Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-19
AIRY AND LIGHT.
PICTURESQUE ASD ARrrsrrc EFFECTS
IN THE rAsHIgHs.
prspsry Of Street Costunee--A Stylish
s-Blouses-Tsnnis Hats
Underwear, 60.
Correspondence of the Richmond Di'p.sOh.l


Underwear, 90.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispstch.l
New YORK, August Is, 1883.
The style OF the dresses now worn II
airy and light, as BELTS the season, but
there is more attention than usual paid
10 picturesque and artistic effects. Ihii
is most particularly true OF draperies. The
drapery Of street costume Is now madt
the subject OF anxious study and expert
ment both by modiste and wearer. SIEVE
raj distinct forms are seen. Some drape.
RES loop to the hip OF one side and
almost entirely conceal the skirt on the
front and other side another form Is
longest upon the sides and is caught
ND ut several places in front. SO
as to show the front part oi
the skirt for the distance of foot or 80.
Again, there are full draperies aud
scaut ones. OF the former 1t may be
said that they cannot, for the fashion, be
too full, as there Is q fancy, on front
draperies. for allowing hmitiess mass
of material. which is caught up and
looped in Il hundred different directions,
so that it arranges itself in all sorts OF
creases and folds. There is very grace
full fancy for experimenting scant and
plain draperies with broad sashes OF the
same material in different shade, whose
ends are generally allowed TO fall at one
side.
Combinations OF color are carefully
chosen and the draperies often CORE
spond TO the basque, while the skirt and
trimming are Of Lighter hue.
A dress in French t0Vte, light green
in tint, has breadth OF fine cashmere,
cream white, caught and shirrod at the
neck, fuled to the waist like Moliere
front and carried over TO the left hip
from the waist. On the hip q hugo bow
occurs, and the two ends, each about a
foot wide, are allowed to fall at the side.
The sleeves are made close fitting, with
Y-shaped pulled insertions OF the cash
mere Just below the shoulder-seam5, al
most like epaulets
STYLISH COSTUME.
Another stylish costume is in mauve
Henrietta cloth The basque is made
with close-fittiug sleeves and on very
plain model, buttoning all the way down
the front, having two facings of more
on each side the line Of buttons, and
with nArrox cuffs and high plain collar
also of MORE. On the front of the skirt
there is fan shaped plated panel Of the
MORE, the Henrietta cloth draperies be-
ginning on either side the panel in deep
straight folds from top to bottom, these
gradually becoming lost in loose draping
towards the back The back drapery is
distinguished by these straight heavy
folds also, though it is slightly dor6ant
over the hips.
BLOUsEs.
Blouses and Garibaldi waists are alto
gether worn indoors, and are the coolest
kind of garments.
Children's dresses are ornamented
with rows of feather stitching.
Ladies' canes are either in black or
white, and are highly polished, with
heads OF chased gold or silver, or simple
balls Of agate. 4 little way below the
head there is generally placed ring OF
metal to which broad gros-grain or
moire ribbons are attached.
hats.
Shade hats partake of the qualities of
Il the pancake-they are broad and flat
Some are absolutely devoid of any pro-
per crown, and seem TO be all brim. As
TO trimming, ribbons and flowers are
solely used
&" il is hard to tell where the love OF
gold will lead finally, for it is worn on
oil parts Of the dress now" are the
words OF q fashion writer writing from
Paris. We may expect the auriferous
mania to strike here about September,
and to appear in the form Of gold braid.
TEAMS.
A pretty tennis model includes a
white-fannel blouse, very loose, and
made With loose sleeves caught in only
at the wrists. There is deep-polnted
woke OF striped flannel, cuffs and collar
being OF the same, and the plain, mar
row sldrt is likewise striped. About the
waist loose girdle OF white cashmere Is
worn. with big knot in front, and tas-
selled ends that fly around wildly with
the wearer's movements. A striped
flannel helmet-shaped tennis cap Is worn
with the suit.
White -petticoats for wear with
trained dresses should no longer be
mado with trains themselves, but one
may wear an ordinary walking-sklrt IN
der the trained dress, the train itself
being lined with frill OF lace and en-
broidery.
Gray and fawn-colored cloth CATERS
are seen quite frequently on feminine
feet this reason. As they greatly en-
large the apparent size of the feet and
are in themselves unbesutiful Why they
are worn is an insoluble problem.
Full fronts OF soft white goods appear
or the basuues OF great many stylish
walking-dresses. Sometimes the front
is almost a perfect moh5re again, 1t
may be a plated plastron Of surah, with
braided edges, in the centre of which is
q great pOuf of white cashmere. White
is popular for trimming all sorts of
dresses, because it so readily combines
with any other color.
Plated blouses, for home-wear, are
made in Jersey cloth.
Shoulder puffs on children's Guimpe
dresses are large and full, slashed in two
colors.
At the seaside or in the mountains an
occasional cold evening or raw day de-
maDds some sort of wrap. At present
ohudda shavls are much favored. Plaid
woollen wraps, covering the shoulders,
knotted on the bust and with long ends
in front. the edges being "pinked," are
also seen. G. II. NJ.
Here nud There.
Miss Emily Warnock, OF Macon, IN
bathing at st. Simons, Ga, one day re-
centlv. GOT bevond her depth and was