Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26

silks sprinkled with black sprays an
foliage, and China silks with whit
grounds showing axabesque devices, geo
metrical and purely fauciful patterns, ar
also in great use. White silk accordion
plated skirts, bordered with many row
Of black moire ribbon, with panel over
drapery lined with silk, are among th'
black and white toilets worn. Mucl
black ribbon is used upon these dresses
Black lace and white lace in combina
ton constitute an ideal gown for girl il
eight" mourning.
A classic and graceful gown for de
butante is made from short surah il
olive green and gold. The surah ii
gathered in front OF the neck and con
fined at the waist in blouse style by {
golden band. A wide drapery is at
tached to the left shoulder and drape(
across the front OF the skirt, forming {
point at the hem on the right side
whence it ia carried upward behind an(
attached to the left shoulder again at tht
back of the bodice. The under5kirt il
| full and plain. This gown may be made
with or without sleeves, but if will
sleeves they must carry out the Greel
idea of the drapery, full and straight
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arms, which shall be drawn together il
the center of each piece, showing the
arm between as in ancient Greciar
gowns.
There are 80 many new and beautiful
fabrics now that dress may be simple
yet charming. The silk muslins 30 much
in use are attractive, both for drapery
and trimming. This material lends it.
self very gracefully to the new buckle
gowns, in which the soft textile is frilled
on the shoulders, brought down into a
deep V at the waist, where it is drawn
through large oblong buckle and car
ried up to the other shoulder. A buckle
gown recently worn was of silk muslin
over Pekin silk. The buckles on the
front, at the back, and on the left side
of the skirt were of dull gold, set with
pearls and mock emeralds. Another
buckle dress was of pale-yellow silk,
frilled down the seams with yellow silk
muslin, with sprays of golden rod and
maiden-hair fern falling in shower
upon the skirt. The sash was also ol
yellow silk and the buckles of silver.
The sash was of the narrow kind, which
on many new gowns is replacing the wide
empire scarf variety.
Among the Jenness Miller gowns in
which the greatest interest has centered,
none have been more admired than the
style shown as the Josephine gown.
Young ladies have gone into ecstacy over
its gracefulness and chic, and many have
adopted the style without single change
for school dress. A lovely model is
made from old rose cashmere without
trimming OF any kind, excepting plain
row of switching, forming hem to the
drapery and facing to the gown form
foundation. The general idea of the
gown is one of absolute freedom for
every part. The petticoat is plain and
gathered into band. The overdress is
shirred on the shoulders, brought down
to the waist and shirred around, reach
ing we'll up under the arms. From this
the drapery falls over the skirt to the
foot, caught up and secured to the hip
on the left side. The sleeves are fulled
in the armhole, fulled again at the
elbows, forming a small puff, then
shirred, matching the waist, and finished
with a close-ftting cuff effect to the
wrist.
An extremely simple and effective
style for black lace dress, plain or
figured lace, shows the plain foundation
skirt of silk with narrow plating at
the foot and steel about twelve inches
long placed in the back breadths ten
inches below the belt. On this is
mounted a gathered founce about one
third the depth of the skirt. The drap.
cry, about six yards wide, is made of
straight breadths of the lace gathered at
the top and eewed to a belt, with only
sufficient fullness in. front to make it
hang gracefully. Trhee rows of velvet
ribbon are sewed around the lace founce
and around the draped skirt, which is
looped up in the simplest manner at one
side, hanging long and straight else-
where. The costume may be completed
with round waist or basque, the plain
silk lining covered with the lace, either
plain or full. The neck is cut out in q
small point in front, trimmed around
with two rows of velvet ribbon secured
on the left shoulder with small rosette
bows. The plain silk sleeves covered
with the lace have caps of the lace
trimmed with the velvet ribbon and on
the right shoulder is rosette of the
velvet ribbon. Looped.e edge velvet rib.
bons are much the handsomest for trim
ming purposes. A leading house i'm
ported large quantity OF the ribbons,
which they sell at extremely low prices.
An inch and a quarter width is but
thirteen cents per yard and they trim
very much more effectively than the
plain edges. Velvet ribbons of all kinds
are much used for trimming summer
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