The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-25


NEW COSTUMES.
ural curl, and these were made of fine
Jet beading on wired net. Just under
the points at the back of the neck there
was very large bow of white lace.
Some have just fiuted rufus Of silk null,
black, white or colored, and some again
have very full ruches of some diapha-
nous stuff. One had medici shaped
frame made of white, stiff net, wired to
keep it firm. This was pulled very
closely with snow white tulle. Other
stocks are of ribbon, with enormous
bows of fine tulle in front Once IN
while one will find velvet stock but
this almost invariably has fine and thin
material somewhere about it III shape
of bows, rosettes or leaf petals. One
stock was made of white silk null
draped over faint pink. Half way
around it was ruff of tucked null
edged with little quilting of pirked
out null Very many of the stocks have
incroyable bows in front These must
necessarily be Of tulle or silk muslin,
as nothing else is quite crisp enough to
hold its shape i'll all weathers. Damp
ness does not affect the null though it
does the tulle.
noticed one very curious fancy in
neckwear. There was tight princess
dress for young lady made of dark
blue surah of plain but good quality.
There was fiat plat down both front
and back, and it widened out toward the
Il
shape, with long pointed cuffs Over
the shoulders of this gown there was Il
flounce of pale blue silk null, to call it
by the only applicable name, and this
fell below the bust, being deeply hem
med and trained to fall in loose plaits
At the top il was sewed to narrow
quilting Of the same at the base Of the
throat. There We're puffs Of the SAME, i'll
place of silk pufis to the sleeves. At the
back Of the neck was an immense bow
of the same thin stuff, giving the waist
an appearance Of being square in the
neck.
These additions to the toilet are in
some cases sewed upon the dress, and in
others they are separate. dainty
shepherds plaid i'll drab and brown had
blouse waist sewed across the front
with three bands of insertion, each
edged on both sides with very narrow
lace. The sleeves had puffed chatelaine
finish. with narrow plating of white
silk null all around Around the neck
was one plated frill of the white -four
inches wide, with three three inch frills
down the entire front. AT the throat
was dainty white satin cravat bow.
The addition of this white frilling tt
the plain check was happy thought,
and it looked, beyond measure, neat anc
dainty, besides being unusually dressy
for so plain a dress. There was a new
idea in another new waist. This waI
made of notified taffeta silk i'll French
shape. The sleeves were made of DARK
prune foulard and were scanty gigots il
shape. The principal novelty consisted
in the ribbon decoration. There were
four lines of quilted ribbon an incl
wide on the front part of the waist, anC
these reached to little above the bus
line. There they were met by rosette
of smooth ribbon, which crossed bacl
and forth over the bust. There wert
two rosettes on the shoulders. The tat
feta was made into two wide and deel
bows on the shoulders, like a cap to TIN
sleeves. A wide belt of lighter shad
of prune was slightly draped around it
Among the pretty new basques TO
early fall there was one made of pom