Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-14
THE COMING sTYLEs.


 Secrets That Have Orsps Out from the
 Leading PariaIan Workshops.
 As I have said. women and dress makers are tiring of the present mixed. up styles of dress, and change is ex- pected in the fall. In point of fact the medley of bygone styles fashioned to form the present is very inconRruous. Models of 1t give us the empire skirt, the straight up and down sheath with out sign of draperY or trimming; the long bodice. especially the back, recalls those worn by the wasp-waisted women of Louis XV.'s court; the front bodice, very ornate, rather fiattened down the front, and curving in at the hips, is per haps the only novelty which deserves the name; the highly puffed Sleeve is Q reminfscence of the renaissance, so are the Elizabethan ruff and the Medicis collars; the metal belts belong to the middle ages, and the broad hat is med ley of the empire with the flat time which came after; the long handles of umbrellas and parasols remind one of the empire canes, and the shoes include two periods, the pointed toes of the re- naissance and the modern walking heel. As you see, we are in the composite
 
 shows his desire to turn back to the Louis Xv. style, to copy it more faith fully, to the exclusion of some of the rest, and no doubt he will have his way. for couturiers large and small willingly yield to his changes, and adopt what he dictates without much murmuring. In- deed. those at the head of large estab- lishments have not much time to mur- kN tnxs amk and styles.
 Among the elegant toilets invented by Reve for the seaside and watering places isa pompadour crepe de Chine, to which he added the psnniers 80 much regretted by ladies whose hips are in- sufficient to support the present fash ions. Those crapy stufis strewn with variegated flowers and soft green foliage are always the most effective for prom enading in parks or for driving in ave. nues shaded with trees, whose overtop- ping branches temper the suns rays and throw just enough greenish tint to en- nance physique and dress. Nothing seems wearable this season unless it has dash of yellow to touch up other shades and help them to do their duty in brightness. This cream pompadour dress was strewn with large pink and crimson roses and yellow daisies, and the foliage interlacing the folds was so disposed as to run in longitudinal stripes. The straight skirt was gathered just little at the waist in front, so as to look as if it were just bittuoked up: then it was disposed into wide panels at the sides, which met at the back waist and incased the fan-shape plaits of the back. The underskirt was pale pink silk. The front edge of the front panel on the left was trimmed with a row of rosettes made of yellowish green ribbon to match the foliage. From the front gathers small panniers of crepe were draped over the hips, folded and terminating with the joining of the side panels over the black fan skirt. The bodice, as much as mod ern style will allow, was the Louis XIV, pointed in front and back, of pompadour crepe de Chine. The front of the bodice was trimmed with a plastron of cream Venitian guipure, lying in downward laid festoons, growing narrower as they reached the waist; neck band of ofguipure. Band and plastron were lined with pale pink silk. Down the left side of the crepe de Chine, near the face, five small green rosettes formed the bodice trim ming. Cream guipuFe sleeves, plain and tight to the elbow, then draped and puffed on pale pink silk foundation. Broad brimmed Leghorn hat, of clear fancy straw which was scalloped all around the edge. then lined in pale pink silk, trimmed with cream ostrich tips, which lay in large bunch on the front brim, and another at the back. coming forward on the crown. Wide green strings attached to the close-6t- ting back, brought forward and tied into large bow under the chin. - Chicago T{naa