Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-07
THE FASHIONS.
WHAT THE LADIES ARE WEARING
THIS SUMMER.
Lawn Tennis Suits, Yachting Dresses,
Camping Toilets and Other Points on
the Art of Dressing.

Shirt studs will be worn by ladies who
affect the shirt front.
Fobs are in many novel shapes, the
newest being of balls of twisted gold
wire.
Link sleeve buttons are again worn,
the two buttons being of different
shapes.
Sleeves are worn so long that two
button gloves are permissible for all but
evening toilets.
Damanine, or diamond cloth, is new
fabric woven in brown or gray wool,
with silver line forming diamond
pattern.
The summer gown which finds favor
is the plain, full skirt and the long
pointed bodice, with Marie Antoinette
fichu, tied at the waist. Some have a
full putting at the lower edge of the
bodice.
The mountain dress which gives the
wearer most satisfaction is made of
navy-blue fannel-very short in the
skirt and loose in the waist. For
"campers-out" this proves a serviceable
costume.
The last whim Of fashion is reddish
gold hair, frizzed tightly and then pulled
into tangled mass all over the head.
This frizzled treatment of coils and rolls
means destruction to the hair that
only young heads can assume.
Gray and black form a stylish combi-
nation. Dresses for cool summer days
are made with gray skirts, around the
| bottom of which from three to nine rows
of black velvet are placed, and plain gray
basques with black velvet sleeves.
While the fact remains that the hustle
is a never-to-be-revived appurtenance of
the past, still the immortal Worth in
sists upon placing small pad at the
back of dresses for stout customers.
From this fact one may draw her own
inferences,
Ihe dressmakers are trying to make
the day gowns not only touch but trail
on the ground an inch or two, but at
present women are averse to it, as op-
| posed to cleanliness and durability; the
fashion WILL however, be in full force
for the smart race and fete gowns.
Women having adopted athletic and
common-sense ideas 60 step beyond, as
it was feared they would do when the
lackadaisical style went out, and are
now giving favor to very masculine at
tire. Blazers, vests, mannish collars,
and cravats are to be found in the ultra
fashionable woman's trunk.
Lightweight cloths can not be made
up into clinging dresses with satisfac-
tion. Some drapery is needed to cover
the skirt, But, notwithstanding criti-
cism, crepe toilets are worn without
showing a particle of fullness or drap-
cry. These Cleopatras, as they are
called, require courageous woman; tc
assume them.
When the weather becomes very
warm woman can dispense with many
of her superfuous garments and make
herself quite comfortable. A thin silk
chemise or thin jersey slip bodice is
great boon in hot weather. A curious
contrivance to do away with the neces
sity of multiplicity of skirts is hoop
skirt on which a hounce is buttoned
The open worked corsets are far cooler
than the many-boned heavy affairs worr
during the cold season.
An attempt is being made to introduce
perfumed gloves. This notion, it viii
be remembered by good historians, Ii
borrowed from the toilet of Catherin,
de Medcis. In the glove stores replicas
of the gantlets worn by Ninon dt
lEnclos, Lady Montague. Marie An
toinette. and Josephine Beauharnais
which "kings Tipped and trembled kiss
4 ing" are to be seen. The perfumed kiC
has the odor of sandal wood about i
! which is most pleasing to the senses.
All lengths are worn in gloves iron
those for evening wear which reach TIL
shoulder to the two-button gloves per
missible with the very long sleeves nov
, often worn on street gowns. Many o
the gloves are scented, hand-painte'
sachets being laid in the glove boxes TO
that purpose. Silk gloves with leathe
, fnger-tips are imported from England
Their chief merit is their durability, TO
silk gloves will wear out at the finger
, tips in spite of ones best care.
Lawn-tennis suits are made OF whit
: flannel or outing cloth in a loose, com
: Portable fashion. The full sleeves an
skirt allow the full play Of the limbs
) In place of the embroidered anchor
J seen ON yachting and bathing suits ar
racket and ball designs. Every color
the rainbow is employed for these gowns
Striped goods in two shades are muc
/. liked. A novel design shows Japanes
fans ora cream ground. The colors j
!, the fanssare so we'll blended that no on
. o0lOrpreUominates and the effect ls yer