant draperies held with passementefie
straps, or braid buckeled on the sides;
or fastened down with rows oil
fancy buttons Of immense size. Some
Of the imported Paris go"ns are remark,
able for the wonderful msnipulations Of
stripes which are certain upon some por'
lions of the dress to be put on vertically.
1t is also noted that q number OF French
costumes have the sleeves of contrasting
color and material. These match the lab
ric composing the vest and collar. Worth
Jays that tsilor-msde dresses are only TIT
for travelling, and only for slender people
then. We quite agree with him in this
matter We saw a a woman the other day
who weighed at least 200 pounds, and
quite short, crowded into an elegant tailor
made costume, and the result was startling.
The mystery was how she ever got into it,
and, having got in, how she ever got out
The fact is, the tailor-made dress Is only
the extreme of the pull.back system, and
our fashions are mainly q succession OF ex'
tremes.
Among the very Styli8h wool goods is
the Astrakan, or wool NOES, stripe alter
nate with one OF piaiu wool the same color.
the pain stripe 0! serge, diagonal, or a
fine oyer.shot. The stripe is used for the
front and sides Of the skirts. the vest cuffs
and collar, or if one so t~ancies, the Jacket
may be formed of the stripe; but few,
however, use it in this way, for stri pes are
so apt to give the figure q zigzag, look, al
most like u crazy.quiIt. The back OF SKIRT
is very tall Of the plain goods which is,
of courae, the plain stripe in the other
in broad double or triple box. p!aits: II
cord ornaments are liked, ar elegant panel
often trims the left of skirt, either a solid
kno,ted cord panel or 8 wide %box-plaitr
trimmed across with braIdeboUrgs.
Corduroy and cord de Ia refine (ribbed
yelveteen) have latterIy found many ad.
mirers. 70 have one Of these skirts one
must exercise taste The thought OF trim
ming as one would pain velvet or fine
cloth even is supertlous. The skirt may
tive folds arcoss the front, if one is tail,
with q coat polopaise drHppcd away from
the basque point, while the back should be
gracefully looped IN small pouts at the top,
the rest Of the skirt hanging in full, grace
tul folds.
Scant drapings have bad their day. One
better have none, putting ell Of the mate
rial into "a full plain skirt, Than 10 make
one width Of double width material, two q
single, sufficient for the back drapirg; It
will hang in q skinny, GDgracetul way, per.
iectly sbhorrent in the matter OF COED
taste.
Among the mos. elegant winter goods
are those in patterns Of the finest Of wool,
borders Of velvet or plush in stripes, The
stripes graduatDg Ter the various parts Of
the suit. Some goods have the long mapped
plush quite furry in appearance. The ef
feet of a finished suit Ct these fabrics lie
GORGEOUS.