The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-11-17

! green, There were four rows Of olive
green satin ribbon sewn fat around the
skift-two high MP and two near the
/ bottom, The sleeves were Of pink sarah
| and the double putfs reached only to the
elbow, Above the sleeves were caps oi
lace. Across the bust was drawn a fold
Of pink surah to @ point in front, and
there held with q bow Of pink ribbon
with long ends, This is sop to Care-
bus, and the floating ribbon gives the
needed touch, and behold a novel tea
gown. When this dress is doHned, all
the young lady's rivals can sit about on
stand IN graceful attitudes and proceed
10 despise her with immeasnrable seorn
ia their eyes, but with smiles on their
lips,
The day of plain skirts seems to be on
| the wane, for the determined effort Of
some designers 10 introduce drapeFy, or
at least combinations, is beginning to be
felt. We find skirts cut in slashes, in
points and seallops over an nnderskirt
of some contrasting color or, at Least,
material. There are many trains where
the front Of the skirt Is Of velvet and
the back Of silk, and vice versa, The
rich Felvets Of the season lend themselves
admirably to the making Of heavy trains,
but they would be better employed at
the back than the front Of the skirt.
Therefore the most Of ths gowns with
the heavy velvet trains have the fronts
oe silk pr SATIN.
1 saw one gown for q Young lady,
10 Ia
way. Tie back of The skirt was Of su-
perb velvet bFocade, brewn on maize
satin. The front breadth was Of maize
satin with four rows of white lace inser-
ton and fastened with thres great bows
Of shaded maize and brown ribbon. The
large plffed sleeves were Of satin az well
as The baby waist. There was d velvet
bEocade figaro with a spring collar,
which took the form Of D bertha IN the
back, below the fall of Lace, A band ot
insertion formed tho wide belt and ar
otheE was laid around the neck. The
style of the day Is maintained, but tha
plonotony of roundabout trimming il
broken and the gown y pretty and girl
isl, while being of the most expensive
nlateEials II IL questionable taste, how
eYer, To dress Young unmarried women
ID such rich material II Leaves nothing
for chem as 4 recompepae for fading
beauty, with advancing age ana really
is not as becoming as simpler materials;
but as long as such things cost more
than tbe light and flmy textnres girls
will have them, 10 therel
This winter, now advancing rapidly,
we'll see more velvet worn aa gowns and
full costnines tIan there has been foF
thirty years. This il duet to two REASONS.
The yelyets caAle HI naturally with The
present styles ana seem to belong TO
them by sight. Next, importers loaded
themselves with velveta and velHtipa.
and then hard times came On, which
forced the importers To Bell their wares
at scarce tile cost Of importation, and
that PIT these ideal goods within Che
reach of every one. Now eapes and
cloaks axe uaae Of ityelutipa praferar
bly, unless one can alferd the best tsilk vel
vet. Tho rich corded and Ehattad effects
are alRaost wonderful aaJd tlle two toned
styles are beautiful
Some of them hzeal into four and iiEe
shades Of t3e two con fgasting cQAprs ard
WI Il gou examine eiosely VEN WIFI hnd
that thsre arp but two cQlors one shade
of eaeh Garainnl and blue give purple
elects as Weil aR tho Two rplQrs nRrled
III ono piece. The cheaper grades of
eilh faced velvet so not produce tlla
Fi8tt esfeet f. n somehow lacking u
tla hesgg fala Fha raw gelafipas sre
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