Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-26
NOTES ON The FASHIONS.
Bits OF Information Concerning Late Cos
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Bits of Information Concerning Late Cos
TUNES.
Throatlets of various sorts OF fur
showing head, tail and paws of the AMI
NAL, are exceedingly popular.
Revers are ubiquitous; they surmount
everything. Either they repose on the
shoulders and extend softly down the
front of the dress, or are stiff and up
right like a full sail. They are also
either wide or narrow and in great
variety of shapes.
Accessories of cloth matching the
dashes of color in the shaggy, curled
threads of scarlet, yellow or gray
sprinkled over the rough Irish friezes
and homespuns, which are in toast
brown, dark green or blue are much
used in making up these fabrics.
Ribbon was never more popular.
Pretty little collarettes are made of
many rows of superimposed loops of
narrow ribbon. The Telerine collar is
also made of row upon row of frills OF
ribbon. Neckbands like the dress are
finished at both edges with narrow
ruched ribbon.
Stylish wool toilets are being made
up in combination with velours or vel
vet striped bengaline fiecked with gold
or bronze. These gowns are made with
demi- trained princess backs and jacket
fronts of the wool, very full sleeves and
shirred blouse vests of the velvet striped
silk. The front of the skirt is the pop
ular umbrella shape.
A fashionable skating costume is of
plaid velours. The bias skirt is bor-
dered with marten fur and opens over
an inner front of tan cloth. There is
closely fitted pointed bodice of the
cloth, and over this a Figaro jacket of
the velours trimmed with marten. The
sleeve of the bodice is of tan cloth, and
over this is the full-topped Hungarian
cap sleeve of plaid edged with fur.
Fashion favors the round waist and
the one that is slightly pointed back
and front equally. Some corsages are
made in natural length and others with
a tendency toward the short empire
style, and again others are in directoire
fashion, with long tabs front and back
and velvet bretelles that spread out
widely on the shoulders and taper to a
point at the waist
Silk continues to be the lining par ex-
cellence of dress skirts. 1t does not
stretch, is soft, and therefore falls we'll,
seams less bulky and makes it easy to
overlay them with trimming according
to the presens mode. Particularly is
silk desirable for the umbrella skirt.
Each gore of this skirt must be care
fully fitted or it will drag.
Famous Partisan dressmakers are
making dress skirts open down the
| 'front.' revealing a real or simulated
second skirt of rich brocade, velvet
striped cloth, velours or plain cloth
trimmed with lateral rows of gimp or
with soutache in elaborate tracery.
The bodice of this French directoire
skirt has a jacket that opens vest that
corresponds with the petticoat
Here is how too slender and ever
chilly young woman managed to appear
| plump and be comfortable. She took
the princess style as a basis of opera
ton and had her various dresses inter
lined from throat to hem with Shaker
flannel This gave to her figure a
round and girlish contour, and she de-
it was to be comfortable in cold
| weather.
For evening dresses, satin, heavy and
lustrous, in rose color, silver gray and
magenta, is being used. Brocades are
also very popular for handsome dresses.
Some of them are brocaded in silver
thistles, carnations and hawthorn
sprays Pale China silks, figured il
shadowy designs, yelled with net, are
made up in empire style, with big vel
vet sleeves and velvet girdle or crush
belt-N. Y. Post.