Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22
DOMAIN.


Useful place in the summer wardrobe.
Then l propose to the woman who can
buy two that one should be a navy blue
,srge, and the other a black on dark-col-
ored velvet figaro with a light SIX skirt.
The same advice might have been given
last year and the year before, but this
only illustrates the slow change of fash
ion, for both these are fashionable. II
Is a conservative choice and they can be
worn all summer through. The serge
will be the travelling dress and the coun-
try morning dress by the sea. The figaro
viii be convenient for cool days and for
warm ones the tafeta skirt can be worn
with a muslin or lace blouse.
l described in this place recently some
chic serge gowns made for Cannes. L
have not much to add. The Jacket should
be fitted behind and loose and open in
front. or should reach only five or six
inches below the waist. There should be
no trimming, but stitching. The sleeves
of all gowns at present are close to far up
above the elbow, the balloon having shrunken
to small dimensions. The skirt has less ma
terial than 1t had. but preserves the same
faring outline. 1t should have a horsehair
interfacing. which the rows Of stitching will
hold in place. Navy blue seems to have
taken a new lease of l'fe. and one of the
combinations liked with this color 10 mauve
for the blouse.
The taffeta may be plain or have a
pattern. 1t is cut in the same form as the
other and is untrimmed. All the breadths
are kept upright, each breadth being gored
on both sides exactly as if it were meant
for a front breadth, and there are seven
breadths in the skirt. The figaros are
variously cut. Sometimes there is a little
swallowtail behind formed In two box pleats,
with the front cut up short so as to let
the blouse chow below from underarm seam
round to underarm seam. Or 1t may be
the length of the waist all round. Some
times the fronts are plated from the
shoulder and fall loose. The reverse may be
faced with white silk or a pale color. There
are no end o. combinations to make. Say
a black figaro, a tulle or lace blouse front
OF black and white, a black and
white checked skirt, and neck
band and belt of green ribbon. This would
be sober enough for the. street. Or say the
same figaro with a gray-blue skirt, or a
blue and black striped skirt, or an old rose
figured skirt, with blouse frost of white
tulle or cream lace.
The hat with the afternoon toilette should
be of green or blue or old rose coarse straw,
trimmed with black tulle or black plumee
or flowers. With the serge gown have a
wide-brimmed black sailor trimmed with
white and black tulle, black wings and a
white brush pompon.
There are no lack of other designs.
Doucet is making lowered silk jackets that
hang loose all round and that, made by the
artists hand, are adorable; at Redfern's
they are making princess gowns, a difficult
niouei ioT hShl-"elSHI materiai' at Worth
they are trying, as usual, to bring in draped
skirts cut up into puffs and bows, to which,
as usual, the Parisians are paying no atten-
ton; at Felix's, at Rouff's, there are charm
ing things. A little everywhere there are
Marie Antonette bodices-the chief eX-
pertinent OF the season thie, and a little
everywhere there are .fgaros and there are
blouses, for the blouse has not by any means
finished its days. But, considering all, it
would seem as II practically and fashion
ARD very well summed up in the two
models proposed. ADA YOUNG.