Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-27
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

NEW YORK FASHIONS.
TO SEEM AND TO BE-sTUDY OF FASHIONS
A SUMMERS oUTFIT-TENNIs, BOATING
AND WATCHING DRESSES.
From our female fashion reporterl
To seem is now as easy as to be-perhaps
easier, since puffings weigh less than pounds
of flesh, and are preferable in locomotion on
a warm day. Thin arms grow more than
symmetrical under inflated sleeves, and
corsages afford unheard of opportunities for
deception. Pulled out vests and all manner
of kindred bagginess are SO fashionble as to
merit special paragraph. Skirts increase
in circumference as bustles diminish, while
pronounced figured patterns and large
plaids 60 to complete the attenuated wo-
mans stock of ammunition, the liberty to-
day admitting moreover, if need be, of
plentiful frizzes around the face and full
dressing about the neck. Nor should my
readers imagine the above words written in
spirit of satire. The woman to whom adj
dition is addition, ought to add, as the wo-
man who should subtract ought to subtract.
To understand
ONES OWN STYLE
is, indeed, the cornerstone or good dress
ing, and as celebrated music teacher
headed all his exercises with the words
"practice slowly so would / head, if prac-
ticable, each article on fashion, with eau
tion as to the Importance of knowing ones
defects and counteractiDg them. But yes
terday, in Broadway car, were two nota-
BILE examples of the Importance of what has
been written. Two ladies were seated side
by side, the one extremely pale and thin,
the other stout and florid. Example 1
II Of 1arn Tos1 1a1
decided color, made with bouffant skirt,
full sleeves and puffed corsage. Result-an
agreeable looking woman. No. wore a
close-ftting black wool dress, made with
straight falling skirt draperies. Her case
was the more difficult of the two, since it
is easier to point the scissors outward in
cutting cloth, than in an opposite direction
Tor the taking off of an inconvenienJ avoir-
dupois, but one felt that she had done her
part. A word as to color. 1t is of such con-
sequence and in regard to it such mistakes
are made. There is no greater snare than
an undecided color. It is fatal unless the
complexion be perfect, and equally so if the
wearer is stout. A dress of undecided col.
Or can, it is true, be relieved by a combi-
nation or trimming of opposite character,
but the experiment is hazardous and had
best be avoided, the more so. as decided
colors are always obtainable. But to return
to the
LANGUAGE OF DECEPTION,
Perhaps it is to atone for the severely high
neck, that fancy runs riot in additions on
the fronts of corsages. Folds are in formal
lines or loose, or the fabric may be lie care
lessly, broken outlines running every way,
but adding greatly to the apparent develop
ment. Vests give unexampled opportunity
and their immense popularity presents
room for perpetual variation. On dresses
of every material, they find appropriate
display, and are used not only to af-
ford amplitude to thin figures, but
in fiat styles for stout persons, often
bring about fine effects of contrast or
harmony. Waistcoats are akin TO vests
and each day become more fashionable, the
jaunty, loose coats, to which they are ad-
juncts, being another weapon in the hands
of their beauties. Elegant waistcoats are
of rich white or pale colored silk, beauti-
fully embroidered by hand, the coat being
of fine black or dark eolored cloth, but less
expensive waistcoats are of thick white
cloth, covered with metal braid. Some
times the coatsleeves have q cuff to match,
which gives to the wearer military air.
Mixed cloth coats are not unfrequently
worn with metal braided waistcoats, but
should not have the ornamental cuffs
Metal braided hats may match, since cloth
hats or bonnets are stylish.
A SUMMER OUTFIT.
Confiding must be the individual who
can so firmly trust in the success of lot
terry ticket, that she writes to know in ad-
vance, the most judicious expenditure in a
summer outfit, of three hundred dollars to
L., 10 EoAo TlAA1 Al.
perfect fairness of which she doubts not,
since Gems. Beauregard and Early preside
over the drawings. AS the lady is past
thirty, a black silk costume should come
first, and for this she might allow from
seyenty-five to one hundred dollars next
an India or foulard silk dress, forty dollars;
thin wool dress, twenty-five gingham
and a satine morning dress, thirty dollars
for the two a cashmere or combination of
cashmere and silk, with touches of metal
trimming the remainder might be spent
| for shade hat, parasol and minor articles,
while drapery net dress might replace the
cashmere or cashmere and silk. Drapery
net would of course require silk combina-
tion or lining, and for combination, moire
would be stylish, but cheap silk would
serve as a lining.
| FLANNEL DRESSES
for tennis, boating or yachting, attract
much attention by pretty jauntiness.
while independent blouse waists of flannel
are TO be worn with flannel skirts, thus
forming combination suit, or with any
kind of thin wool skirt, spare the making
of special costume. Silk blouses are ex-
tremely tasteful and may replace those Of
flannel, while negliges morning dresses
may be rendered more comfortable by inde-
pendent blouses of cross-barred muslin,
percale or linen. Some most attractive
flannel costumes are in preparation for
Shelter Island, that lovely summer resort,
where one looks from green grass, trees
and hillsides, to health-restoring salt waters.
Yachting, boating and bathing are recrea-
tions for every one, while the young people
dance in the evenings. Once there, the
visitor wishes to return and l hope myself
for sojourn this season.
| RosALIND MAY.