The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-22
FASHION MINIS


The prevailing style in bodice Is a loose
banded blouse, which opens in the front
to show a vest. This fashion has been
very generally approved of, but the very
newest is a bodice cut up on either side,
discovering a silk underbodice, and unit
ed by gold buttons. A very pretty white
one was thus mingled with blue and had
a horizontal band on the skirt, the sleeves
being tucked at intervals all the way
down. Many blue drills are made in this
style, and many more take the form of a
fuli blouse opening down the side and
middle.
Yelling gowns are made with the skirts
in plaits and the blouse dropping slightly
over the belt all the way round
The craze for violet, mauve and all the
shades of purple has extended to corsets,
and yards Of violet silk and satin either
plain of lowered. are made up in this i'm
portant article of dress.
An innovation in the employment Of
late white satin and white silk were not
at all considered suitable for morning
wear, but this is no longer the case. The
parasols are made to match, generally
unlined, but all the dresses are lined, or
have distinct Innings, and generally of
color. The yokes of the white gowns are
often deliberately embroidered with cord
or covered with guipure. Black lace over
white silk is very much in favor chan
tAilS btAHS the must popular lace IOT tne
purpose, and sash scarfs of soft silk or
black ribbon are worn with such cos
tunes.
Dame fashion has decreed that lace is
one of the daintiest and most popular trim
mings for gowns, Jackets wraps bodices
and underwear. One of the latest ways
Of arranging the lace is to tie it loosely
and gracefully in true lovers knots, and
place the bows at different vantage points
of the costume.
The special feature in garniture this sea-
son is square yoke. 1t may be varied
In design, but it must remain yoke Some
are very deep, and cover the dress from
one armhole to the other, and then comes
short one, leaving deep space between
it and the collar. Still others have tiny
pieces, recalling the bolero of last season,
running under the arms, and yet another
pattern finishes with a straight band run
ming down either side to the belt.
The sash is very much in evidence on
all the up-to-date summer gowns and if
the fashion should be continued in velvet
for fall use it will enliven many a woollen
gown-but that, Of course, is problematic
Certainly all sorts and kinds appear at
present ranging from fWe-inch silk rib
bon and foulard to printed gauze and
mousseline de sole, but of whatever mate
rial, invariably having long, broad ends
II the sash is of foulard II consists simDlv
Of a long, un.ined strip of silk draped
round the waist and loosely tied either at
the left side or at the back, and having
long ends reaching almost to the foot of
the skirt. But whatever else is variable
one thing is always certain-the sash must
be OF a different shade from that of the
dress with which IL is worn. This is alb
solutely indispensable II one wants to be
truly fashionable. A decided contrast
too. Is considered the correct thing.
black or white dress being frightened with
pink, blue, green or red sash. while that
worn on a gray dress viii lbe either mauve
or green.