Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-11
PICTURE DRESSING.
NEW AND NOVEL METHOD Oh
RoBING MAID AND MATRoN.
SONEFETCHIEG NEW SPRING MANTLES
Smart style in Cashmere-SieNer
nesicns in Ladies' Boots-irhns-
parent Materials for Dresses rrV-
mise Geat Popularity
Correspondence of the Dispatch)

lr,orroenondence Of the Dispatch)
VIEW YORK, April ia bright mind
hos evolved a new idea which promises
- become very popular, and deservediy
81 il is called picture dressing ana
i tho result of careful studies made by
,,odistes OF portraits Of women painted
,,,, famous artists There is no particu-
lar STYLE that governs this newest method
of selecting costumes, except the individ-
uality Of the person who is 10 wear what
is sought
The effect IS invariably successful. A
recent instance Of this was the case OF
q very graceful young woman who wore
q dress copied from one seen in paint
sne bv Sir Joshua Reynolds. This dress
,yss veiled in lace, and boosted or
train cleverly disposed like regal
mantle of red velvet deep Nenitiah
roval red that matched the liquid hsht Oh
rubies. one very pleasant feature OF
mis- idea is that it enables the use Oh
.ostunes worn ever so long ago, and
ahicb the owners had possibly beheVeu
N he so thoroughly out Of style mat II
nould be hopeless TO try TO utilize them'
n is a fact that any style, II IL Is oIly
picture dress, will do, always proVlueu
y is becoming, and has resulted IN many
., fashionable woman saving hair her
usual wardrobe expenses.
There is nothing difficult about FOLLOWING
his fashion. All that one need 10 do
IS 10 visit the portrait sectioh Oh sun" lS
,rt gallery and there find the picture OF
somr lady OF long ago, robed In fashion
a.blch will be truly becoming TO the Visi-
lor Then she can say when she dons
ar new gown. even though IL be an ola
,ne fixed over. that she had IT MADE alter
he style Of the dress worn by one OF ing
aides whom Sir Joshua Reynolds hau
,alnted. or that il was an exact copy
II the attire Of a Gainsborongh Dedu'y'
certainly IL IS very clever RAD ana as
mis- Is the season Of economy, or rather
ne year Of IT,, every woman shouiu nan
he idea with extreme sdusiaclon'
EMBROIDERY.
II looks more and more as II emoroiuciy
was going TO play a more important pdI
than ever IN evening dress. ram sAii u
viii surely look conspicuous. The en-
broidery IS filling up the hiatus between
Inc absence Of any trimming at all ana
dr.,ed and trimmed skirts, which are
coming our way. slowly II may be, Dut
enrelv The effect Of these long lines Oh
fine work I'm velvet outlined with silver
crvstal and brilliants up the seams Is
excellent. II gives height 70 the inquire.
and importance 10 the skirt, part %
our dress which during the epoch OF Vo-
luninous sleeves was somewhat neglect
ed save only so far as tit and cut were
concerned. At present the balance Is
much more equal. and this Is greaiiy 10
onr advantage IT Is fashion, 100 tna'
AZ Kind 10 women who are not tan ana j.
also not altogether out Of place with those
Unfortunate persons who are inclined 70
e,outness. while they lack in height. of
course there is a wide range In emproio-
cry' and a dress may be made as Costly
80 one pleases. but the idea is capable
OF being utilized by all OF us whose
purses are as short as our wants are
long. -. o,vac,,ve
Then. too there are many enec'ivo
substitutes for embroidery. one OF
those which / recommend Is enene
gauze ribbon. The design may De oNs
lined and jewelled at home. ana the "a,
feet Is an that could be desired INN
there are jetted and jewelled gaons'
which may be used over ana over asa.'' .
IL Is said, too. that before long tapsiin y,
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