The sea coast echo., 1895-10-05
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NOTES ON THE FASHIONS.
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so,no Fresh Fancios III Feminine A apparel,
Women have given attention To
dress, IL Is true. and have been accused
of bestowinR a, great deal too much
thought on II, but this attention has
been not so much TO originate and dc.
wise adaptable things as to flt and con-
form and assimilatc rcady-mades and
utilize the things on hand II Is as
though instead OF using the product OF
the garden to make meal or women
are gradually arriving at that state OF
mind and intelligence where they pro-
pose To raise the garden stuff and raise
precisely what they want, instead OF
taking IT., as IL were, from the market.
gardeners hand to the table. II
woman wants special sort OF ia abrlc
Tor particular use, she has learned
how TO go TO work to get II. II the
design OF her dress does not please her,
she locks herself into her room md.
with lap-board and table, sets her wits
To work TO make one that will. III the
ready mades are unbecomiuq, she sits
or stands before mirror and works
aud cuts and tries and manipulates
until she finds what pleases her And
she does not do this without method
and excellent reasons for every pinch
md plaitand every bow and loop and
bias.
For a good many years, dress has
been run ON exceedingly narrow lines.
A woman bought nm alpaca. CASH
mere, Henrietta broadcloth, cambric
or organdie and made IL mp according
to the occasion on which she was 10
wear IL. II she wanted her cashmere
in an evening dress, there 1t went; II
she wanted street costume, all the
same, the street costume IL was Her
broadcloth was cut and trimmed for n
dressy suit or IL made severely plain
tailor costume Gradually certain
fabrics are coming to be used for Ger.
tain purposes, and there Is good reason
TO suppose that the lines will be more
strictly drawn in the future than they
have been in the past.
The French woman Is nm artist in
this respect and always has her cos
tunes made to suit the occasion ON
which they are worn. ,sss8ss. v,s.,
Exceedingly dressy out-of-door cos.
tunes are made from gJacc silk and all
moderately thin materials withehanRe.
able effects An attractivcdreas is made
OF canvas-woven silk fabric worn over
any bright color The canvas is made oil
the natural silk fiber, and is there fore a
sort OF pongee color or In palcr shades
TO an ecru. 1T is not generally known
that some silk fiber is of yellowish
cast, while. other sorts are OF the most
pearly white. From these extremes of
color there Is every variation. This is
said to depend largely on what the silk
worm fcedson, and this being the case,
the question naturally arises: WHY not
feed the worms on some harmless col.
ored food and produce silks in the vary.
ing tints OF the rainbow?
Among the favorite colors Of the sea.
son are brown OF all shades, yellow.
which, by the way, is for the
moment simply rage in some Of the
ultra fashionable circles Of London
heliotrope, blue and light shades of
green There is a green, with suQ.
gestioR of rose, that Is exceedingly
effective when well handled. Red Il
used TO some extent, and is very popu.
lar for fancy waists, provided il is be.
coming to the wearer.
Black, frightened with any OF the
popular colors, Is in the height of
fashion, and thin black made up over
color is among the most becoming and
stylish OF combinations
A great deal OF exceedingly fine let
is used and embroidery and lace enter
into the makeup Of nine-tenths Of the
most popular dresses OF the wear.
Batiste and orRandie dresses are made
with skirts gored ut the front. the
side breadths slightly sloped OF and
the back breadths plain. MANY ~
these dresses are worn over Iinin0s ~
the color of the figure; for example.
white orRandie, with pink spots. IA
made over pink cambrie or sateeu
slip. All white dresses OF thin ma
terial are trimmed with crgam-colorea
iaces and Worn over color. with in
white they are not SO muca liked a.
though they are occaslonally b seen e
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