River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.
Fascinating Costumes for Fair Feminine
Wearers.

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Wearers.
Vatican bows are positive rage, and
satin rosettes are keeping them com.
pany They are fastened at the bach
of the half-low corsage and have ends
reaching to the skirt hem.
Three lace flounces which cover the
entire skirt are seen on the new spring
models of black, colored, changeable OF
figured silk. When these skirts are
used for evening wear the bodice is Of
crepe de chine.
Berthas, frills and sleeves of lace are
the novelties for frill-dress gowns
When the berthas are very deep they
are called the Anne of Austria berthas
and are usually raised on the shoulder.
or have some sort of garniture forming
epaulettes.
The soft, shaggy bourettes, chevoit,
and other rough fabrics are made IL
without trimming, with plain, reversed
hens and stitched edges They have
close princess coats with full sleeves
stable pocket clasps and are CLOSED
with pearl buttons
Shot silk and wool and moired goods
come in all the pretty new spring-coloi
schemes and promise to be very popu
lar Some of the color combination:
of these goods are brown shot will
gold, gray with blue, green with golC
silver and wine with black.
The pretty, inexpensive and effective
arrasene embroidery has been revived
as trimming for house gowns and Jack
Il. L 4 |.
gay flowers and green leaves are really
lovely on pale cream, pink, Spanish
yellow or light-blue background.
Fashionable women in Paris are wear
ing long wells reaching almost to the
knees. They are of either Chantilly OF
Brussels net and for poke bonuets are
gathered ON an elastic band. When
worn with small capotes they are
shirred and stitched around the edge
pretty and stylish fancy for travel
ing-dresses for the coming warm sea.
son is to have the dress. long euvelop-
ing pelisse, and toque or bonnet match
in material. This idea is remarkably
neat and effective carried out in polka
dotted surah in brown or other dark
color, in gray pongee or summer cash
mere, or in narrow stripes in serge or
soft summer silk.
Watered silks in large waves and also
fine MORE Franchise is revived and will
be used for the handsome costumes for
the coming season. Many of the new
patterns are striped with satin and the
higher-priced designs are striped with a
color contrasting with that of the
moired surface. Some of these stripes
are of several different colors in mixed
hair-lines about an inch in width
A pretty costume recently finished is
of sage green Vienna cloth. The foot
of the skirt is bordered with three vel
vet stripes. each of them three inches
in width. The bodice has plastron OF
pale pink surah dotted with green, and
above this, at the throat, is little ia
bot of pale yellow point de Venice lace.
The sleeves are of sage green velvet
with bit of the dotted surah showing
at the wrist.
The most stylish princess gowns are
cut half low in the neck and are round
ing in shape. They are worn over a
Russian guimpe Of some rich material
like satin brocade, embroidered silk or
Persian broche. Ia most cases the full
sleeves match the guimpe; in some in
stances, however, they are of the IA
brio composing the dress, with deep
cuffs of the guimpe material. Some of
these princess dresses are slit up on each
side, showing a panel stimulating an
undersxirt matching the guimpe. N.
Y. Post.