The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-05

The skirt, sleeves and back of the blo,,se
are OF lawn; the front OF the blouse
is OF ecru batfste in open work embroid-
cry. cry anu over It falls u short bolero of
me me piue. Wide belt of black satin.
Inc edge of the bolero is bound with
Dlue velvet ribbon, and on the pun of
the sleeve at the same height a little
tNck Is made and bound with the vel
n ,, SO as to continue round the line
thaue pS the bolero edge. The skirt has
border made by sewing on several
rows or the velvet ribbon doubled SO
as TO look like the binding of tucks.
me collar band is batiste with the blue
,aMn above 1t In plating bound with
trimmed with black lace and red roses
VIII make color harmony ideal.
CHARMING MODELS.
dinner blouse of cream white tafreta
nus oindlngs OF brown velvet. 1t is said
piaited behind and gathered in trent,
ana over the front falls short bolero,
side plated like the back. All the plaits
are bound with brown velvet. There is
no binding on the lower edges of the
polero. The neck is square in front and
nigh behind. built up with a piece add
eu on that runs up high in the middle
anu CURVES down to end on the sides,
ana this curves down to the end on the
Sides, and this band is covered with
RULES OF the taffeta bound with velvet,
slke a big roSette that is spread out
Wide y similar rosette is at the belt
IN front. The neck in front is bound
with velvet. with q single rufile turned
downward. Elbow sleeves. The same
idea is carried out In white lace with
velvet bindings over rose.
certain number of gowns are made
with ficku effect but this style has
not had the success that was promised.
The reason seems to be Il reaction
against everything remotely suggestive
of capes. Nevertheless the fichu idea
is becoming to some women, and Is IL
Illustrated in gown made of black lawn
figured with white. The bodice is drap-
ed across the front in surplice manner,
and wide white lace rufile bound with
black velvet passes over the shoulders,
and following the edge of the surplice
one side passes under and stops while
the other continues down to the side,
where falling on the skirt is runs round
TO the middle of the back, where is meets
the lace descended from the shoulders,
ana Is formed into bow. One side thus
mas ruliie and the other has none.
Gowns for street wear of fine checked
black and white surah OF wool are
trimmed with rows Of narrow black vel
vet ribbon in graduated widths. or with
rows OF narrow black silk braid alter
mated with white or silver braid. The
figaro jacket is a good model for these.
II is cut j little short. so as to display
wide black satin belt. A very success
full dress of this sort has a blouse OF
iliIlunu green ~ plating OF the green
fails below the belt in front and back.
ard another plating stands high above
the neck band behind.
TAFFETA JACKETS.
The cape that so lattly was the prin-
cipal feature OF out off, door style has
quite passed its heyday, and taken re-
fugc in the stores that reVcl in a gar
meut only when it can be bought OF the
wholesaler at Il discount. This is to put
II rather strongly. Capes linger but
they no longer present the fashion. a
new style has arisen. and 1t calls not
for big wheel effect round the should
ers, but for sleeves. The sleeve may
be as big as a bishops. but is 1t II some
thing closed at the wrist. that once more
brings the hand into view. This is a
word to those that think for autumn in
advance.
Some of the taffeta Jackets made for
summer are exquisite. The taffeta is
treated In fine needlework of tucks and
rufIies as though it were muslin, and has
its edges picked out with the nevita BILE
bindings of velvet. One design has n
deep yoke of fine tuclls running up and
down. ending in n rutile bound with vel
Vet. From under the ruflle falls the
lower part. all slashed at intervals OF
four inches and the pieces turned under
and the ends fastened to the yoke. SO as
to form a series OF long loops reaching
just below the waist and falling quite
loose. All the loops are bound on each
side win velvet rlDDon. Inc lull sleeve
is closed at hewrist by fine tucks leav-
ing a ruille round' the hand, and the
neck is finished with a high ruffle bound
with velvet. This is carried out in black
or color. Black taffeta jackets are much
worn. Another Jacket carried out in
green taffeta has yoke of jet, and
from un. the yoke the silk. plated in
the middle of the back for fullness and
merely hemmed. falls out with the SIM
plicity of a rufle We are very far
from the time only three years ago
when NJ. Worth. to my question OF why
the fasion continued to make fitted
Jackets when they were so ugly could
reply. Because the women want to
show their forms" This explanation
never seemed to me satisfactory. The
is as popular as the old one. and never
theleSs the nature of women has not
changed.
BATHING COSTUME.
The French bati.tng dress remains in
form what Il has been fer number OF
years. combination bouse and drawers
widening from the armholes out in de-
scent to give great width below. so that
laid fiat 1T describes nearly an equilat-
eral triangle There IS n drawing string
at the watstband, with Sufficient stay &c
hold the skirt that is buttoned on. The
kmckerbocker effect is preferred at the
knee, but is not used exclusively. The
slitt stops above the knee. The neck is
cut out round or square. Almost the
only variety possible is in the blouse
trimming and the form of the sleeves.
which receive some notifications from
whatever fashion prevails. a new mod
FL that has as much effect Of novelty as