Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-13
FASHION NOTES.
The Fabrics Mostly Worn by Ladies and
How They are Made.

The YOKE BODICE is the favorite for white
wash goods.
MAIZE OR Corn Color is revived among other
fashionable shades of yellow.
EVEN GISGHAM DRESSES have parasols made
up of the material of the gown.
PoMPADoUR foulards rival other printed stuffs
for summer morning and afternoon toilets.
IT Is QUITE common now to see ladies with
out either bustles or reeds in the dress skirt
PoNGEE in natural buff colors is as popular
as ever for summer gowns and travelling wraps
MANY LIoHr SHOES are worn by both sexes
Thew are particularly suitable for the seashore.
SHOE LACEs made in thirty or forty shades
to match the many colors in which shoes are
now made.
DOTTED WHITE Null, Swiss, and yelling
gowns are in vogue, along with striped and
barred white dresses.
ENTIRE DRESSES OF RED SArERNs trimmed
with ecru laces are worn at French country
houses and on the seashore.
PALE SILVER GRAY Gowns with panels, sur
plice waistcoats and revers, cuffs and collars Of
tan color, are very effective.
HANDKERCHIEFs ARE Tiny dainty marvels of
color and embroidery this summer and at the
moment they are very cheap.
SEASIDE PARAsoLs are large and mostly in
bright colors, sometimes softened with covers
or falls OF ecru and cream lace.
The WHITE Wool yelling gowns, with broche
borders or stripes in white silk, are almost az
effective as white silk ones broche with silver.
YACHTING, lawn tennis, fishing and mountain
costumes are, of course, better without either
hoop or hustle. For all other suits modified
turnure is advisable.
The SUMNER BoNNErs, made Of net or lace
and few flowers over the wire frame. are
pleasant to wear and very healthful keeping
the head perfectly cool
TRAINED DRESSES AND COSTUMES for cere-
monious occasions are all supplied by fashion.
able dressmakers with some support or disten.
SION to the back Of the dress.
butterflies made Of colored, dyed, or
painted feathers, large as life and mounted on
spiral wires, are one Of the decorations of sum-
mer hats Of lace, tulle. net, and crepe.
The HATS chosen for out-of-door entertain
ments have very low crowns, but wide brims,
projecting over the forehead and taperipe TO
almost nothing in the back and at the sides.
WHITE CHINA SILK with silver passeme pteries
and sometimes with gold-dotted embroidery
and gold passementerie or gold galleon makes
lovely garden-party or summer out-of-door
festival gown.
The EcRU TISTs Of Chinese pongee are adj
mirably relieved in French dresses of that
material by embroidered borders of multi
colored and gold-dotted embroidery in oriental
and medieval designs.
CHOICEST NOTE PAPER is either white. cream.
light pearl or gray tinted; nothing else is con-
sidered good form. It may have the mono
gram or the initials in an embossed leaf in the
upper left hand corner.
The ECONOMICAL GIRL covers her parasols
to match her summer dresses, ties a bow of
ribbon on handle and at the top to match the
trimming OF her costume, and as like as not IL
called extravagsnt by the uninitiated
OLD-FAsHIoSED LKoHoRS FLATS are restored
to fashionable favor, and they are trimmed in
old style Vandyke, Sir Joshua Reynolds and
Vatican arrangements OF flowers, feathers and
ribbons. The wide tapping brims are unlined
and unwired.
ONE OF THE LATEST NOTIONS IL o patent
leather shoe, having at the top an imitation
gaiter Of broadcloth, with buttons, buckles.
and narrow straps. These shoes so closely re-
semble a genuine shoe and overgaiter az TO be
indistinguishable.
LACE WRAPS are quite fashionable. Those
falling TO the bottom Of the dress are thought
to be very extravagant or expensive (the terms
are not synonymous, for an expensive garment
for person Of wealth is not an extravseance).
but in reality they are not expensive.
BoRDERzD WILING DRESSES are immensely
popular. The borders are generally printed
designs Of leaves and flowers running in stems
and vines from an abundance of foliage at the
hem to above the knees. Then the skirts are
laid In accordion pleats, and over these are
worn the cutsway, long tailed short jacket
fronted redingotes, and accordion-pleatsd
sleeves with deep cuffs to the elbows. These
nnish gown Of rarely picturesque beauty.