St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-25
FASHION WILL Be BIZARRE
REDFERK HAS GOOD NEWS FCR THE
ECONOMICAL.
GARMENTS FOR THE SPRING.
It VIII Be Fashionable to Wear a
Bodice of n Totally Different
Color and Material From n
Simultaneously All Man
ner of Slightly Worn Gowns
May Be Utilized.
necial CONSEQUENCES of the Globe.

d. S---SNC%
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
New YORK, Feb. 23.-Fashion prom
ises to be bizarre this coming spring. /
say coming. although we'll aware that it
is the middle of February, and that
when this article is ''out'' it will be still
further on in this short month; but
with the sleighs running noiseleSsly
past me on Fifth avenue, and the white
snow lying thickIy on the ground, it is
difficult TO prescribe real spring fash
ions. However, we are bound to be
previous. When | ,aF that fashion
is bizarre l feel chat l shall
be called upon to explain my
self. Well, l mean as 10 the
mismatching of bodices and skirts.
Rejoice and be exceeding glad We who
are of an economical bent. the day has
come, yea now is. when it has become
fashionable to wear a bodice of a totally
different color and material from the
skirt. You may wear a bodice of a
resida green velvet and a vest of biscuit
cOlored suede, and a skirt of black
MORE. and the only bond of sympathy
between the two-if l may put it thus
poetically-being a band of biscuit-col-
Ored embroidery on the skirt.
In this manner all kinds of slightly
worn own may be utilized, but apart
from this one idea gowns will be as X
~travagant as ever they have been OF
late. Embroidery is one of the good
things to come. 1t is not cheap, and is
TO be of a peculiar kind with a raised
design on 1t. 1t will probably be II
of The expensive luXurieS of the spring.
However, | hear that it is to adOrn
gowns of every description, as zouaves
and vests, and also bands around the
skirts.
MORE ribbon is not going out, even
after all this long time of wear 1t is
not really very pretty, and [ think 1t
will be generally agreed that it is not
very becoming, as it gives a look of age
that is not desirable, but is very stylish,
and so 1t is in favor. Bows have
come very much to the front. The
large bow, which is difficult to
wear and still more difficult to tie, is
just now at the height of its success.
1t is not becoming however, spelling
the line of the neck, but it is French
and it is MORE, so it goes. Its success
will not last very much longer however;
1t is only becoming things that last
long.
Small flat bonnets, with large startling
bows at the back, are also fashionable,
and with a large bow on her head and a
larger bow at her throat. the girl of to-
day has a very flYaway appearance.
As a material for vests, collar bands,
and sleeves MORE will be used as much
as ever and bats, since the lovely Lang
try started one, areamong the last pro-
ductlons made from this stylish ma
terial. Black satin very much jetted is
another bit of extravaganza which as a
trimming will be viewed with favor.
BlouSes made on a tight lining, yet
with an appearance of looseness,s so as to
look fashionable and yet artistic, are
among the spring novelties, if they can
be called novelties when they are so long
lived and merely altered to suit the
eternal taste for something new. Red
fern is making them at present of
watered silk, and a great many are made
in those gay new colors cerise and
bright blue. Truly the school of esthet-
icism is dead!