The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-03
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pul With the jet are frequently blended
small noral devices In the very brightest
UNITS. Most of the new trimmings accord
with the novel stuffs tina have been
brought out for the spring and light pink,
nsht blue, yellow, green and heliotrope
all appear in the narrow half-inch gallon
and other g~arniture. sometimes formed
OF SILK, but more often of paillettes and
jewels. Occasionally small r~osettes of
SILK mingled with stones, find a place at
intervals on the gallons, and some of the
very prettiest are a combination of tur-
quoise and crystals, says London
Queen.''
Every preparation has been made for
edg1ng frills and seams, for which mar
row trimmings are needed, but there are
also a long range of applique %guipures,
which, when sewn on the fabric, look as
II they were embroidered. These are
made of tinsel and Jewels. and often nave
giace shot silk let into the middle to form
the pattern-one of the most distinctively
new features. AS well as all this there is
silk and cord gimp, and heads with leaf
patterns, made of cord. which will be
used on silks, satins and WOODEN stuffs,
though not nearly so much as the half
inch st~raightedge gallons in Oriental col
ored beads. re is also another make,
a single row of paillettes on a founda-
ton, and to be had in almost any color
required. Some of the new lace inser-
tions are covered with tambour silk or
gold cord true lovers knots taking a
prominent position in these, which are
from two inches to three inches wide.
Some of the silk brocaded gallons with
hard straight edges are of shot coloring
and worked with jet, and. there is a very
long range of Invisible trimmings, the
leaflets capable of being sub-divided and
used singly. A good deal of gold will be
worn, and large. conventional scrolls Of
Jet in~termingled with gold cord. Tur-
quoise and emeralds are often introduced
in one range of trimmings together, but
softened by the interposition of gold
threads. There is a long class OF beauti-
full a%ppliques of the conventional honey
suckle pattern in light pinks, green's,
blues and tender tints suitable for even
ing. dresses Another remarkable feature
in the seasons garniture is canvas used
for the groundwork of the brightest tones
Of embroidery, and many of the gimps
fall in long ends of different lengths,
composed of close-set beads or pailettes
Intended to be carefully stitched down to
the material; nearly add the beads are
iridescent and multi-colored. Another
series of trimmings are formed of Jewels,
say sapphires or emeralds, surrounded by
diamonds, forming a sort of floral petal,
and these large and small and of every
kind of stone are Joined together and
form stripes.
In looking at all the trimmings you cam
not fell to be reminded of the effects of
which the last scenes in p~antomines have
made us familiar. The cup sequins. that
lock like jewels, very frequently replace
them, and a great deal of steel and silver
are used, alone and together. All these
bright tones of colorings have ever crept
into belts, which are made of stuff that
resembles the old Flemish leather, only
the colors are very light, such as pink,
blue, nauve or green, intermixed with
silver or gold. Another valuable coliec-
ton of trimmings, with both edges alike,
wave oy scalloped, rave a lace-like
foundation, completely hidden by pail
1ettes and embroidery, and others show
no groundwork at all, but simply con-
sist of small overlapping sequins,
those for the groundwork black, with
bright red. green or mauve on the sur
face. Switzerland has sent a large con-
voy of trimmings into our market, made
principally of silk, admirable as to color,
especially those of Pompadour designs.
Then there are a good many ~ribbon-like
trimmings brocaded and having picot
edges. also gay in coloring.
The least ornamental class are braids,
generally tubular, to be had in black as
well as In all colors, and formed into
Austrian and other knots. The fashion,
able Renaissance lace, composed of braid
united by loose lace stitches, is an i'm
portant factor, and whole skirt trimmings
of this are the novelties, there being also
many dress lengths of gimps, for placing
down the sides of skirts, which graduate
and become larger at the hem. Some of
the gr~oundworks of the fawn-colored
trimmings resemble Maltese lace, and a
large variety are worked ON white en-
broidery, on grass lawn. gold tinsel and
colored silks, ~favorfng the same founda-
ton. Oatmeal weaving is another popu-
lar foundation.
6al6N .aag.s
Gold Issey worked in straps, for intro
ducing on the shoulders of bodices, is
very pretty, indeed, and there are a good
many narrow gallons in the form of
Jeweled gimps or jet or cord embroidery
on shot glace silk. Bands of black tulle
are worked with large flowers, and
.straight-edged insertions, with copies
from old Greek lace. carried out in silk
and gold, while the most intricate scroll
works are made In tubular silk braids,
and narrow gimps display huge single
cabochons both in jet and colored stones.
Among the most expensive trimmings are
lilies of the valley in jet or jewels.
Crimped lace and lisse worked with Jet,
with simulated feathers, are as new as
the sta1actites- and icicles and the APP
pliques that recall the Tudor drawbridge.
There is avery liberal range for washing
dresses, and the bolero trimmings are
simply endless in silk. satin. white and
black tulle, lisse and other fabrics, the
shapes almost as various as their adorn-
ments, fer great pains have been taken
with the patterns. which are borrowed
from every Imaginable source-eastern
and western. R%uchings of grenadines,
with interviewer satin edges for mantles,
are arranged to be i-nterspersed with leaf
lets of jet.
A recent fashion in hair dressing is dis
tinguished by its most singular and un-
usual origin. 1t has been adopted
to preserve the sanity of the fair women