The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
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WORLD OF FASHION.
Krfies and Big Sleeves the Distinctive
Feature This Season.


/ for the coming season are white, black,
navy, gray, tan and brown.
] Hats are much more worn than bon
nets, and may be large or small TO suit
| the wearer.
The Empire puff is still seen On sleeves
| that are otherwise close-fitting.
| There is little change this season in the
! first dresses worn by children. The
waists of babies long dresses, however,
| are not as short as they have been. They
! hsve been heightened TO the French
model. A sash Of soft nainsook or ribbon
! is worn at the waist.
Velvet hats are favored for wear at any
time; they are made to match the color
Of the costumes, or in black, laden with
black plumes, and frightened by a
touch Of the prevailing color in the DIRE So
or wrap.
Winter listers appear in a variety Of
attractive guises. The favorite fur and
soutache ornamentation has found its
way on to the ulster, the wrap which in
other days was supposed to be too much
of a rough and-ready garment TO adapt
itself to any species of decoration. Rather
elaborate braidwork in soutache upon the
revers. cuffs and collar is noticed upon
many ulsters in plain Devonshire cloth
and Irish Melton. Some of these fasten
diagonally by way of variety, and are
open to the waist in the back.
The chief trimming used on the first
HraSSaa IF oh Is IL nj;
ennes lace or soft, hem stitched ruffies.
There is less hemstitching and drawn
work used than last season.
Frills of chiffon in high colors have one
edge worked with white in long darning
stitches. The narrow black velvet ribbon
with colored edges has come back, looking
just as it did in the early sixties. Even
the baby ribbon has colored edges the
soarlet-edged black is pretty on children )
hats.
Pointed cape collars and rounding capes
are stylish.
For young women the fashionable silks
for evening wear are extremely delicate in
coloring, pink and heliotrope in their
palest tones seem to predominant.
Shaded velvet sleeves with contrasting
costumes, and plaid velvet sleeves wit
blue or green cloth gowns, seem to be par
ticularly popular.
Rufies, puffs and gathered folds of vel
vet are stylish edgings for silk and wooden
dress skirts They should not be more
than three inches wide when finished.
For simple dresses, red cashmeres
trimmed with dotted bands embroidered
in black silk are worn by little children,
with white nai2sook guimpe.
Yellow remains favorite color for fan
ciful little dresses made of chiffon or en-
broidered silk muslin, which is laid over
India silk There are still many smock
dresses. A pretty dress of this kind in
cadet blue cashmere, IS drawn up into a
short Empire waist by fanciful pattern
of a shocking This waist would have
been merely yoke lad it not passed
under the arms. The bottom Of the skirt
is finished with a deep hem. The full
sleeves are finished by a close cuff Of
shocking. full ruche Of boX-plaited
satin ribbon about two and half inches
wide, in golden brown, the color Of silk
used in shocking completes the dress.
Short tea-gowns are made for youthful
wearers in quaint and pretty fashion, the
Empire style being a fayorite with a
round waist slightly low-out IN the neck,
and full sleeves banded and rosetted from
elbow TO wrist The skirts as a rule, srs
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lightly gathered Some have plaits front
and back. falling from a guimpe o. YOKE,
and under the arms Is piece cut Ike
priucesse breadth In the back Is a box
plat, also falling straight from yoke %
hem. These gowns may De made Of plan
French cashmere
Bonnets remain small, with close side.
and tiny old Dutch crowns
P-ocadei India six ! much used %
make indoor blouse waists II the figures
are not TOO large or 100 loosely woven. this |
material will wash and woa- A. well as Z /
it had plain, close texture Il i seldom /
lace-trimmed this season. bat = much
decorated with ruf1es o. p.afings ot T.
plainly woven silk OF the same grade.
Mink fur IS more generally used f1r !
wraps. coats and trimmings shan = WIS /
last winter. ana a corresponding increase +
i noted IN its cost In the finer grade = (
is wonderfully rich il shading aud soft n +.
texture
The most desirable wat-rp~ooEs =.
present are made OF hHe i sar wool. v.sE .
a rubber zn.erliu5ag. This lE.Ek l. -aiG
by expert. 10 be galvanized ~ TIA, IL Will .
no; ror. aud X dos nes give forth suv uu-
pleasant olo-s. The inferior qualities G, .
wat4rpr have q very disl -,rera0le aGos,
at tie ST quality l. onorle>s.