New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

front Of the garment are revers that end and
meet in point These OF red velvet. crossed
b. lines OF fur
The volant en- forme will be little used on wraps
after the autumn Is over. but another Viola model
presents fetching example OF the shaped hounce
a cloak
This cloak hangs perfectly straight from the
shoulders Halfway 20 tho knees II s finished Ivy
a voant forme perhaps half yard deep. but
the hounce docs 10, change the shape o. the cloak
It romans long, straight, narrow garment, won
dcif,y smart q slender figure. The material
is black cloth. every inch OF which excepting the
founce. is braided. The hOunce is plain finished
with cord. The cloak has OF the new, high
collars edged with fur and IS cosed with frogs
made OF twisted velvet ropes surrounding large
fancy buttons.
These twisted velvet ropes are well worth remem-
berng They are both novel and pretty. and give
q garment the cachet Of tho They
twisted. several rows of them. outside Of the high
collar; wired, they form chic bows and ornaments.
and they may be used 20 edge revers.
There is n tendency this season toward trim
mings put in lines Collars trimmed with
several lines OF fur rather than faced with fur
and all skirt trimmings seem 10 take the form Of
outlining seams, on trimming front and back
breadths with series Of three narrow tabs.
Tops Of sleeves are trimmed in the same way, and
a long. slender outline Is the appearance desired
as in front and closes nvisbly IN a side
If trimmed. the back and front are trimmed alike
dressmakers admit that. smart as this model is
II Is an impossible one for most figures Some few
young girls wear IL to perfection II they reduce
their corsets a mere belt Some women with
good figures can stand IT, with the addition OF a
slight Pad behind but for the great majority IT is
impossible
NEW CORSET WANTED.
Women all long for corset tina, may be strong
In front and the hips. and yet spring out be-
hind as would the figure Of person who had never
worn stays. This Is the moment for a corset
maker to DO what has never been done. by the
most expensive French houses The easy solution
would seem to be 10 discard the corset this sea
SON. or wear the corset belt but the new gowns
bones and a strong steel seem necessary. on
the slightest figure. II remains fact that dress
makers best clients do not possess tail, slender.
rounded figures. The young debutante has only an
occasion gown from the establishment that her
mother constantly patronizes and II is for this
son tina; the visiting American dressmakers are In
despair.
Redfern is using serge and heavy woods much
as cloth, and some OF his models snow the extreme
10 which the close skirt may be carried. One gown
Is OF a mixed gray wool. most loosely woven. On
the front breadth OF the skirt are three pieces OF
gray passementerie inserted In the stun show
Ing the red lining. and the back breadth Ntted
tightly over the figure, Is trimmed In the same way
On this skirt the two seams In the back they
piped with cord OF black and the skirt closes
In one OF these side. back seams. The bodice L.
bolero with blouse front. he'd by belt Of black
satin. The choker is odd and pretty. 1t is . high