The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-27
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81 Near hostess will wear is flea gown. Think
a ot of a Mother Hubbard my home sister,
n or wrapper; for the American woman in
n foaris has banished thek from the family
q hi tea gowns and has confined the defini-
on of tea gown" II something artistic
md beautiful for aftFnoon wear.
Il such marvellous tel gowns as have been
ent across the sea tie past few days! One
~ the rooms of th( couturieres have been
knread with these e3quisite creations in silk
nd satin, and next day they were gone
n ITO Amerique." Often the gown itself
would remain i'm Paris, but very nice
1 drawing Of it wot.d be sent over to be cop
led in rich materials
The tea gown Tor a New Year calling day
Is about the mort sensible seen. 1t is Meth
.r fish, flesh hor fowl in one way. 1t
Hoes not declate itself positively either for
&daylight or evening, and so it is appropri-
ate for wear all day, which is exactly what
lis required Of a hostess who is 'at home'
#1rom breakfast to midnight to any one who
#wiA come To see her
II one were to pick out the first char
4 acteristic Of this gown. which is now
the most important in the shops. one
q would say the lovely coloring. But the
second WOULD be the very beautiful styles,
the oddities in pattern and the quaintness.
These are new in many cases and the
q gown has the unmistakable appearance of
being something original made special
81 ly" and not one of thousand turned
off after a pattern.
Plain effects are hard to find The de-
4 maud is so entirely for brocades, dots
an and stripes. Those who fancy the plain
81 shiulrner will be disappointed in the new
N tea gowns, for they are as variegated in
q effect as the ever brilliant tea-table.
Fan 10 - T. =.
& make The l2ose soft effect is all gone
81 it does not cling and it is distinctly a
q gown. 1t has more the look of the Marie
q Antonette robes and the heavy dresses
n Of the long ago than the little light gown
which has hitherto been known as the
Il tea-gown. In the tea-room, dressed in
her tea-gown of changeable hues, with
her pets around her and bevy of girl
friends, the charming Amer.caine will bid
Il her frienes, HAPPY New Year.
elaborated tea gowns on exhibition claim
especial attention. They are fashioned
of all sorts of rich materials, but silks
undoubtedly been favored.
tea gown that has attracted no end
of attention is modelled after one of the
exquisite old Vatican gowns that has
Il been preserved at the Musee Cluny.
ThGre is a separate petticoat of old ivory
SAtU, quilted in small diamonds. The
f.oVn is of ivory silk with bouquets of
flowers, in the most subdued shades of
lowers, in the most subdued shades Of
equation Watteau plat, the draped pan
Ter effect and the tight-titting elbow
sleeves, finished with frills of old cream
lace.
The gown, 1 was told. was made ex-
pressly for one of the most beautiful
Young women in the American colony
here. She is one of those dainty blondes
that always suggest Dresden statuettes
and she has the rare faculty of combin-
rig the picturesque with chic so as to
set the best effects from the two good
qualities.
French women simply revel in the lux
llrlousnesS or their morning gowns They
II i'm them with fur, lace and chiffon and
70 axe them the most becoming gowns
One of the richest tea gowns is made
q sort SILK, in a dull shade of dahlia.
u Is a princess gown, fitting snug ut
q inging, folds at the bottom. At the
~ lck there is a broad box plat that COM
10 ences at the collar 1t is not confined
a the waist, and merges into full demi-
u ain. The short bclero is of old gold
5; tin, covered with very fine pattern in
y descent passementerie and trimmed with
u andS OF black satin.
From under the box plat at the back
. ONES high corslet of draped black
5. Yin, lined with old-gold silk At the
le tt side of the corslet the satin is fash
u ned into long, full bow that shows
q 'nspicuously the facing of yellow silk.
. eep cream mousselne de sole is pulled
an at the shoulder seams and brought
dc wn into the corslet to form vest. At
tlle front of the vest there is a full cas-
" tn narrow yellow satin ribbon.
The sleeves of this gown are quite the
II ewest out. They are made of the dahlia
* TX and are tight fitting from the waist
ttl the arm-hole. Two strips Of the silk
d iced with old gold are draped at each
q de of the top of the sleeve. They are
II ought up to the shoulder seam and
X NOTED there, and the tow ends, are wired
u stand up in ''rabbit-ear" fashion. The
Is attn.
Moire silk is one of the most popular
y aterials of this season. One sees at all
= le shops the most beautiful ball gowns.
Il inner gowns, visiting gowns ard house
& owns fashioned of MORE sill k.
0 one Of the prettiessd OF If MORE house use
y ont the silk is gathered full from the
SHOULDER seams and is brought down
through a black velvet girdAe and allowed
20 flare. The fulness is arranged to show
a narrow front of white satin that is en-
hroidered in gold threads The back. is
princess with a vatican plat coming
from the bottom of a short square pompa-
elour of the embroidered white satin The
Rlait forms a slight train at the back.
Broad revers of the embroidered white
satin start at the shoulder seams and
reach nearly to the top of the girdle. They
Feline de, sole that is hordered IN narrow
black velvet ribbon. At the bust line the
revers are caught toG9ther by a butter
lily bow of black velvet. The sleeves are
seant coat sleeves finished at the elbow
with narrow black velvet cuff.
Some Of the tea gowns saw that were
Nerc quite as rich though more subdued
in coloring than the others shown me.
One specially pretty tea gown was made
of soft silk in stripes of two shades Of he
lotrope. 1t was princess" with broad
front of heliotrope satin covered with
sspangled black gau;se. over the shoulders
there were narrow tabs Of heliotrope vel
vet extending three inches below the
shoulder seams back and front. These
were outlined with full plisses of black
chiffon that touch ed and were caught to-
gether by tiny amethyst pins joined with
dhread-like gold chains.
A butterfly bow of heliotrope velvet rib
bon was tackled at the heading of the pills.
sc at the back. And the ends of the rib
bon reached nearly to the bottom of the
demi-train.
The sleeves came over the knuckles and
were finished with point that was out
lined with fall OF old cream lace. They
~ ere draped nearly to the arm-hoe seams
and were mounted by soft scant puffs. The
tall crush collar of heliotrope velvet had
"a finish OF cream lace frills. This gown
was lined throughout with a soft shade
of heliotrope srrah.
II Is considered more elegant to have