Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-25
THE FREAKS OF FASHION.
What the Ladies Win Wear During the
Summer Months.


Summer Months.
MAUvE AND VIOLET are fayorite colors in mil
iin>r,.
NEw LIGHT-wEIGHT all-wool summer fabric
| is called Austrian cashmere. 1t is beautifully
soft and fine, fitting and draping with pecu-
Harry graceful effect. This material is used
very largely in place of silk-warp Henrietta
cloth.
BEIGE WITH SHADE OF PINK in it is one of
the newest stylish colors.
CREPE DE CHINE is now largely used for the
accordion pleated skirts of handsome tea-gowns.
The New SAsHEs are very long. very wide,
very elegant and very expensive. Five yards is
often used when the wearer is tail and elects
Tor a Louis QuinZe sash, the ends of which
reach quite to the foot of the skirt.
MoUssELINE De SOLE is a favorite fabric for
graduating dresses, and will also be used for
summer-resort toilets and bridesmaids gowns.
Paris modistes use it for parts of youthful
bridal dresses over whlte-silk slips.
WHITE AND Willow GREEN is an ideal mix
ture for the wear of fair young girls with rose
leaf compilations.
The BODICE which has one side glittering
with Jet and the other side quite plain is more
| popular than ever.
liners folds, which pass under the chin and
end in rosette just below the left ear.
A PRETTY Fancy SEEN upon a low, black
lace gown was straps of fine openwork jet,
passed over and under the arm, and seeming
to hold the lace folds In place.
WHITE PETTICoATs are passe for street wear
Instead choose one of black satin edge with
lace or of light shot silk with three pinked
rutiies around it,
WHEN IAN-CoLoRED GLOVES 60 out of fash
ion. pale gray-green will take their place
STRAW BoSSETs tor summer are almost as
soft as lace, and held i'll shape by fine wire
VERY HANDSOME new summer stuff is China
silk with small raised figure scattered all
over 1t.
A NEW FANCY for dust and rain cloaks is to
have the body of plain stuff and the long. full
sleeves of figured.
HARDLY A FRENCH bonnet is seen without
some admixture of gold either in the bonnet
itself or in the trimming
PARIS SENDS Or PARAsoLs of half silk. half
velvet, together with others made of alternate
strips of watered silk and black lace.
BESGALINE DRESSES are in favor for after
noon receptions.
BLACK AND COLoBED tulle bonnets are made
for midsummer wear
MAIDS OF Honor at weddings carry baskets
of lilies of the valley.
SILVER LoEGSETTEs >are shade more ele-
CANT than those of the tortoise shell.
VERY LARGE LADIES should wear plain fabrics
without figures OF stripes.
BoNSETs FOR YOUTHFUL matrons have strings
that come from the back
A NEW FANCY of Felix's is the use of sulphur
yellow gauze for cuffs and neck frills to anv
colored costumes. If used upon a walking
gown the hat that goes with it must be trimmed
with the same giuze and bunch of flowers
matching the costume.
SOME NEW CAPoTEs are made wholly of nas-
sementerie in disappointed patterns. The
handsomest ones are IN Il mixture of brown and
gold, with bunch of buttercups under the
brlm, and full bows of narrow brown velvet
and gold gauze ribbon.
QUITE THE NEWEST Thing IN BONNET STRINGS
is to have them of narrow ribbon velvet.
fastened just back of the front coronet. carried
thence to the back. crossed and held there with
fancy PIN, then brought under the chin and
tied IN loopy bow beside the left ear
FAsHIoSABLE HAIg-DREssEas predicta speedv
return to the wearing again of false tresses.
braids, puffs, and fluffy coils This, it is said.
will be done to render the couture in perfect
accord with the special styles of the Directoire
and Empire.
The LADIES DRESS ASSOCIATION in London.
which does its best to extend the use of gar
ments conducive to health and comfort. en-
ploys milliner who has invented a cork hat
for ladies.
The DISTINCTIVE FEATURES of the new sum-
mer wraps are shortness of the back, a scarf
like straightness in place of the cose-cut of the
passe dolman. and the richness and beauty of
the garnitures.
The FRENCH FoULARps this season show less
OF novelty in their design and coloring than
any OF the lighter silks.
HE Louis XIV SAsHEs show wide stripes Of
watered silk alternately with those of silk or
satin. with gay Pompadour figures scattered in
artistic groups down these stripes.
EMPIRE DRESSES of pure white. mostly in the
cream-white tints, with white straw bonnets
trimmed entirely with white, form elegant
toilets for summer weddings and afternoon re-
| ceptions.