The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-03
FASHION AND FANCY.
some New Additions to Seasonabls

Some New Additions to seasonabls
Costumes.
Just now there is fancy for hand
painted decorations for dresses. Every
little while this idea comes up, and
while it is short-hved, it has a certain
amount of popularity. owing probably
to the fact that the designs and work
manship are somewhat exclusive. They
are expensive, too, and those who can
afford them enjoy them because they
can have something attainabie only By
The very few and not in the least sus-
ceptible of imitation. A good quality
of silk or satin is necessary In order
10 take such decorations kindly. With
kn artistic brush and light hand very
effective trimming may be made. and
the amateur artist who has q gift In
flower painting can turn out extreme
ly elegant garniturcs.
Among the pretty ideas for evening
wear are dresses of net-lace, trimmed
with ribbons of various colors. A styl-
ish dress has a skirt Of net over silk.
Around the skirt are half a dozen bands
of four-inch-wide ribbon, slightly gath
cred through the middle and sewed on,
row upon row.
Another lace dress has ruffies of the
net plated in the middle in a similar
way. and yet another has both edges
of the ruffies bound with a narrow
satin ribbon, and shirred on the skirt
Just below the upper binding OF the
ruffe.
Embroidery is favorite decoration,
and 50 artistic is much of that done
nowadays that it is pleasure to look at
it. There are pansies, nasturtiums and
norning-glories that look as though
they might have been recently cut from
their stems. One of the latest fancies
are embroidered butterflies. These
are used literally in dress trimmings,
and with the embroidery are mingled
spangles and iridescent beads to bring
out the brilliant colors.
1t is one of the fine arts OF good
dressing TO freshen up costumes that
have seen some service. The day is long
past when the average woman thinks
she must never wear a dress more than
two or three times; indeed, many ladies
pride themselves on the amount of serv-
ice they can get out of a good dress.
In order to do this, however, the ma
terial must be fairly good. and the
color must be conservative and very
quiet. The exception to this are white.
very pale-blue, pink and yellow. White
lace, black lace, chiffon and null will
transform good dress of any of these
eolors into what might pass for a new
costume.
One of the daintiest made-overs of the
season has for its basis lemon-yellow
satin that has seen long and hard serv-
ice. Around the skirt there are half a
dozen little ruffies of black net, edged
with narrow satin ribbon the color of
the dress. Then there is a drsped over
skirt arrangement that conceals large
portion of the upper skirt. The waist
is completely draped in net, and the
sleeves are made of half dozen very
full rufies of the net, edged with yell
low satin ribbon and slightly stiffened
with crinoline at the edges under the
ribbon. This gives them the strength
10 stand out a little, and as the ruffies
are graduated makes an extravagantly
pretty finish. A little bolero of velvet
completes a costume which was gotten
up at very trihing expense, and voted
one of the most attractive at an ex.
tremely swell reception.-N. Y. Ledger