The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27
THE WOMRN
OF FHSHION.

New York, Oct. 26.-in establish
ing June and October as the
wedding months of the year the
fashion makers must have had an eye
to business. For as each of these months
introduces a new season, a wedding at
the beginning of either is bound to bring
out a great many new gowns and thus
set the fashions for the ensuing two
months. And it is not merely one we'd
ding, but half a dozen, involving the ne
cessity of several swell gowns. for no.
body likes to wear the same costume
more than twice on the same sort of an
occasion.
Perhaps it is this which accounts for
the enormous amount of velvet seen on
the streets thus early in the season. Vel
vet is eminently fitted for wedding wear
not for the bride or bridesmaids, but for
the danes and dowagers who attend to
lend eclat to the occasion.
only the very wealthy can aspire to
whole velvet gowns in these days of i'm
measurable skirts and sleeves; but as
trimming, the royal fabric appears on
nearly every gown that's made.
A fancy velvet, brocaded in peacock
shades. is seen in the sleeves of many
of the imported coats. 1t would seem that
the plain velvet which was all that was
once expected, ought to satisfy the most
fastidious. but now it must do more than
simmer and glow, it must blaze with jet
and Jewel beading. If the beading is not
actually imbedded in the velvet, it is put
on in the form of passementerie trimming
to finish the edges.
A gorgeous gown, and a striking ex-
ample of the new trimmed skirt, was of
old blue cloth and black velvet. The skirt
had a simulated petticoat of black vel
vet. over which the cloth, scalloped around
the edge, was stitched down and finished
with jet trimming. The waist was trimmed
with mink fur, and the costume was
crowned by a stunning black hat which
looked great" rs some boys say, against
the golden hair of the girl that wore 1t.
There are three shades of blue that
are worn this season: The old blue, the
national blue, and that warm, intense
blue that one thinks Of first when color is
mentioned 1t is the blue of the old-fash-
toned blue sash that our grandmothers
wore with their best white dresses when
they were little girls. This Is the shade
that will be most fashionable. 1t appears
in the ribbons and in the new silk and
The best way to find out what the fash
BILE colors are is to go to the ribbon
counter. This counter, by the way, Is one
of the best patronized in the stores.
Everybody wants to buy yard and
half of ribbon to make one of those stun
ming collars with the big round bow at
the back of the neck. The ribbon used is
six inches wide. 1t is laid in three pleats
around the neck and tied in an ordinary
bow-two loops and two ends-at the back
but the ribbon is so wide that when loops
and ends are made the same
length, the bow looks perfectly
round. Dresden ribbon with the fig
ure woven in is the faVOrite silk ribbon
for these collars. Very many of them are
made of velvet in all the lovely new shades
of yellow, blue, and magneta. Straps made
of a band of insertion with lace edges are
passed around the collar as If to keep
the pleats in place. Sometimes there are
four of these sometimes only two 1t is
one of the easiest to make and one of the
most generally becoming of the new neck
enough may be used, but the prettiest ones
are made of striped or plaid silk ribbons
or velvet in the new shades.
A pretty ribbon about seven inches wide
has large black and white and pink checks.
Other large checks are green and white
or yellow and white, and a collar like the
above made of this checkerboard ribbon
is very stunning. The wide ribbon may be
bought for Is cents yard, but the very
handsome bows are made of Dresden or
velvet or plaid ribbon that retails at $50
4 woman's dress waist these days is
like a salad. 1t doesn't matter much about
the basis of either just so the dressing is
good.
ANY clever woman can have a pretty
waist If she uses her eyes and observes
how easily plain dress is transformed
collarette. The new collarettes have long
tabs on the shoulders, and either tabs
or points in front. These are made of
lace insertion, of ribbon or of passemen- |
terie, and are edged with wide lace gath |
cred very full. Sometimes the lace is |
draped IN on the shoulders to resemble |
a bow knot, but the long slipping effect on |
the shoulder is preferable.
The lace fichu that resembles a small |
shoulder shawl is coming in again. 1t |
is worn with vest front and does not |
come together or cross in front as il |
was once worn, but is fastened at the /
waist on each side of the chiffon vest. |
This style of wearing the hchu makes |
ii more desirable for young women.
The box pleat or straps down the |
front of a blouse is still in favor 1t is |
usually made of a strip of lace inser- |
ton. pretty front is of null crossed !
with lace insertion at intervals of two |
or three inches. These straps come n 1
sets with collar and cuffs to MACH |
The collar that is made of fve-square |
lace-edged tabs sewed to a band that is L
placed inside the dress collar, is the |