Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-05
Enshion Notes.

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Fashion Notes.
white wells ought only to be worn with
white hats,
Grass lawn pocket handkerchief are new,
but not desirable.
White pique. mohair and canvas skirts
are enriched by vests OF Persian silk.
Pale yellow and pink batiste waists that
are not embroidered are effectively trim.
med with rows Of narrowest black velvet
ribbon.
The tendency is still toward very short
basQues and jacket bodices for nearly every
figure, and the effect on slender forms is
trim. chic and Trenchy.
Duck skirts, either white or %colored, are
made with Tapped seams double stitched.
Taheta ribbons still take the lead for
stock collars, belts and sleeve Knots.
Glace silks are very much used for
bodices above skirts of silk-lined grass lawn
These skirts have a shimmcring sort OF APP
pearance that accords well with the amber
airiness of the lawn.
Hats with bonnet strings are n late edlct
Of fashion. Charming creations In MILL
merry for garden party wear are provided
with two-inch ribbon strings that are TIED
in a square bow under the chin.
The pretty corduroy silks come In Persian
and Algerian stripes and In gay tri-colors-
green. gold and English rose and various
other bright combinations that render them
most desirable for dressy gowns.
Crepon yields stubbornly to the advance
of mohair, barege and canvas-but 1t yields.
Inch wide tucks on bodice sleeves and
skirts are a favorite trimming Tor dlmity'
linen, organdie and similar FABRICS.
1t is curious how flowers as a bonnet
trimming have suddenly lost their popular
ity. Six weeks ago every hat was piled with
them, but for midsummer wear feathers,
chiffon and ribbons are being substituted.
Materials for transparent gowns are sold
this year in greater variety than ever, ana
=, 1t LII, &c thAEn lrnGGnG re-
rendered very elegant and elaborate by rich
laces and silk Innings, exceedingly simple
and charming toilets are made with Innings
of batiste, lawn or ribbon cloth,
For waists alone embroidered grass lawn
is continually developing some new and
beautiful attraction. The %prettiest and lat
est patterns are very delicately embroidered
in fine. beautiful Marie Antoinette effects
the stems. tendrils and s%calloped edge o.
the trimming being formed OF very fne soi.
thread.
Very MANY economical women this season
purchase a batiste, grass lawn, organdy o.
other Summertime waist ready made at TIT
best shops, and then add a homemade sore'
skirt of plain material to match. Wht
dotted Swiss bodices are easily matcheu
also those of India null, chiiion anu sreha
dine or etamine.
"Book muslin" the old-fashioned nam
for a summer textile once emblematic o
dainty g%irlhood, has not been used 10
gowns for so long a time that 1t comes |
us almost as a novel material. 1t Is
sheer and delicate fabric, and where econ
omy and durability are concerned, 1t out
lasts half a dozen tulle, chiffon, or mousse
laine de sole gowns and even those of Sill
of mediocre quality.
Many substitutes for the spiking hat pl
are offered from time to time, but non
long supersedes these useful, II somewha
dangerous articles. A late claimant &c
popularity is what may be described as
douhle-tined hairpin, attached by a piece ,
elastic to a clamp pin, which in turn
fastened to the hat. In theory this fas
ener is excellent. and in practice 1t holt
the hat on, but it also disarranges the col
fure to a degree that is likely to interior
with its popularity.
of latter-day fashions. We no longer 81
- diamonds worn with the morning or utili'
costumes, nor a costly lace-laden paras
er- carried with n simple muslin gown "
ler lady's wardrobe to be complete must not on
to contain a number of parasols, shoes. tie
In boots, slippers, and gloves in black al
ira colors, in glace kid, suede kid, SILK, lisi
be and chamois, but her stockings must
me as properly and fashionably ensulte WI
age her varied toilets and costumes as n
-. gloves, and as costly as her purse can pu
'ae Two charming dust cloaks covering t
pretty toilets worn at a SUBURBAN wedan
aIn we're, one of chamois-co!ored SILK, WI
%plaitings of white taffeta let in the SIX
tn seams, anu "hite Siih 49, IL
" throat band and wrists of the big oish
vi sleeves. The other cloak was Of broN
:, d Holland. completely covered with fine VIII
soutache braid, sewed on in irregular wa
d ing lines. 1t had a white satin shell coll
and cuffs to the bishop sleeves, a Prince
not pach' ~ Ia s;,yor
and WIN '"ue "nN 'N s., T. ,hou,,n
nd. some late gowns. Modistes are temper
a ing by a Medici collar, rising at the ba'
the front cut slightly V shape, with a 81
plce fold coming iionn an nnoI,s sr;sL
filling IN the space rNounu tmnio
& a with q narrow pia,'ihs Vi t0' 49,,
with these are very high chokers topped
late ruches ana lace "ihss. Nv U.s. 20
ype moment demands tnal sieenes ~ 49, ,an, NO
on while the high-throat finish is fashiona
by paired with very shorI puhs' "'' ~ v
% a long gloves.