The Grenada gazette., 1888-04-21
IMPORTED COSTUMES.
stylish Gowns and Short Coats Designed in
Paris and London.

stylish Gowns and Short Coats Designed in
Paris and London.
While there are many novelties OF
color and many new combinations OF
shade and hue seen in the French
dresses imported for street wear, they
are noteworthy as a concession to the
simple styles demanded by New York
women of fashion. There are still
many gay little gowns, as there are
pronounced styles in hats and bonnets
imported to meet the Southern and
Western trade, which demands more
color; but these styles are this season
less bizarre than in former days. The
cloth dresses which have formed feat
ure of each seasons importation for
several years are superseded by cash
mere, Henrietta cloth and light si.ken
cloths of soft wool Gowns Of Henri
eta cloth are shown in all the prevail
ing cloth colorS made up in combina-
ton with the faile FranCais, bcngaline
and MORE silks. There are many
! gowns Of soft wool in Quaker drab,
sivery French gray, nayy-bluc and
other dark shades. which are finished
with trimmings of white wool. This
is let in as pyramids of fine pIaltngs
in the skirt, forms the vest, and is
used as a piping cord on the basque
and drapery; in some cases It forms
| the entire undcrskirt
A stylish gown of navy-bluo cash
mere was made with an irrcgularly
draped skirt. The edge of the under
skirt and the drapery was stitched with
red sewing silk in clusters of five rows,
about quarter of an inch apart. just
above a two-inch hem. The under
skirt of the dress was slashcd on either
side and displayed fans of cream-white
wool with q red selvedge at the bottom.
The stylish little house bodice of this
gown was finished with white vest
fastened at the side under cne OF the
revers of red selvedge. The collar
was also formed of this gay sclvedge
and square buttons Of brass set on the
revers, in groups OF three, completed
the bodice. Some exquisite little gowns
in mixtures of indistinct figures and in
several shades of wood-brown are made
with full cream-whlte vests, which are
held in wide cluster or honeNComOed
shirrlngs few inches below the collar
and at the waist. In some cases the
entire underskirt is OF cr"am-whlte
wool, but it is almost covered by 'he
drapery showing only at the sld"'
where it Is often held from IN" waist
line to within fifteen on twenty hchr'
of the bottom in full close rows "i
shirrings, whence it falls III Il Wld" l"l,
1e, Blaidng> of gold ar" often sect
on creamwhite wool when 1t IS used
with golden browns or Quaker drab>,
or shades allied to browns or with the
dull blue Gobrlin shades and navy
blue, Braiding Of silver steel are seer
on dead white woolcns ComhIn"d witt
cloth in French gray, grayjSh blue aMt
the new green shades with gray tonrN
The short London coats which are
imported in colorS which harmonic
with all shades of cloth will probably
be the general choic" this summer toI
ordinary wear; only Il few gowns Will
jackets of the same material are mn
ported. Many long wraps ar" ShoWl
as we'll as short coats. There ar,
raglans with deep capcS, that obHlat,
the necessity of a sleeve; raglans witt
sleeves and capcs coming from the
sleeve and showing only in front; An'
long plain coats, which reach to within
few inches of the bottom of the
dress, These wraps are usually loo>'
in front and close fitting at the back
and are made of smooth-facrd cloths
ornamcnted with wide pusscmcntcrir.
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