Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-24
DRESS A LA MODE.
Madame LIE Vanway's Spicy
Weekly Letter.
Plastic Applique a Stunning
Fad in Trimming.
A Lot Of Information as to What and
What Not to Wear.
Panniers Beginning to Appear Again.
Bracelets and Many of Them the
Correct Thing.

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fearfully and wonderfully new. It's
plastic ornamentation. The little have
seen of it is very artistic, and speaks
volumes in its praise. When you want
a new gown that will astonish the neigh
bors, just get one plastic applique, just
as you'd get your drawing-ioom wall
plastic appliqued. You will find it's
charming.
There's woman lecturing on love, and
life and death, and few such simple
little subjects, who wears these sort of
things, and they say She's stunning.
But then she's pretty woman,
which makes difference. She
has her gowns decorated from these
plastic models to suit her subject. For
example, when she speaks of love her
gown is aglow with Hymen's torches
and interesting things like that. [ won
der what kind OF gown she wears when
she talks OF divorces? You will hear
more anon about this. Picturesque idea,
isn't it? Gives such scope to fervid
imagination.
Panniers are in only creeping,
though. / don't think they'll be able to
walk much before the leaves begin to
fall They're not bad for very tall,
very slight figure. Not half bad. But
they're ugly unless the wearer is tall and
slight.
The Medici collar has seen its last
days. It's pity, too, for Of all fashions
fit for this coast climate, that was the
best. The wind couldn't blow it away
from your throat, and the fog couldn't
creep into your neck, when you wore a
Medici. But such are the griefs of
takes possession of us, fashion stamps
her tyrannical foot and says ''adieu,"
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Bracelets are the thing nowadays.
Lots OF bracelets, not loose bangles, but
good, tight, handcuf looking bands that
don't make large hand look smaller,
by any means. However, what's the
use of modes if they are not to be fol-
lowed. If l had large, bright pink hands
and square wrists, though, / would think
good long think before l would draw
attention to them IN any such thought
less way as that.
x*x
Full purses are always in style, but
they must be big, walletish affairs now.
x*#
It's time for the summer crop of we'd
dings, isn't it? Some of the gowns are
ripe now, and 1 will tell you something
about them.
The Marguerite bridesmaid is quite
the prettiest thing of the season. She
must be gowned in white, of course
pure, soft, snow white; is there anything
sweeter in the world? And her gown
must be of soft silk SO fine that there
isn't suspicion of rustic about it. 1t
must be made just precisely like dear
little Gretchen's gray gown in the opera,
and the hair must be down in
girlish braids. A quaint little net
Of pearls and silver is pretty on that
hair; close, becoming, medieval net,
mean, and then there's great bunch
of wide-eyed marguerites to carry. A
girl that doesn't look tempting enough
to eat, when she's marguerite brides
maid, ought to get her to nunnery
without an hours delay.
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The snowdrop maid of honor is dear
delight, too. Her gown can be of very
delicate green, just the tender green OF
new leaf, Or it can be white. But it
must be fine and soft and cllnging, and
there must be fine girdle of snow
drops, not wide belt, fate forfend Just
dainty line of the blossoms, and then
any girl with nice black hair knows how
to make herself look perfectly infatuat-
ing with little crown OF white flowers.
x*x
Since Cleopatra came flowers are the
thing for the hair. That is, when ones
gown Is nice and picturesque. The Gle
opatra style of gown is beautiful, but it
does not do for brides or their attend
ants. Why not? Oh, well-because.
Simply because-bridesma should
look as If they had never heard of the
old serpent of the Nile; never heard the
faintest whisper of her.
x*x
White stockings are dawning upon
reluctant populace. They are. There's
no use trying to deny it. They're of
silk and embroidered. Always some
thing suggestive of the lanky down east
country school girl about them, though,
isn't there? Or of funky, who brings
oh VIC iOttors III COMIC opera.
NV
Parasols are decorated with knots of
my lady's fayorite flower. Right on to
the top if you please, and on to the
handle, too, be it known. Flowers can
never be in bad taste any more than
water and air. That's one thing about
natural things. They do wear we'll.
Complexions, for instance.
NV
There are some of the prettiest travel
ing cloaks that were ever invented.
Long, graceful things, light as feathers
and as shakable as a naughty child.
Never wrinkle, never tear. never hold
dust. They are Of thin surah, pongees,
etc. Most Of 'em are black, and they
are very smart, frightened with bit Of |
gay color.
Button, button, who's got the but
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