Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-25
STREET DRESSES.
TIE DISCUSSION or an IMPORTANT
FASHION TOPIC.
The Toilets. imported and Otherwise
Woollen Mateuals-Drssses for Tiny
Children -Head-Gsar.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
n. ~. Al. 1909

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
NEW YORK, March "a, 1888.
Street dress during the early days OF
spring, when out-of-door exercise Is
particularly agreeable, is an important
and engrossing consideration.
The toilets, imported and otherwise,
now shown by our large houses here ex-
hibit greater elaborateness and Costumes
than characterized the spring street cos
tunes OF last year. THIS may be owing
to the decline in popularity OF the plain
tallor-mede modes which then obtained.
In place OF those simple and little
trimmed gowns the creations OF the Pa
risian mOdistes seem to be favored.
Pingat, Worth. and Felix are well repre-
sented in the new costumes.
wooLLEN MATERIAL.
Very fine woollen materials are the
fabrics chosen for most of these dresses,
and these are combined with mOirC,
JaiHc, etc. From congratulations pro-
coed to particularize
A very elegant Worth dress is in gobe-
lin gray nuns Yelling whose edge is hem
stitched to il. This hemstitched nuns
yelling. be it noted, is an entire novelty.
The general form OF this robe is the
Princesse style, belted loosely at the waist
with on embroidered girdle buckling in
front The front of the bodice has a
kind Of plain vest in Havana brown silk,
bordered with narrow successive folds OF
the nuns. yelling. This suit is 10 be worn
as promenade or visiting costume.
ANOTHER STREET DRESS.
Another street dress recently seen was
in a combination of nayy-blue and
mauye. The navy-blue was the color Of
the main material of the costume-a fine
woollen fabric the mauve was the tint
of the fdiiie franchise used in trimming
it, and which formed the vest. Above
this vest a natty little Russian jacket of
the cloth was to be seen. Above both
vest and Jacket, at the waist. heavy
girdle covered with gold braid was worn.
The collar and cuffs Of the dress were also
braided in gold. This WIS also an I'M
ported costume.
A third costume to be worn out OF
doors was made in the odd but effective
style of the so-called Directoire coat,
with wide triangular tapping reyers
reaching from the shoulder seam to the
other side of the garment. IN white
cloth trimmed with braid appllques.
FOR CHILDREN.
White nun'ssveiling trimmed with lace
and white satin ribbons makes a very
pretty dress for tiny boy or girl.
Bead passementeries are becoming
again popular trimmings for street
dresses, but are not so much worn as
they were year or so ago.
HEADGgAR.
The headgear most favored by young
ladies this season is OF the close-ftting
kinds. Toques are particularly popular.
Rustic hats of straw are, however,
also much worn. They are trimmed
with large flowers and an abundance of
foliage.
The flowers to be worn are for the
greater part small blossoms, such as
lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots,
ilacs, and violets.
The bonnets shown are small capote
shapes, set highly on the head, and tied
with very long and broad ribbons.
A favorite ornament for millinery pur-
poses is an ostrich plume mounted on an
arrow of gilded metal. This IS thrust
through the ribbons, forming the front
garniture Of the hat, with the arrow
head appearing upon the front of the
brim.
DERBYs.
Plain black derbys are occasionally to
be seen. This ugly and masculine fash
ion is revived every two or three years
aud seems TO find imitators each time. 1t
will probably match the peculiar style Of
couture which has become the
mode among some OF our young
ladies. This is very boyish
way of dressing the hair. The
hair is cut quite short, parted at one
side, and curled crisply on either side of
the parting, being short in the back and
without bang or front piece.
Buckled belts or girdles on street cos
tunes and lace or silk scarfs on evening
and reception toilets are quite feature
of the season.
la TosCA.
The play which, after running in
Paris, with Nine. Bernhard AS its he
rome, and which is now playing here
"Ls Tosca has given its name to
new variety of Atwood material pro-