Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-05-24
Fashion Notes.


White blond-lace made over white moire
antique and little braid on the corsage is
the choice for white summer dinner gowns.
Dinner dresses are made short for summer.
Those of white India silk have insertions of
Valenciennes or guipure set in the skirt and
in the corsage between fine hand-run tucks,
also forming deep cuffs, to which full sleeves
are sewed.
White camels-hair or crepeline dresses
have very slight trimmings on the corsage of
gilt or steel galloon or of both together, or
else they have the new embroidery which Is
done in straw braid. At one of the big dry
goods shops are pretty cream -colored fannels
that have deep widths for the lower skirt
braided in gray braid. There is plain for
the draperies and the back of the bodice,
but from the braided widths are cut the
Jacket fronts and the collar and cuffs.
Artistic crepelines of finely crinkled wool
and crepons, with wool and linen or silk fine
ly wrought in silk dots, come in silk, Suede,
almond and pale blue shades and in the
darker green, brown and gray tints for street
dresses. These crepelines are made up
charmingly with China silk. As, for exam
pie, pretty gown has skirt of white China
silk which has little gray-blue flower figure
upon it, This is laid in very fine, loose
plaits to the knee, the short draperies being
of gray blue crepeline. The bodice of crepe
| line has loose jacket front, the loose Fedora
vest of the silk, while the plain, close sleeves
flare at the wrist and display full under
sleeve of silk gathered into cuff.
All the canvas stuffs are again imported,
some being given new effects by having Pals,
| lev borders like those on the broche shaWls
| of that name. These come also on fine CAM
| els-hair for choice wool dresses. Sometimes
| the border is only an inch wide. but in other
cases it is deep enough to cover all the lower
| skirt of the gown and to make the small
| mantle or shoulder-cape worn with it. There
are also Paisley cambrics of large broche fig
ures for combining with plain copper or gray,
| or reseda woods for long closks for driving or
| evening wraps.
| The newest deeollete corsages from Paris
l are apt to make one stare at first sight, being
\ nothing more than mere corselets with pair
/ of straps. But in reality they are not as bad
i as they lock, for with them comes mass of
1 tulle or silk gauze which renders them per
4 fectly modest and proper. This gauze ia
\ draped over the shoulders like q Marie An
| toinette fichu, and then the little apology for
bodice is put on, the drapery taking the
I! place of the upper part of the corsage and
the deep waistband and straps hold il in
place. Sometimes this tulle is spangled
| with gold, steel or copper, and fancy is to
have it of different hue from the Dress as,
for example, an apple-green gown has the
tulle of pale rose; blue one has gauze OF
gold color, and black gown is finished with
tulle the shade of poppy.
Bonnets are now made of light treills OF
| sllk-covered wire and have no lining, oelng
covered entirely with small roses, mignonette,
forget-me -nots, buttsrcups or daisies. Hats
are enormous, usually Of Leghorn, without
facing in the flexible brim, which is bent
into any shape that best suits the face of the
wsarer. These are often trimmed with 9
cluster of short, thickly curled yellow and
white ostrich tips, and wound about with
two or three yards of pale yellow tulle, which
is crossed al the back and tied under the
chin in a huge bow. They are charmingly
becoming to dark, vivid-colored brunettes.
Others are adorned with masses of white
chrysanthemums set amidst quantities of TO-
liage, or else cream colored, half-blown
roses, with many loose and very natural
looking leaves.
| Sashes are more than ever popular and the
newest are MORE in stripes an inch wide, OF
green and white, blue and white, of pink and
pearl color. The stripes are not sharp and