The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-21
STYLES FOR THE WOMEN
SOME BEAUTIFUL GOWNS WORN AT
INDIANAPOLIS WEDDINGS.
A Swell Pattern I'm n street Garment
Worth Gown Recent
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portations from London and Paris gowns
this autumn, the most fastidious tastes
cannot fail to be gratifed Infinite variety
OF new dress fabrics and dress Access
series are shown, and every week, or, in
TACT, every day, brings new fashions, and
the number of dainty and effective gowns
mat are shown difficult to resist. 1t
mas often been remarked that Americans
DC not know how to dress and yet all fash
ION is but matter of imitation. New
fashions, to quote freely from Shakespeare,
De they ever so ridiculous, yet are fol-
lowed, 1t is comparatively an easy matter
II the purse be long enough, but the great
thlng in dress is to be original
The dressmaking departments in the
large stores are busy turning out gowns for
evening, street, reception and afternoon
dresses. Several charming gowns completed
recently were worn at the Coburn-F,rwin
wedding. One was an imported pattern
with roses heavily embroidered on Rennais-
sance lace. The gown was copy from
worth, and was made over cream taffeta.
Inc petticoat was made with circular
nounce, with alternate tucks and inserting
Onderneath this fiounce was full ruf1e of
SWISS with an edging of lace, and another
inside ruffie vas of lace. The outside skirt
hau narrow double ruching of lace around
the bottom The bodice was fashioned with
a low yoke effect. A drapery of tucked
liberty silk was caught on one side with a
Velvet bow knot. The elbow sleeves were
also OF French tucking liberty silk The
eoiiar ana girdle were of white velvet fin
ished with handsome ornaments Another
worth gown was a combination of silk and
velvet. The skirt had a fitted fiounce of
veivet' the top. dress being satin. The bodice
was heavily embroidered in sequins and
chenille and arranged with real lace one
very handsome one was an underdress of
WHITE ta1feta topped with white liberty
SILK over which hung black net with an
appilque OF hitter Jet IN graduated size from
ths waist down and from the front growing
l2rger toward the back. The corsage had
ie ae low emect and was Of design in filter
ol yeWeled passementerie in pearls CRYSTAL
ana A., turquoise setting. The yoke itself was
came Just to the elbow.
Another swell gown vas a roval blue
satin sat with stripes having the effect of un-
cut VelVets and which was fashioned with a
princess effect. The front which was white
SATIN was embroidered in bow knots Of
s wnite =, applique and silver and trimmed in
Iuf. ms gown had the dinner sleeves and
was lined throughout in white satin. An
otner design seen in the same store was Of
American Beauty silk with chenille in bay-
adere stripes, the weave forming a fringe
uIiaer the chenille stripe, similar to the
plsse erect The gown was also a prin-
"a
velvet OF Paquin cut and embroidered in,
chenille The, front of the bodice was of
wnits corded satin, overdraped with a
handsome pattern appliqued chiffon. the
princesse effect itself rolling out. forming a
rever or black velvet appliqued with real
lace. and touched up with bow knots Of
black velvet and ornaments. A aRair,'
gown was of black satin. The front of the
oo1ice was white uncut velvet, the rever
and coiiar or black velvet. the latter lined
with white satin, appliqued over with ecru
ia AZ me rever was finished with jetted
ornaments on the velvet side. This had a
low bodice effect which was designed in
gatherings OF liberty silk, and at the throat
was a Jabot of lace. fastened with q dia-
skirt
GOWN TO BE WORN AT A WEDDING.
gown to be worn at the Fletcher Brink
wedding is copied from Doucet model
ana is OF green and white brocade satin.
me 'front.' is of white satin and liberty silk,
with nnely cut steel ornaments and daintiIv
nmshed in point lace. The waist is finished
with coat effect and edged with full
friiling of black satin baby ribbon. The en-
tlre dress is lined with rose silk Another
handsome costume just completed was of
golden brown corded silk, the skirt of Pa
quin cut. The bodice was fashioned in lace.
appnqued with white taffeta and shaded
golden brown chenille with jeweled eff
rect. The under bodice was of white
French tucked liberty silk The collar and
girdle was of French tucked liberty and
| velvet TO correspond with the chenille The
entire dress was lined with white taffeta
Win shadings to correspond with the chen
ne IN the bodice. A pretty shirt waist re-
Gently seen was of turquoise taneta, with a
corded yoke back and front the front form
ing surplice effect, and the yoke was pref
thy trimmed in tiny black buttons The
front or the waist comes together at the
top and bottom, showing black satin vest
ing: the collar and girdle also being black
satin. Another dainty waist was of red taft
feta. alternately tucked and corded The
front was cut in Van Dyke points. caught
Of white French TICKING Of liberty gE1 six g The
corded.
French material In fawn color, lined
throughout in burnt orange. The skirt was
cut with Paquin f1ounce. set on with an
burnt orange lining. The corsage was a
draped affair with low yoke. which had
three heavy cordings of white satin next a
turquoise collar: below the satin was a Vel
low velvet-plaited outline. below which
again was three cordings Of white liberty
SILK, drawn down for the low yoke effect
The drape waist was caught with jabot Of
lace and bnow knots of black velvet rib
bon, which also formed the girdle. The
sleeves were OF lace and came to the elbow
A blue and white foulard silk was very rich
and at the same time simple The skirt
was trimmed in plaitings of liberty silk and
ruffles of the foulard. the entire being lined
in light blue taffeta The bodice was also
a draped affair, with a low yoke of white
left side and caught with a handsome
buckle and rosette of the chiffon. the ends
OF the drapery hanging below the waist and
outlined in tiny rulings of silk lace. All
these gowns were fashioned with demi
trains
A SWELL STREET PATTERN
A very swell and exclusive pattern gown
for street wear was of ox-blood broad
cloth. lined throughout in ombre silk which
shaded from ecru, through the old shades
of rose to garnet. The waist was tight-ht-
ting and trimmed in passementerie and
made striking costume Another street
gown of blue poplin was attractive The
skirt fiared below the knee, and was
trimmed in designs of bow knots and Jet
buckles. The corsage had a yoke of liberty
silk and a little jacket effect in front which
was caught together with crossed straps Of
the material and finished with bow knots
and jet. The jacket was edged with gold
passementerie. the entire gown being lined
nitures in jeweled effects on vari-colored
nets are shown, and some of them form al
most the entire bodice. "A gorgeous evening
bodice was made of real point, with gar
niture O.. white net, spangled in gold with
pearls and turquoise settings. A cameo
has flounce with ruffies of blue chiffon
ette The waist is a copy of a Doucet
model and finished with ruffies and Fittings
of the chiffonette outlining the low cor
sage with a large bunch of American
Beauty roses on the left shoulder One din
ner gown was of white and yellow satin
with a maroque effect. The skirt is cut
after a Felix pattern and lined in yellow
taffeta. The train of this gown was very
long. The bodice was deliberately trimmed