Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
WHAT TO WEAR.
GREEN WILL HE THE POPULAR
COLOR THIS MONTH OF FASHION
MUST Be GRAY AND DARK DRESSES.
Milhnery IL Extremely brilliant
Vivid Coloring for New strnws-
Lawns, Grenadines, and CotorcJ
Taffctas 10 Bc Largely Worn.
Correspondence OF tho Dispatch1

Correspondence OF tho Dispatch1
NEW YORK, April SIT IS the wear
ing OF the green in earnest. Jackets.
capos. dresses. hats. all things that wo.
men count among their exterior clothing
are akin 10 the Emerald Isle. at leas, in
color. IL is the gray green OF the
sheathed bud that contains the flower
ready TO bloom, the delicate tint OF the
bud Itself. and the brighter coioring OF the
expanded leaf. Violet shades. particularly
Parma vioiets, rank second only 10 green
IN point OF popularity. Very light tones
OF stone color are often worn. as are
chestnut, russell. and cinnamon brown.
one OF the popular costumes In gray
grocn cloth is trimmed with emeralds
OF limitations thereof and steel gallon.
The bolero-shaped short bodice is fas-
tened with one large alleged emerald
and steel button, over q fun vest OF palo
Parma violet silk. The revers are edged
with gallon. and the sleeves finished of
with the same at the wrists. and frills
OF lace. the high tabled collar being
treated in a similar manner A hat OF
coarse gray-green straw. which COM
pletos the costume, has a twist Of violet
silk around the crown and a bunch of
shaded ostrich feathers starting from an
emerald and steel square buckle
Really, however. the topic Of the hour
is the coat and skirt. Are they to be
dark. light. plain. or braided? Must the
Jacket be long or short? The genius who
answers these questions must consider
herself a mainstay of fashion. The dip
lomatc one says have coat and skirt
Of both kinds. II you cannot have but
one. however. take the gray or drab
cloth. This Is positively fashionable. no
matter who says IL is not The people
who rule fashion and frame the dictates
of the tickle dame cay IL is so. Then a
dark cloth dress is very excellent There
is no use trying 10 deny the fact that the
skirts OF the hour are trimmed. Plain
rows OF braiding will meet the demand
Of fashion FOR decoration, and an excel
lent way of treating these is to permit !
them 10 extend their influence around |
the back and terminate IN small curl !
design OF either side Of the front seams !
model costume is evolved from the !
decoration OF plain skirt OF dark blue /
with rows Of Misunderstanding up the !
knees. the coat of this being cut into Z
square tabs reaching TO the waist. not I
title Of sack. This coat fastens over al /
one side with pointed revers faced with
guipuTe. and is worn over bodice OF
blue and green plaid glace. showing a |
waistcoat Of guipure mounted on lisse
The hat TO this is made of blue and |
green shot straw, trimmed with large |
rosettes Of glace ribbon and a bunch Of /
blue poppies with green centres.
a remarkably pretty cloth dress is OF |
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velvet around the front. terminating at /
the side seams with rosettes OF velvet rib
bon Then there is another gray cloth I,
dress. which has lines Of braid around the
back these terminating each side of the |
front seam. More and more It is coming |
in evidence. too. that all the delicate ma
terials adopted for evening wear will make |
up with founces on scallop lines or
straight with occasional clippings TO the
front and at the back. The up-tO-date
hoInce IS hemmed with narrow ribbon.
Still another revival Of the early forties is
bsrege There IS no question but that
the thin stuffs are to be the popular tex
tiles this season.
THE AMOUNT OF RED.
Any one who cares to go where the chill
dron Of fashion congregate cannot avoid
being impressed with the amount of red
that is visible. For this fad the present |
season we must thank our friends from I
France The woman who follows the
French fashion prophet will, undoubtedly,
be pleased 10 learn that the older folks
may wear reds Of all shades. The
wearer OF dark-red dress should
wear bright, red hat, trim
med with various shades OF pink
and crimson. the blouse being yet another
shade Of red and the cravat still another
shade. Necessarily. all these shades must
harmonic.
After carefully observing those who
dress In the height Of fashion.
interviewing the most enterprising
modistes. and studying the foreign
fashion plates until I could see
stars. ] had il borne in upon me that
IN al cases skirts are considerably mar
rover. Indeed. they grow small by de-
grees and beautifully less. Every skirt
of novel detail fits quite tightly around
the hips has but little fulness At the
hem. and. for the most part, lacks stiff
ness There may be, perhaps, two or
three inches Of this TO induce the machine
stitching or braiding to set with rect-
tudc But we no longer bear the burden
OF yards OF horse-hair or its like ! have
observed In some Of the new models the
tiniest Of bustles i'm the back Of the
waist This Is by no means indicative
chat we are again TO bestow our affec-
lions on the improvor under its most I'M
improving aspect, but merely that the
authorities have discovered that a wo-
mans figure, when the skirt is absolutely