The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-01
FASHION FAvoRs.

The great success Of the season for afternoon
dress, both in and out of town, is the dress of
thick Grecian net, brocaded with large spots
scattered all over it, or arranged in clusters of
two, three or four.
We have taken note of pretty pattern. The
skirt was quite round, simply trimms with five
rows of faille ribbon roand the foot. The round
wasted bodice was gathered in front, on to the
edge of shoulder-piece, entirely composed of
narrow strips Of open-work insertion, which we
call trou.trou, through which are run narrow
colored ribbons, forming small loops round the
edge of the shoulder-piece. The collar, wrist
bands and wristbands were composed in the
same way, of insertion with ribbon.
Skirts of empire net are worn over slips of
colored silk. Crepe-de-Chine is combined with
the net to form scarfs and draperies
Soft, light materials. gracefully draped, are Q
great improvement upon the stiff plain dress.
tunic of crepe-de-Chine, bengaline, or veil
ing forms the most graceful drapery. fastened
up merely by few invisible stitches. Long silk
fringes are very fashionable.
A dress of anemone glace silk is trimmed in
front with rows of black silk fringe, finished
with heading of steel beads, put on IN the
shape of tablier. A flounce OF biack-spo,tsd
net as deep as the skirt itself commences on
each side of the tablier and is slightly draped
at the back.
Another is of almond-colored bengaline trim.
med with amethystcolored embroidery, FORM
ing narrow border in 'front.' and coming two
thirds up the skirt at the side. The front of the
bodice is trimmed with similar embroidery
coming up into peak over the chest, and down
again over the skirt, finished with long beaded
fringe. There is also embroidery pattern
over the upper part of the sleeves
pretty way of trimming dress and rendering
1t more stylish is to cover the shoulder piece
and sleeves all over with beaded pattern. II
the material has printed pattern the beads are
placed over it As specimen of this very new
and unique style, we may mention dress OF
green silk finely striped with black, and with
rows OF black dots between the stripes The
skirt was plain. only just the least bit draped In
'front.' The bodice was cut on the cross so that
the stripes met in the shape of In the mid
die of the back; in front q shoulder-piece was
simulated with Jet beads. Upon the black stripes
there was line OF jet beads; and upon each
spot one large cut bead covering 1t entirely.
The sleeves were beaded all over in the same
way.
In colored beads very effective patterns are
also worked over the printed pattern of the
dress.
Dresses OF cambria, tussore, pongee and other
light fabrics are made with open Jacket hoIices
and fa!l chemisette. fastened round The waist
with wide belt of striped silk, leather or
metal
Sunshades for the country or seaside are fash.
ionable of unbleached 81 k. streaked with bright
colored satin, or OF plaid silk, with handle of
rustic natural wood.
Little girs' dresses are now made much
shorter in the waist than they have been for the
last eight or ten years The waist ia stll longer
than Nature makes it, but not so ou,rag onsIy
long as We have seen it. The skirt is simply
pleated or gathered and trimmed with tucss or
braiding round the foot.