The herald., 1896-03-01
FASHIONS FANCIES.
These Are Things Which Women
Should Note.


Should Note.
Deep velvet collars are the latest ad-
dition to cloth gowns. The collars are
outlined with lace insertions and trim
med with deep frill of lace. They have
a Medici collar encircling the throat, and
fasten with gold clasp.
A fashion note of significance is the
return in smart London and Partisan
circles to the wearing with evening dress
of long, loOse-wristed black suede
gloves. This fashion was always be-
coming to the hand and decidedly bene-
fetal to the purse.
"Swiss"-the good, thin but stiff, dead
white Swiss-has a descendant in Swiss
as sheer as the old kind, but much more
beautiful. 1t comes now in soft cream
tones, and is barred, striped, and flow
cred out of all likeness to its prototype.
New spring millinery models are made
very striking by the addition of the me-
dallion buckle, which is a bright-color-
ed vignette, set in frame of rhinestones
pearls, or gold and silver tiligree. This
brilliant ornament is made in close imi-
tation of painting Oh ivory or china.
The doom Of the abnormal dress sleeve
is sealed. All gowns now brought from
Paris by returned importers and tour
lists show the bodice finished with a
close-titting sleeve, completed at the
top by very modest moderate puff,
il Vandyke point, Hungarian cap, or
tucked or gimp-trimmed chatelaine dra-
perry falling to the elbow.
Fashionable modiStes are gradually
reducing the circumference of the over
wide nine-gored skirts. Models of this
great width. however deftly arranged,
or well hung. looked nothing less than
overdone and wobbly. There were too
many yards of superfluous floaty goods
to look either graceful or stylish, and
they could not be fiattened or folded to
produce that effect
The Marie Antoinette fchu will be
conspicuous part of many of the organ
die and lawn gowns this summer. 1t
will be made principally of white null
and will have either frilled edge of
sheer embroidery or two rutfles of the
null bound with narrow ribbon. The
ribbon will match in color the design of
the olgandie.
One of the most beautiful of the new
materials for evening gowns is printed
silk grenadine. 1t sells for $1.25 yard.
The grenadine comes In all the delicate
evening shades, and the printed floral
design has the appearance of being
hand painted. Roses are scattered over
a filmy cream background and stray
violets are exquisite against ground
work of faint green.
For freShening up half-worn gown
there is an infinite variety Of fancy
aprons, which almost conceal the dress
beneath; they come in India linen;la
null. cross-barred muslin, and dotted
Swiss. Man yof them are elaborate af-
fairs. trimmed with lace and embroidery
palmer ones are finished with scallops
about the edge, and are easily laundered.
The lorgnette chain, properly used for
watch chains, wound several times
about the throat and falling over the
shoulders. with, at intervals, jeweled
slides. are dividing their favor with the
chatelaine attachment, of which many
pretty designs are shown. A filigree
fleur-de-lis is smart pattern, and is
used to hold up tiny enameled watch
in dull blue, set with five small white
diamonds.
The newest lawns have fowered
strines ip.J cs,ic,vsl, ana are simply eX-
quisite, yet only % cents yard, which
does not promise much for DURABILITY.
Still simpler lawns are in even narrower
stripes of color with white. New
dimities have colored grounds, or else
white grounds with moire designs in
mauve, blue. or green. Dotted dimities
for childrens frocks are largely i'm
ported.