Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11
FASHIONS In LONDON.
Tulle, Chiffon and Crepe de Chine for
the Evening Party.
SWANSDOWN FOR FANCY BALLS.
The Princess Of Wales and Her Daughter
Stick to NeWmarkets.
FLOWER DRESSES ARE ALL THE RAGH

rCoRREsPoEDENCE OF THE DIsPArcH.1
LONDON, Jan. 2.-In the month Of mid
winter the most important point to women
so far as dress is concerned is q ballgown.
As rule cheap clothing is to be condemned
it looks common and wears badly and is
on the long run very expensive, but all
rules have an exception and this Is certainly
the case so far as evening frocks are con-
cerned. It is advisable to have two or three
cheap evening dresses in preference to one
good one, the reason being that at night
cheap stuffs look quite as well as more ex-
pensiye ones, and that a woman who has to
wear the same frock at half dozen dances
where she is likely to meet pretty much the
same set of people. is at a disadvantage even
If she vary her dress each time with diff
ferent colored ribbons and flowers.
Those who have to study economy should
choose nuns velling as their material for
evening wear. 1 saw a charming pale pink
gown the other day, the skirt of which was
made in long panels sewn along the edges
with silver passementerie, whilst the low
bodice consisted of two draped folds which
crossed over and were finished off with an
edging of the passementerie, and a zouaYe
belt also edged with the silver trimming.
The material and trimming. was assured,
came to 80 shillings.
Good for an Evening.
Tulle is being largely used this year and
is of course one of the most effective materi-
ais if the dress is to be worn once Oh twice
only; after that, however carefully it Is
handled it loses its freshness and becomes
limp and crushed looking. A lovely frock
was shown me yesterday by one of our lead
ing modistes. 1t is intended for tall, dark
and very striking. if not perfectly beautiful,
woman. 1t was of gold colored tulle made
up over gold silk. The bodice was elabor-
ateIy trimmed with yellow chrysanthemums
the exact color of the dress, while the sleeves
consisted almost entirely of rows of the
flowers Joined together by bows OF gold col
ored velvet.
Chiffon and crepe de chine are almost
more popular than tulle, and have the ad-
vantage of looking fresh longer. Collars
and boas of feathers or flowers are being
turned out to match the frocks, and are GER
tainly boon in draughty passages and
corridors. No particular colors seem to be
exclusively patronized. Gold and silver are
being largely used by the dressmakers, and
at smart ball given in town last week the
number of gold and silver girdles, especially
on white silk and white tulle gowns, was
almost monotonous. By the by, at this
same ball noticed women wearing their
hair in the way that Partisan grande danes
are now patronizing, viz: with two curls
in the center of the forehead and the rest of
the hair lightly brushed back and only
slightly waved in front.
For the Fancy Ball.
There are some capital costumes this wear
for fancy dress balls. Two worn at Mrs.
Samuel Montagu's ball the other day were
especially pretty and original. The dresses,
exactly similar, were pure white, trimmed
with a quantity of swansdown, and were
worn by two ladies who called themselves
twin-powder puffs. Their hair was
powdered. and amidst SO much
bright coloring they looked exA
for fancy balls are flower dresses and if car
ried out well are extremely pretty. A daf-
fodil dress might have yellow silk bodice
with border of the flowers and a Killed
skirt of the silk with daffodil petals forming
an overskirt Beneath the petals should be
little touches of green plush and a headdress
of the petals and green plush would finish
off an effective costume.
1t is rumored that owing to the dislike Of
the Princess of Wales and her daughters to
the three-quarter length jackets Newmarket
coats will still hold their day. was shown
a handsome one by West End tailor yes
terday, made of rough brown tweed with
touch of yellow in it. The fronts open with
revers and there is a turn-down collar
trimmed with yellow silk. On the basques
are a couple Of small pockets also lined with
yellow completing a very smart little coat.
All the new walking dresses are made with
fur, astrachan and beaver, being the most in
vogue. MARIE MoNNETTE,