Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-07

Modern Modes Have Gathered in
Antique LeHigns.


Antique Deaigns.
Fashion repeats herself, but never
quite on the old lines. yet we may
often obtain some useful hints by look
ing back, About sixty years ago there
was some similarity to present ideas us
regards dress Tho pulled empire
sleeves for low bodices the gigot for
day wear. the fur peleunes with long
ends and round fur boas, the large
hats. and the bows which adorned
them, have all come back from that all
most forgotten past For the moment
the dominant wealth Of Communication
is centred in the bodice; but the dress
makers would seem 20 be attempting
To revive such trimmings ON the skirt
that are unumbitioua and not too con
spicuous; and at the sune date, when
hats and boas were worn, such skirt
trimmings were In vogue, too,
For example, a couple Of satin pip
ings Of q diNorcut color TO the skirt,
but not In vivid contrast introduced
about half yard from the hem. Soft
fabrics closely allied to the chiffon OF
today formed "a ran hruilluuuc at the
foot, headed by cruss-cut satin, formed
INTO loops, one turning down among
the folds of dlurhuulus stun the
other running horizontally aus q pead-
ing, Leaves Of satin, piueu round the
edges. were turned To good account,
sometimes falling below four rows Of
satin piuing. sometimes clustered to-
gpthpr INFO sprays AMI set diagonally
above the hem at Intervals, Wide
bands Of FUR border the r0eC OF scanty
skirts that were short enough TO show
the ankle SwauHdoWn In triple rows
encirclsd white. light blue and light
pink silks. and sometimes these had n
deep tlounce Of lace at the hem, with a
go o.. Cd o
heading. Fronts OF skirts were often
trimmed with velvet, which wideued
/ toward the feet and was cut out In
| battlements at either side, and edged
with braid.
White crepe and silk nre both painted
with flowers and leaves for SKIRTS;
/ shamrocks and tcndrils We're cmbruid-
cred on others, and embroidery in floss
silk OF conventional designs being
sometimes introduced round the hcm
within piped yaudykes. quite n quarter
of a yard IN length. FloungCs We're APP
piled singly but fun and had rouleau
headings The silk hounces We're often
cut in points at the top, and this con-
stltuted the heading. while when there
We're two they We're cut round the hem
in Vandykes and plped. A drcss which
created some sensation at tho time
made thus. had the points broidered
with a ruche of minute feathers from
same enclrcled the skirt. In time the
tluunces for evening gowns We're re-
placed by a couple Of bouillounes with
lines OF satin rOulcauX Of a contrasting
color carried across at close intervals.
. These rOuleauX were formed into
flowers and stars sewn In double rows
on the skirts. Trimmings that reached
almost to the knee were the next move
in fashions. one OF these was carried
out with a colOred binding at the foot
and above 1t, three pointed nounces
edged with r0uleuuN OF two cOlors,
going round deeply acccntuated points
which were so arranged that they
formed a series Of diamonds.
ostrich feathers were placed In
panuches round the foot tied with
bows of ribbon and diagonal wreatha
of flowers kept 4 couple OF bouillonncs
in place In a bail gown The tooth
like device on Norman arch had been
appropriated and figured round the
foot and above "a single iiounCc, Tho
weather must have been warmer then
In summer than It is now, for muslin
gowns were worn out OF doors, espec-
tally white. and two layers of muslin
We're Joined ana formed into points,
seven such founCes without fullness
cred the front breadth, which was mar
row and graduated. The Crock pat
tern worked IN Il contrasting color APP
pears about fourteen inches from the
edge Of the skirts, and double skirt
was simulated by row OF trimming
halfway up, effect sometimes produced
by vandylles edged with pleating being
laid round az the knee so tnat the
points fell downward. This was the
time when large buttons and cOrnilow-
er-blue were the fashion, and history
has repeated itself now.