The Springdale news., 1889-08-09
FABRICS FOR SUMMER.
Foreign Styles That Have Become Popular
 in the United States.


 Several new fabric, have been brought out for this summer, one of which is silk shooting, as soft and as light as foulard, but glossier. Another is Od-fashioned muslin, with so- called hand-painted designs Of soft tints. Still another Is Saxony piece lace, white, made by machinery, but of unrivaled richness of design and delicacy of mesh. Skirts of this lace arc made up over light-colOrcd sum- mcr silks. The same lace comes in bands for trimming the sides of skirts and for rcvers of cOrsages it is also used for edging white muslin fichus, which arc popular with both high and low throated bodices. Of insertions of this white lace, used in alienation with ribbon, high-necked, full-slecved corsages are made, to be worn with various skirts. Another new lacc-a thick laco--is point de Gene, which is used in fiat bands for the sides of the skirts, rcvcrs, and bretelles of cor sagcs, and turned-back cuffs
 Skirts of white Saxony lace or of black Chantilly lace frequently form part Of toilettes which are completed by DirectOire coat of light silk, changeable, or plain, or strewn with small flowers. The fronts of the coat extend about two inches beyond the waist, the sides form short basque, and the back forms are prolonged in coat tails, which hang to the lower edge of the lace skirt. The revcrs of tho front are faced with a different silk. The sleeves are plain, with two rows of thickly.shirred lace forming cuff at the edge In exceptional cases the sleeves are of tho lace of which the skirt is made
 Many of the new fabrics, especially bordcred pattern dresses, are accom- panied by sash to match, specially woven, with the border wide on ono bordcred at the ends The sash is considered tho special feature of Elm pire dresses, made with a fully-crossed corsage and straight skirt, shirred at the waist. Charming toilettcs of this type are made of silk grenadine with lowered borders, which is also one of this summers new fabrics. All oppo- sition 10 straight skirts is vanishing by degrees, and draperies are rapidly dis appearing.
 Straight skirts prcdominate among women of fashion and elegance. and the Empire dress is taking the lead. The designation Empire. however, is to some extent misleading. for our skirt of the present is by no means \ that of the dress worn from 1SOD to l 1SlO, which was rather scant and en- tircly flat, and unsupported at the \ back of the waist. Our skirt, on the contrary, is amply full, though also hung in straight folds Soft clinging fabrics arc principally used, which hang in handsome natural folds. The ! skirt is shirrcd at tho waist in most cases; wide-striped fabrics arc plaited in broad plaits, and some plain fabrics arc finely plaitcd or accordiOn- plaitcd. The incly-plaited skirts will be more used than either of the other two for thin summer fabrics The modern En- pirc waist is not actually short, but is made to appear short by the wide gir- dle of folds, under which the fullness of the bodice disappears. But as there N Are many tO whom this ShOrt-W3istrd appearance is unbecoming, the long waist is considered quite as fashiona- blc, with a twisted ribbon belt, which is knotted, and hangs in two long ' floating ends on the skirt Leeds (Eng.) Mercury.