Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-05-28
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Millinery, Challies, Laces, Flounces
Styles in Making.

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Styles in Making.
Millinery to-day is almost an ad libi
tum affair, and the Egyptian asp {
complete failure. Hats may be very
large, very small or of medium size
loaded down with trimming, or a very
delicate wreath of violets, or some tiny
flower around the front, with high
cluster at the back; all are equally fash
ionable. A stylish hat is very small
toque of black lace frightened with loop:
of gilt ribbon, or of lace intermingled
with jet, and in many cases formed ol
three jet bandsaux, the hair being the
crown, and high bunch of flowers al
the back, or two or more single roses on
long stems standing upright. Strings oi
narrow velvet or lace are usually worn
with this shape, suitable for the youth.
full and middle aged. A peculiarly
of this seasons millinery is the large
proportion of round hats, worn by
elderly persons. The difference on the
color and style of trimming, also the
use of springs seems to determine to a
great extent the age of the wearer. The
very few capotes that are now seen has
brough about this change in many cases
most unbecoming one. White lace
or split straws, with wide brims twisted
into fanciful curves, belong exclusively
to young girls, and these are often beau
tiful extravaganzas, covered with lilacs,
or occhids, lace and high wired loops of
ribbon, with slight intermixture of gilt.
The convolvrelus is popular flower for
this style of hat also morning glories,
but for smaller shapes, nothing is SO
much worn as Parma violets and white
and colored lilacs.
NEW CHALLIEs
for house wear are in lovely floral pat
grounds and on black and dark blue
for street costumes, although this sea-
son, lighter colors are worn out of doors
to a greater extent, than ever before.
Some varieties in this class of goods
have stripes an inch wide, while others
show hair-line stripes, all strewn over
with delicate sprigs and bow-knot de-
signs in great variety. Embroidered
cashmeres have lost none of their form
er popularity, and in the dress goods
department of the well-known house
of Lord & Taylor, great reductions have
been made in all classes of dress ma
terials. For black lace dresses, drap-
cry nets will be as popular as ever,
ranging in price from 1.25 to $3.50 per
yard, and will be trimmed with ribbon
or gilt passementerie. Black lace
flounces are exceedingly stylish, from
seven to eighteen inches in depth, and
are used on plain-colored dresses, also
on brilliantly hued China and India
silks, with the same lace edging the
basque, on the sleeves and gracefully
draped around the neck. Flounces
showing the low-knot design are most
stylish, and often a plain piece of color
ed silk is put under the founces in Or
der to show the pattern. AS rule,
f1ounces of all kinds are headed by a
narrow standing ruffie.
STYLES In MAKING.
The skirts of all cotton materials,
either plain or figured will be made in
the close-fitting sheath or bnll shape,
with the addition of one deep founce.
or two and three narrow ones, trimmed
with white embroidery in Vandyke
points, and no matter how pronounced
a design may be, embroidery will be
seen in combination. The waists will
be either the long basque now so fash
or a short, round waist, with
ends worn under the skirt and frills of
put on bretells fashion,
pointing in sharply at the waist, with
high sleeves, and turned back cuff of
Colored velvet challi
costumes, as it imparts character and
finish As on illustration q whitn
challi strewn with colored floral de-
signs, has a white lace fiounce ten
inches deep with bows of narrow green
velvet placed at intervals on the f1ounce
and on the corsage the velvet follows
the lace bretelles, and is massed high at
the shoulder; terminating at the waist
in cluster of long loops. The basque
is very short with deep lace around the
edge, and BOWS of velvet at the back.
VERONA CLARKE.