The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-22
DRESS AND FASHION.
Information Collected by = Bright New
York Society Reporter.

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Information Collected by Bright New
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Parasols grow larger.
Sun umbrellas are smaller.
Parasol sticks are slender.
Trained dresses are surely coming
into vogue.
All fashionable dinner gowns are
now trained.
The stick and handle Of the sun
umbrella is huge.
The Leghorn fat is ss popular as
ever this season.
A new embroidery takes the name OF
witch stitch.
The pagoda canopy grows in favor
for dressy parasols.
There is seemingly no end to the
variety in sleeves.
The gown of black lace is as fashion
able and as popular as ever.
Dotted gauze parasols can be worn
with any kind of dressy gown.
| Black silk and tan colored silk mitts
will both be worn again this summer.
The paragon frame has grooved steel
ribs which will not warp nor break.
Eyebrow and eyelash dyes and tonics
are sold in the London cosmetic shops.
The handles of the finest parasols
are OF silver and gold, set with real
Jewels
The novelty in white embroidery this
spring is the "hemstitch block effects.
Tan remains the favorite color for
the glove whether it be of Suede, Isle
thread or silk.
Lace, tulle and gauze parasols are dc
riguear with dressy carriage and lawn
party toilets.
Western women who follow the fash
ions follow them much more closely
than Eastern women.
All fine umbrellas and parasols have
paragon frames, and the paragon frame
is an American invention.
The Lord Fountleroy collar and cuffs,
with silk tie in bright color are as
much worn by little girls as boys.
New black Isle thread stockings for
summer wear have the toes, heels and
the upper half OF the leg in color or
white.
The loveliest colors and shadings are
seen in the gauzes, nets, boiling cloths,
tulles and laces that cover the dressiest
parasols this season.
Pretty little parasolettes are mounted
OH jointed sticks by which they can be
converted into sunshades in a carriage
drive or on the street.
The dark blue, brown or black fancy
straw hat in Vatican shape, with low
crown, deep brim in front and narrow
in the back, is the most fashionable for
girls of twelve and fourteen.
The lace flounce is now put on the
inside of the dressy parasol, extend
ing from the supports of the ribs to the
edge of the frame or canopy. whore it
/ forms a full, deep volante or ruffie.
The Toreador waistcoats, made
wholly of embroidery, to wear under
Empire or Directory jackets of velvet,
go well with stylish in door and after
noon and at home in the evening
toilets.
The parasols of challie, yelling, sat
teen and China silk to match the ma
terial of the gown is a feature on par
asol counters, or rather on counters
where those dress goods are shown.
Smoke gray tulle, garnished with
silver tinsel and silver thistles, make a
lovely ball gown for pretty girl but
she must have good complexion and
high color to become her gown.
The Vatican fiat, with wide brim
projecting over the forehead and short
in the back, low in the crown, and
trimmed with field flowers in front,
is the out-of-door, on-the-lawn, and
piazza hats of the Oranges.
The richest gowns for afternoon re-
ception wear are trained and are made
with polonaises, also trained, opening
in front over rich petticoats of brocade,
or over embroidered and lace trimmed
silk skirts.
The favorite trimming of the Leg
horn fiat is wreath of eglantine or
wild roses. or of small field daisies,
and long-looped, tightly knotted bow
of white or delicately tinted ribbon on
one side of the crown, put on near the
top.
Among novelties in French serges
comes n delicious Bordure Benvenuto,
a shot wooden of fine diagonal texture,
with scroll border in wool of third
color, such, for instance, as shot pink
and blue with black and gray border.
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