The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-14
FASHIONS DEMANDS.

of bodice and sleeve. Tney must match
ths collar.
As mems vests are to be cut low, the
p,eated shirts will find much favor. Moth
ing in the shape Of fsncy percales and loud
coiors will be tolerated.
The rslgn OF she black stockings is plst
and they are no longer fashionable ex-
cept with black dresses. The rule now Is
for dress and stockings to match out CT
doors.
The shapes in mems necktitS are not
novel. Tney will be the same IS the tied
four in hand, a. wide as ever for spring,
but growing narrower as the summer ed-
vance5.
High collars are not worn excepting
with tailor-made costumes Other costumes
are made somewhat low at the neck with
inner fEiils or fuckers, or with sailor collars
of soft silk.
The proper cane for this year will be
silver headed English hazel or q silver
trimmed buckho-n, OF the same wood. The
stat will be generous one, nearly an inch
in diameter.
n the matter d mems gloves there lie D..
not much choice, except in the shades eRd
those merge from deep seal brown to q
pearl gray, rather dark. They are trimmed
with heavy black braid. The preference
seems TO be in schd colors.
and summer; these are made in princess
fashion, with flowing fronts of surah or
of YaleDciennes net tucked lsngthwise
and ribbons drawn through the tucks.
Smoked s1rsh fronts are also on these light
wool gowns.
Cashmere drspe=ies are not bordered or
trimmed but are finished with q hem that
may be sewed with blind stitches, or else
the hem Is three or four inches wide, and
has two rows OF machine stitching at the
top. SSEques of wool dresses have one or
two rows of machine stitches near their
edges.
The most popular bat, especially for
young men, will be the silk hat or coarse
this refers to these who are inclined to be
extremely fashionable. In shape it is q
medium bell, with good dip and curved
close on the sides. No man OF correct
tastes, however, will wear a silk hat and a
sack coat simultaneously.
In bonnets and hats the crowns are on
| tie decrease as are the trimmings. Ia come
/ cases, indeed, 0onnetS look more like cap
1 crowns, being after the style OF bonnets
worn by Chsselaines in the middle ages
and are covered with gold spangles or other
metallic ornaments. The may, however,
be made of Sloth or velvet with the brims
trimmed with fur.
The tailor gowns imported are very
simply made of CheViot homespun, and
the new weol mousseline in stripes or liars,
! or in plain colors. These useful gowns
are designed for travelling, morning walks,
shopping, etc., the legitimate purpose OF
tailor gowns, to which Europeans have ad-
hered, instead of having them made elab-
crate enough for reception and visiting
! toilettes.
Tailor Gowns are made to fit smoothly
without whalebones. French dressmAkers,
on the contrary, are using more wha.eboRss
than there are seams down the corssge.
! placing an extra bone in the middle o.
each OF the four side forms OF tbs back.
| These bones are covered, and are fastened
I only &C the top and the bottom, being
slightly longer than the space outside
them. so that they make the for7,ourve
out shspely.
! Bordered wool DIR esses have a full lower
skirt made of four yards of bordered
goods, with the border and the sewage
showing at the foot all around. Such skirts
are over q foundation skirt, with which
they are Joined only st the belt, where
thoy are gathered in front, and loosly
pleated behind. A large well defined pleat,
however, extends up each side to the belt,
and this is slit at the top to allow sash
drapery of striped goods to pea, under,
forming an spron in front, and dropping
in two behind.
The ingenuity of the designs. seems to
/
mems collars, for the most popular style is
one that was very generally worn along
about 1870. 1t Is standing collar, two
inches high. with the tips well rolled. There
are four different shapes, however, that
will be quite generally worn, any one. OF
which Will entitle the person wearing it to
seat in the front rank of fashion. One 70
known as the inserted point; it is two
inches in front and one and equarterinchss
back. The other Is q plain straight collar.
two and quarter inches high, with sPaee
OF an inch and o half between To points.
The other Is known as the broken point
collar, and is very similar 10 those worn at
present.
recent Queens drawing room in Lon
don the following costumes were worn: The
costume of the Portuguese Bmbssssdress
was mainly adorned with roses. Her
bodice and train we're Of purely white silk,
TIE latter being lined with pink satin. The
skirt was q mass of fine cid lace, drspea over
white silk. All the 1sst were reoes OF
every ne, delicate and vivid. 4 great
fragrant garland of them fell from the left
shoulder across the bodice and down the
soft folds of the lace 10 the wearer's satin
clad feet Mrs. Parkinson Sharpe, an
American lady who presented pretty
daughter, wore q dSess OF broeade. In
which the tones were pink and mauve,
blended quite hsr noniously by foliage
of shaded gold and green. The train was
of apple leaf green satin lined with the
same material in bright apple blossom
pink. With this dress q bouquet of rare
! and lovely orchids was carried. Mrs.
Pbelps, the American Minister wife, wore
a bodice and tr ain OF black velvet. the lat
ter lined with salmon colored satin. The
skirt was Of old-world picturesque brocsde
the ground being pesrlcolor shot
with gold. The design was flowers, OF sub
! dued and aesthetic coloring, set in sur
rounding haze OF gold. There were also
stripes in the brocsde, entirely of gold
having the effect Of gold lace set into tho
, material. The Princess Beatrice's dress
shone like bzrnished bullion, beins
} mainly of an Eastern substance so cleverly
( wrought in cleaning gold that Is seemed
3 one quivering mass of molten metal Oi
} heliotrope silk was the skirt, heavily
9 fringed with gold, and with golde5 pane
t at each side. The train, caught up as 4
: was, looked absolutely liquid as the lgh
2 play upon its glittering surface, willis
; the bodice, had il not been for q most fem
= mime berthe aud dainty sleevelets of hello
b trope crepe would have seemed as thougl
y her Roy al Highness b sd donned an Ams
r oman cuirasse of the precious metal.
: novelty, which looked ct least seasOnsels
Q was worn with remarkably good whit.
Q and ersy dress. 1t was long boa of sol
i gracefully curling ostrich feathers
o Whistler II afforded much comfort to II
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