Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
FEMININE FASHIONS.
Some Seasonable Suggestions Concerning
Ladies' Costumes.

Some of the summer dresses of thin
material suggest the Dolly Warden
of glazing memories Spots and
stripes, high colors and staring com.
binations are noticeable in the illus.
trations one gets from Paris and may
occasionally see in shops that cater to
non-conservative ideas in dress. A
dress of striped silk, with large, bright
figures scattered over the stripes, is
made with ten-inch founce on a
plain gored skirt A band of fancy
galloon, two inches wide, trims the
upper edge of the founce. Below the
soft belt, which is of velvet, there is a
yoke-shaped top fitting the figure
closely. This is about eight inches
deep, and is trimmed with three rows
of the GALLON set round and round.
There is poke almost covered with
galloon, and from this full front ex-
tends to the belt. The sleeve-tops
are enormous puffs, with bands of gal
loon in points down the outsides of the
sleeves. The cuffs are of velvet, and
velvet rosettes finish the corners of the
yoke where they join the sleeves.
A stylish waist of plain silk has
front of very rich brocade. A square
collar covers the shoulders and sleeve.
tops, extending far out over the sleeves.
This is edged with futed ruffle OF
India silk. The collarette portion is
of silk, made stiff and rigid with
passementerie or galloon set on to
head the ruffie, and also to outline a
yoke pointed ON the front and back
and on the shoulders. Above this yoke
III soft collar of velvet The loose
belt is also of velvet.
Among the notable features in some
Partisan costumes is the prominence
Of blue and the startling combinations
made by French designers. Bright
grass-green and dark blue are among
the combinations, and white, gold and
green is a popular fancy.
A novelty costume is made of thick
black silk, lustrous and stiff enough
to stand out in the approved fashion.
The dress is cut in princesse style,
and is open from throat to hem, show
ing very closely plated, full-length
front Of embroidered crepon. The
square collar is edged with the en-
broidered crepon, and the crepon
sleeves have very narrow cuffs of vel
vet just below the elbows. The sleeves
are made in two puffs, and have
shirred tops in epaulet fashion.
Another dress is of bright-spotted
taffeta 1t has three narrow ruffies a,
the hem of the skirt, enormous balloon
sleeves, and close-fitting waist
which is nearly concealed by large
surplice-shaped collarette, with wide
| ruffies that almost cover the sleeve
tops. The surplice ends of this trim
ming pass 1inder the soft belt, and fall
half way down the skirt on either side
of the front They, as well as the
shoulder-ruffies, are trimmed with lact
set on very full. This collarette af
fair is made of crepon, in any of tn,
fashionable light colors.
There seems to be mania Just nov
for what is called simple dresses. 1t il
somewhat amusing to note the net re
suits of simple dressing of this kind
A plain batiste, inexpensive enough il
its original condition, liz made up owe
silk, and has enough elaborate an,
costly garniture on the waist an,
sleeves to bring the aggregate expens
mp to figure that modest purses coul,
not even think of without SILVER
Twenty-Five to fifty dollars worth o
waist trimming alone on dress @
plain batiste or null, to say nothing ~
,he silk Innings, is scarcely in accoi
with the most accepted notions of sim
plicity.
Stripes of all sorts are much liked
and whether in taffeta, glace, muslin
crepon on grenadine, the stripe seem
to divide favor with all plain mater
AlS-N. Y. Ledger.