The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

places new manifestations are evident,
and Just a few days ago the last con-
signment of foulards came from the
foreign mills. all damasked over in the
most delicate, half-skeleton patterns,
Undoubtedly that was a good idea of
the weavers- The damasked figures are
I In exactly the same shade as the back
ground of the goods, and then on the
green, dahlia red, gray or brown sky
the big. splashy white figures are de-
lightfully brought out. Absolutely with
! out exception the skirts of these and
every other summer material are made
separate from the under petticoat, and
the Whole effort aims toward draping
the top skirt on its foundation to sim
ulate a deep ruff1e. This brings about
the most varied and certainly admir-
able designs in skirt decoration, nearly
all of which lie about the hips or range
from above the knees up.
a FRESH MODEL.
Take a look, for instance, at the dahl
liza colored foulard in the sketch. In
every way this gown might, from collar
to hem, serve as a text TO preach an
entire sermon on fashions from. If you
plucked up the bottom for a peep at
interior arrangements you would find,
inside the silk foundation, hem a foot
deep, turned and braced with French
hairclOth. Also inside would be
seen three very narrow, very full, bias
silk dust ruffies, bound along their
edges with bias velveteen. Their mis-
sion seems to be that of protecting the
skirts edge, giving a bouffante and
dainty effect at the feet and warding
off dust. The damasked foulard top
skirt well figured in cream white, is
enhanced, just midway between knees
and hips, by a band of white satin,
overlaid with prettily figured black
silk muslin. edged by a fine quilting
of black silk muslin ribbon, that has
narrow satin edge. BY the use of this
band the skirt is so divided as to give
the lower half all the appearance of a
deep Scant ffounce, growing full and
airy at the back. The upper portion
fits the hips rather snugly, and on
some Of the new gowns this band is
replaced by rows of corded gathers,
over which the upper half of the skirt
pouches q little. One very pretty
petticoat has several rows of lace bead
ing inserted where the satin band is
laid and narrow ribbons, 10 exactly
match the various colors in the fOulard, |
run through the beading and tied in |
full rosettes at the side.
Not yet have we done with the |
pouching waist front, as plainly showed |
ny DOQlCC VI ILLS SONH. LII SOAAiihOh
with so many of the last Paris fabri- ]
cations, the front of the waist is all of /
cream white satin, fitting over the
bust without a wrinkle, hooking up I'M
der the arm and on the left shoulder.
Upon this is draped a pinafore front, /
made of foulard with three narrow,
long crescents cut from it across the
bust and filed in with figured black
silk muslin. Slightly pouching in front
a folded scarf belt of white satin gives
the waist line finish, while over the
slightly. puffed tops of the cloSe-fitting
sleeves fall handkerchief points of silk
edged with quillings. Over the
foulard back of the waist from the
points, a simple drapery
of muslin folds down to the bottom of
the basque and then let's fall upon the
skirt two short leaf-shaped sash tabs,
edged all about by the pretty quilting.
Such short tabs, on the very smart
costumes, have taken the place of long,
sashes, that promise to be
early vulgarized by too, general and
adoption, and this suit is
In exemplification of the fact that white
ace,in an abundance, is to be used in
LII neck decorations.
NECK DECORATIONS.
So far there is nothing actually novel
to chronicle of collars. The dressmaker
dl1lC1 lCe1NCo ills punt ~ lAAC teiobC VI |
Ter customer, insisting on nothing and
giving this one an old fashioned stock,
hat one, a stern high plain tailors'
)and, turning back from another sew
eral wedge shaped lace tabs, but only
allowing a slender visage to endure the
lelicate lace or silk muslin boiulloueS
lnder either ear and full at the back
Though it is perfectly true that the g..
,ell shaped skirt is our destiny through
tut the summer, and in behalf of the
light goods that so lend themselves to
'preading bouffante grace, a modified
pattern is going to be used
~ women who lead in fashion.
A case in point is the black silk null
,own displayed. 1t illustrates two laws
f spring dressmaking, that every skirt,
n light goods, must be fiounced, and
hat a fiounce laying any claim to mod
rnity must be cut on the bias. This
ovely toilet is built of a perfectly new
null, checked with a black silk line,
nd every fiounce edged with an inch