The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
OLD GOWNS MADE AS NEW.
FRLLLY, FLUFFY DELIGHTS OF THE
SE1SON FROM PARIS.

Dainty Collars. CoIlarettcs, and BoIcros with
which Last Years Dresses May He Brought
Up to Date-They Help the Figure OF stout
Women and Thin Alike-New Trimmingu.
This ummer' girl is a dainty, fluffy creature,
and she has taken to beruffled and la~ce-trimmed
waists and skirts as a duck takes to water. The
fashion of fluffs and frills left her rather in the
lurch 30 far as her last years gowns were con-
cerned, because they were inclined to be 4 little
severe. AS usual, tho Partisan women we're the
first to see their way out of this difficulty, and,
as usual, they accomplished it 80 cleverly that
II one lays in a supply of Partisan novelties in
the way of collars, collarettes, boleros, and Elton
jackets 1t will be impossible for one girls most
hated rival to tell whether the gown she wears
was made up this year or last season.
"Oh. I've such a joke on Frances" said a girl
in a pale blue shirt waist to one in a crash suit
as they came downtown in q car.
What is it p asked the other.
You know how Frances not only prides but
plumes herself on being able to tell last years
hats and gowns. no matter how cleverly they've
| been fixed overt AS IL We all. even the richest
of us, didn't have to wear them occasionally !!
Well, tho other day she came in, and / had on
that old rose and black foulard that l wore al
most into shreds last summer. The first thing
she said was;
".oh, you've had Nine. Bigbill make you a
new foulard, haven't your And then she was
generous enough to add. Do you know I really
think it's one Of the ~prettiest I've seen, and I'm
SO glad you got old rose, dear. because I'm dis
gusted with the blues
Yves, Frances / answered. L think it's
pretty, but it's the one wore all last summer,
her / hadn't had the waist touched. but had
merely bought a Partisan collar to wear with it,
she actually called me something that isn't nice;
proved that l was right. Really, these novelties
change the whole appearance OF 9 waist"
thon," replied the girl in the crash suit, be
cause you know l was silly enough TO buy too
wear them this summer. Nothing could be
they were all modelled on the Gibson girls style
Of dress. and swear at the rutttcd and laced girl
!!Bosh.' calculated the shirt.wSisted girl;
avenue and see these novelties I'm talking
about, and II you don't say that they will help
h~ndsomsst Il in the lot, Here We are at The street
You want to see the Partisan novelties"
said the manager, making n dive under the
There aren't a great many Of them isft. com:
paratively speaking. They have taken like hot
sible by wearing one OF these collars or bol0ros
to mako n last years gown look like new, and
elites make them look plumper, while the stout
ones claim that they make them look simmer
and longer wasted, which Ia true II n woman So
iccts them with care; rorisians know the secret
OF making the best OF. their worst points. and all
Of these things came from Paris.
The foundation material OF most OF them is
gaze dc sole, but many OF them are 40 embel-
lished with cloth OF gold, cloth of silver ar.
the foundation entirely. This has been greatly
in demsnd. he said. taking up al exquisite gar,
with a iow.nccked gown, and, as you see, has a
huge brilliantly olored beaded butterfly directly
in tho front and back and on each shoulder.
This would be stunning on n uakHllnulE Whit
II want something to wear with last years
silks. grass linens. organdios. and so on" put in
the girl In the crash suit. i've perfect loads Of
new evening GOWNS"
This is a white silk gauze boloro and is almost
covered with exquisite cream lace applique. If
would. It is SIS. and looks well on n slight
figure. This grass cloth affair is very chic on a
and il is Deliberately embciIished with lace ap.
ss esIGS. put Hs Sn T !. ans sG Of thread thr hah ID q GSsye %tiis%l
for a stout woman: II is cloth of gold and cloth
Of silver; blended, and the material does not
with lilac and green silk, and ii comes down
the open work boloro Of cloth OF gold ends a. tho
extra in the back. You Know q, woman's back
is one OF the most expressive things about her,
II. Backs talk II people only knew how to In,
torprot them. You see, many Of ~the.white gaze
de sole collars and boleros are deliberately en-.
broidered with tiny jet beads in beautiful leaf
and flower designs, and you can't imagine how
beautiful they look on pure white thin gowns.
Tho Marie AntUiuctto ilchu is one of the
very latest things out, and really the little
Partisan who 10 most full of the Old Nick looks
quite as demuro in ono as your grandmother
did. This one Is made OF n linen having a pink,
ish cast, and has a fiveinch frili. trimmed with
narrow Valencicnncs insertion. and odging OF n
rich yellow shade all tho way around. The frill
Is put on with stool and green spangles,"
Don't show mo any moro !" exclaimed the
girl in the crash suit, selecting half IA dozen
II can make every girl at the summer resorl
whore ] am going green with envy with these
and ! simply must not buy another one"
II haven't shown you a fourth Of the styles
yet" said the manager There are still al
which you clever women can deceive stupid