Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25
CHAT on FASHION.

If the reports of ''our reliable CORE
spondent'' from summer resorts are to be
accepted without the proverbial grain of
salt, beauty is having its outing, and to
write on fashion would be an unrequited
task. Still, TO look upon the gay promenade
in this city, TO see the bright, laughing
faces as they pass in pretty phaetons,
carts, etc, there is reason to
believe that all beauty has
not fitted to other places, nor have the wo-
men at home ceased to care for personal
adornment, and for these and The GA
ZETTEs friends i'll towns and country remote
from fashions centers the weekly budget is
gathered. This is essential for the reason
that there was never q period in the annals
of fashion when more stress has been laid
on the artistic perfection of gowning
The fit of bodice, the height and shape of
sleeves, the proper finish of neck, the cut
and hang of skirt, are each and all matters
that can be no longer considered of trivial
Importance by any one who aspires to be
well dressed woman. Humiliating as it
may be, honesty compels the admission that
tistic harmony is due to men dressmakers
who We're the first to demonstrate that the
curves of beauty were best found by
a perfect adjustment to natures models.
Dress fitting and finishing has become an
art, but let not the amateur despair because
of this; by patience and care. the use Of
well-cut patterns and of the illustrations
and directions so easily obtained, a fair
moGicum of success awaits the home dress
maker. The first essential to this success
is to have the lining of soft mate
rial and perfectly adjusted to the
form. Not wrinkle must APP
pear in the short shoulder seams
Where the material is striped, the stripes
meet in points in the front and the bottom
is carefully cut to give the slight dip of two
or three inches in the back. Where small
hips require the tournure it is put in per-
manently in order that the length of the
skirt may be properly regulated.
The princesse remains the model for sum-
mer dresses, but is scarcely discernible be-
cause of the new draperies and novel ad-
justments. The Louis Quatorze coats are
TO be seen in all elegant costumes. These
fit like deep bodice in the back, and have
full and moderately high sleeves. They
are finished at the neck and waist with jet
or jeweled galloon.
Surplice waists of dainty hot-weather
textiles are made with their front edges
straight from the shoulder to the belt,
edged with real Valenciennes lace frill and
crossed at the waist line. This leaves
with small chemisette of Valenciennes
net, with a revers collar of the same, edged
with lace, which is first sewed to a very
narrow standing band of the dress fabric.
Beautiful costumes for demi-dress uses
are made with sharply pointed bodice, full
sleeves and lightly draped skirts, made of
exquisitely tinted silk muslin brocaded with
small roses and foliage, daisies, carnations,
etc. These gowns are always made up over
silk Innings, the shade of the dress. Neither
ribbons nor flowers are worn with these
dresses, but upon the corsage is pic
turesque cape collar of Venetian lace,
pointed in front as a finish to the slight V
opening in the neck. There are lace
shoulder puffs and deep lace cuffs to CORE
spond
The curve over the bust must be true
line of sculptor's art, and followed over the
hips. No abrupt waist termination is per-
Missile in artistic gowning. The proof of
exactitude-in fitting lies in the back; any
glaring defect here cannot be hidden and
is therefore the point of criticism.
The back of the bodice must be narrow,
and wound over the hips as if it were a
cast of plaster. The fitting over the hips
is not confined to the bodice, but the skirt
also must show at this point degree of
exactness in fit that is now often secured
by cutting the skirt on the bias.
There has been a restoration this season
of the once-popular white pique. 1t is
striped in hair lines of bright color, red be-