The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
WINTER FASHIONS.
Some Elegant Dresses from WOrth-Sensible
Advice to Shoppers-Mi Notes.
French Gowns.

French Gowns.
New York Evening Post.
Among the unusually elegant Partisan gowns
made by various French artists of celebrity are
some magnificent toilets designed especially for
the brilliant holiday festivities, receptions and
high teas which crowd Christmas week so
closely, In the array of gowns which graced and
beautified the artistic pariors of an uptown inn
porter, was dress of delicately tinted hello
trope velvet bordered with superb embroidery
OF pearl, helotrope and opal beads, the fronts
parting widely to show skirt beneath made of
Dlush-rose satin, this plainly gored, but deco
rated with tablier embroidery of the beads, the
exquisite work upon it being triumph of dec
orative art. A second dress was made of snow
drop white satin, brocaded with pink blossoms
with heavy gold foliage intermingling. The
bodice and train were of the brocade, with wide
satin kits at the side, lined with pink and gold
shot silk. From beneath these pleated panels
were brought scarfs Of white Venetian lace
These were caught together with costly pink,
pearl and gold ornaments, and formed graceful
coquilles down each side OF the front OF the skirt
which joined the satin panels. A very rich and
exquisite toilet made for wealthy young wild
ow, now in second" mourning, showed demi-
trained Florentne robe, made of white satin
duchesse, combined with white MORE. the
satin portion being yelled with jet embroidery,
India gauzes and ietted lace The designs
wrought In the jet were new and intricate and the
robe, as whole, was marvel of Partisan handi-
of silver etamine over slip Of rose-pink faille
had q garniture of businesses and foliage upon
tunic and bodice. Black velvet formed queen
~ gown, this embroidered with pearls and worn
over petticoat of pinkish mauve satin, trimmed
with hounces of point applique lace. A sea-
green velvet dress was conspicuous among these
rare gowns, this wholly plain as to skirt decora-
ton, but with Russian guimpe above the half
low bodice, made of cream tinted lace, with
Medici collar of red velvet at the throat. Pink
nd hoi aH md Onld tna nd
olive, pink and silver moss green and Neapoli-
tan cardinal, were combinations in colors noted
among this lengthy array of adornings for the
favored daughters of men,
Pertinent Suggestions for Lady Shoppers.
Dry Goods Chronicle.
Stiff materials are less manageable and grace
full than soft ones.
One dull stuff and one glossy stuff unite bet
ter than two glossy or two dull ones.
Colors near the face should be soft and indie
scribable.
woman to be well dressed and to look her
best must concentrate her efforts on tints few
and good.
Antique lace will last forever remend and re-
clean 1t as much as you please. Being yellow in
stead of snow white, it scarcely ever shows dirt.
Modern lace, however good or costly, soon wears
out
The worst extravaganza is to invest in "shod-
dy" materials e. up by unprineipled traders to
deceive the eye.
One or two really fine jewels are in far better
taste than aquantity of mediocre ones.
Experience shows that all dull, rich silks
wear greasy; that good satin outlasts three
silks and three cheap satins; and that black vel
vet lasts longer than colored.
A set of good fur is never any loss, as it can
be cut, rejoined, dispersed, united. worn on an
evening dress, or mantle, at will, without
harm.
A dress or jacket properly made and properly
fitted by good dress-maker, though this costs
more than one made by novice. will look and
hang well to the end. while the other will not
1t is indispensable in buying dresses to re-
member what your wardrobe contains, as two
dresses can often be combined into one nova
days if the colors are happily chosen, which is
great economy.
Ladies who study economy will never adopt
the outre in anything, for outre fashions never
last long
Women of taste are content with a few things
and those good-in lieu of q quantity Of cheap
fnery.
Never buy bonnet that will not go with all
your dresses and jackets likely to be required
while the bonnet lasts, unless you can afford to
wear one TO match each suit.
Extravaganza in dress means not only spend
ing too much money on it, but also the patroniz
ing of foolish fashions devised simply to waste
material.
A dark thin stuff is infinitely cheaper than the
cheapest pale material, though its original cost
be double.
A purposeless chaos of millinery is not beauti-
full from an artistic poin. of view, and probably
mlschevous from a sanitary one
True skill in making up materials consists not
only in fitting the Dress but in giving to every
morsel of stuff its due value