The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-20
TIE COMING STYLES.
Soorees That Have Cropt Out from the
y Leading ParIsian Work.Shops.

SoSkoSS AnoC hAVo OropG Oue from the
- Leading Partisan Workshops.
AS I have said, women and dress
makers are firing OF the present mixed
up styles Of dress, and q change is OK
pected in the fall In point Of fact the
medley of bygone styles fashioned to
form tho present is very homogeneous
Models Of it give us tho empire skirt,
the straight up and down sheath with
out sign of drapery or trimming; tho
long bodice. especially the back, recalls
those worn by the wasp-waisted women
of Louis NV.'s court; the front bodice
very ornate, rather flattened down the
front, and curving in at the hips, is pcr-
haps tho only novelty which deserves
the namc; the highly puffod sleeve is a
reminiscence of the renaissance, so arc
the Elizabcthan ruff and tho Medicis
! collars; tho metal belts bolong to the
middle ages, and tho broad hat is med
ley of tho empire with the fiat time
which camo aftor; the long handles of
umbrellas and parasols remind one Of
tho empire canes, and the shoes include
two periods, the pointed toes of tho re-
naissance and the modern walking heel.
AS you see. We are in the composite
shows his desire to turn back to tho
Louis Nv. style, to copy it more faith
fully, to the exclusion of somo of tho
rest, and no doubt ho will have his way.
for couturiers large and small willingly
yield to his changes, and adopt what he
dictates without much murmuring. In
decd, those at the head of large estab-
lishmcnts have not much time to muir
muir, much less to invent, new dresses
and styles.
Among tho elegant toilets invented
by Reeve for the seaside and Watering
places is pompadour crepe do Chino,
to which he added the panniers so much
regretted by ladies whose hips are in
sufficient to support the present fash
ions. Those crapy stufrs strewn with
variegated flowers and soft green foliage
are always the most effective for prom
cnading in parks or for driving in ave-
MUGS shaded with trees, whose ovcrtop-
ping branches temper tho suns rays and
throw just enough greenish tint to en-
nance physique and dress. Nothing
seems woarable 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 intcrlacing the folds was so
disposed as to run in longitudinal
stripes. The straight skirt was gathered
just little at tho waist in front, so as
to look as if it were just a bit tucked 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 tho left was
trimmed with row of roscttes made of
yellowish green ribbon to match the
foliage. From the front gathers small
panniers of crepo were draped over the
hips, folded and terminating with tho
joining of the side panels over the black
fan skirt. The bodice. as much as mod
ern style will allow, was tho Louis XIV.
pointed in front and back, of pompadour
crepe do Chine. The front of the bodice
was trimmed with plastron of croam
Venitian guipure. lying in downward
laid fcstoons, growing narrower as they
reached the waist; neck band of guipurc.
Band and plastron were lined with pale
pink silk. Down the left side of tho
crepo do Chine, near tho face, five small
green rosct:es formed the bodice trim
ming. Cream guipure slocves, plain and
tight to the elbow, then draped and
pulled on pale pink silk FONDA ton.
Broad brimmed Leghorn hat, of clear
fancy straw which was scalloped all
around tho edge, then lined in palo
pink silk, trimmed with cream ostrich
tips, which lay in a large bunch on the
front brim, and another at the back.
coming forward on the crown. Wide
green strings attached to the closc-tit
ting back, brought forward and tied into
largo bow under tho chin. = Chicago
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