The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-27
A FEW NEW MODES.
Ribbons-Some Dainty Dressing Gowns
Thin Women.

Ribbons-Some Dainty Dressing Gowns
Thin Women.
Ribbons are more used than ever as
O gnrnituFe for summer costumes, and
il is interesting to note in what an
immense variety of ways they may
be employed. A harness" Of ribbon
is one of the most popular arrange
ments, and as this is separate from the
dress and may be worn with variety
of toilets, it is q useful adjunct 10 u
summer wardrobe. 1t takes just ten
yards 10 make one of these arrange
ments, for it should always be borne
in mind that no economy of material
must ever be apparent in ''good-look-
ing" costume. The least nakeshift or
stinting in quantity quite destroys tie
effect of gown, however well thought
out il may be in coloring or style. Bows,
therefore, should have generous loops
and generous ends, and good many
of both, for the bow of to-day is a very
different affair from the double bow
knot as of yore, and is twice as elabor-
ate. So, although ten yards seems a
large allowance for bretelles, shoulder
knots, collar and belt, it is no more
than sufficient. The ribbon harness
has V-shaped bretelles, extending from
the shoulders to the waist, back and
front. The ribbon should be at least
four inches wide, and is plated to
point at the waist, and on the shoulders
is gathered over the sleeves on the
upper edge SO as to form an extension
or epaulette, over which is placed a
bow knotted with four loops and n
couple of ends. The belt and draped
collar have both full bows at the back.
and are made of the same ribbon. Some
of these harnesses" have cross pieces
of ribbon extending from bretelle to
bretelle.
A loose, easily-adjusted dressing
gown is an absolute necessity in the
warm summer months, when one needs
at least an hours rest every day in
ones own cool room. Cambria and
lawn are much better fabrics for these
also, as they furnish a tribe more
warmth than cotton goods. A beau
tiful dressing gown seen lately was
of Chantilly silk, which washes per-
fectly and requires no lining. The
gown mentioned had deep hem, lined
inside with jaconet, and the yoke was
made entirely of fine tuclzs. A very
pretty dressing-gown of delaine has
skirt to fall from the shoulders to the
feet in one piece. A sharp and continu-
GUS slope outwards at the under-ar1n
seams give the necessary spring, and
account for the somewhat godet ap-
pearance. At the back short, square
yoke fits the shoulders, and the skirt
Is set into this in double box plat.
In making the collar have it suf
fciently high to olothe the throat with.
out being as insufferably close and
tight as a stand-up collar. The large
collar should be cut without a seam,
.f possible.
The majority of dressing-gown have
bishop-shaped sleeves, the fuiiness at
the wrists being laid in series OF
short tucl1s.
Sometimes it seems as if all the |
fashions in this world were designed |
for the slender women. The tall, thin |
woman may easily look elegant If she |
dresses well. There are all sorts OF |
fluffy things which she can wear to |
give her figure the appearance OF |
plumpness. For her there are trimmed |
skirts, long sleeves, high collars, sashes,
corselets. broad belts, and all sorts OF |
frills and furbelows.
In the way OF modes, there are q
number of designs expressly dedicated |
to her, the basque, pannier, barrel
hoop trimming and founce. There i.
only one thing she must avoid, and |
that is stripes. If there is anything
which makes thin women look ride
ulous it is stripes, and, curiously, she |
takes to them as a bicycle learner does
to curbstones. Tall women always |
want to wear stripes.
Blouses are becoming , TO slender |
women, and SO are all sorts of full |
bodices,' and godet basques with rib.
bon girdles.-Philadelph Inquirer.
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