The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-08
INDIA SILK DRESSES.
Styles That VIII Prevail During the Com
ing Summer Season.

styles That VIII Prevail During the Com
ing Summer Season.
Full bodices, full sleeves and slightly
draped skirts are seen in the bestmodels
for India silk dresses. The bodice is In
some cases Tapped to one side straight
down from the shoulder, giving blouse
effect to the middle of the front, and a
frill of lisse or jabot of muslin passes
plating of the same fabric is then put
on the high collar and on the straight
Wristbands. Many bodices are the SIM
Pile French waists with only seams I'M
der the arms and on the shoulders.
Darts are not taken up in the fronts OF
these silks, but very full figures require
side forms to give proper fit. The full
ness at the waist line is tucked or laid
in four or six small plaits that turn
toward the middle, and the edge of the
waist is pointed and banded with rib
bon. The light quality of India silk
makes slight drapery necessary in the
skirt, such as full front breadth held
in slightly curved drapery at the top, a
plated or shirred side breadth, with
full back breadths. The silk founda-
ton skirt has short reed in the back,
and is more trimmed at the foot than it
was last year.
Among the prettiest India silks are
those of Spanish coloring-a yellow
ground with narrow black stripes an
inch and quarter apart. The front of
-the skirt has a seam down the middle to
,tdtm vsndykes of the stripes, and black
Chantilly insertion is set in the yellow
stripes to accentuate these points, each
row of insert ion filling space between
two black stripes. Bias rows are SINH
larly placed far back on the sides, and
there are three straight breadths be-
hind. A jabot breadth otherwise straight
is next the pointed front breadths. A
black velvet ribbon belt with long sash
ends edges the bodice, which is cut to
meet in points in front and back, and
also trimmed with insertion. A dark blue
India silk with very large Persian design
entirely in white has double jabot of
white Fedora lace down the right side,
while the full back breadths are draped
to show their selvage in short handker-
chief points at the top. A useful gown
of golden brown India silk strewn with
cream-colored vines and green foliage
has for its trimming golden brown vel
vet ribbon two inches wide set in three
straight rows from belt to foot on the
left side breadth, and in shorter
loops on the right side; with a
square bow on the ends; the front
breadth between these is draped, and
the back is quite straight. Length
wise velvet ribbons on skirts are fas-
tened at the belt, then allowed to droOp
in a loop below the hips, are tackled
there, and thence drop to the foot in a
forked end, or else are completed with
large chou on the hem. A pretty
skirt of black India silk strewn with
flowers has it's side brcadths held by
clusters of gathered tucks two fingers
below the belt, then ornamented with
olive green gros grain ribbon set below
the gathers in large bow with single
pointed end hanging to the foot. A
black satin-striped India silk with gay
Powered designs has q single row of
Chantilly insertion above the hem of it's
round skirt, and sash drapery behind
made of black surah fringed at the ends
l,eqd barred with insertions. A gray In
{ dia silk with design of white flowers in
stripes has the skirt laid in loose box
plaits not too we'll defined on front and
sides, trimmed down the left with two
rows of black velvet ribbon, and on the
right with three rows, each row tackled
to fall in loop, yet preserve its straight
line, and extend to the foot in a pointed
end. The hem, three inches wide, is
set on with narrow black beading, and a
breadth of the silk is draped as sash at
the back, forming single broad loop
and one end.-Harper's Bazaar.