The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-30
STYLES FOR THE WOMEN
GLIMPsEs IN THE WELL-FILLED
STORES OF LOCAL MERCHANTS.
Swell Gowns Made Here-New FASH
ionable ColOrs-Winter Wraps
Furniture Conceits.


the local shops and the dressmakers in all
the large stores are busy making street,
reception, house and ball gowns for the COM
ing season. which promises to be a gay one
complete line of patterns in the latest
Paris fashions was exhibited this week at
one of the leading stores by the American
representative of one of the large Paris
manufacturers. Once before a like exhibit
ton was held in Indianapolis and many of
the best dressers availed themselves of the
opportunity and secured exclusive patterns
one OF the chief charms in Paris-made
gowns. One great convenience in this ex-
hibition was that the skirt patterns were
already gored and shaped as only French
man can do it. Most of the skirts were
modelled for the drop skirt lining of taffeta
which may be made very elaborate with a
deep accordian-plaited founce or several
small ones. A handsome combination for
street dress was of tobacco brown broad
cloth, one of the shades to be much worn
this winter, with a violet taffeta inserting
about four inches wide, set in the Paquin
founce and finished with fancy silk braid
The drop skirt also of violet silk and
the same idea was carried out in the waist
Several handsome patterns were shown of
black net with conventional designs in
spangled applique. A pattern for an even
ing gown was of white net with chenille
| dots and a .souf1e in serpentine design.
Many waist patterns in the jeweled effects
were shown for evening wear. The serpen-
tine design in trimmings will be much used
this season, especially on skirts.
Some very swell gowns are being turned
out by the dressmaking departments in
some of the large stores. One just COM
pleted for society woman in town was of
black peau de sole. A large bunch of shad-
ed pink roses was embroidered on the front,
| the stems falling below the waist. The
| other trimming was of the shades of velvet
| harmonizing with the tints of the roses,
| some antique lace and a touch of cut jet
| The skirt was cut in the circular style, with
| quillings of black, narrow ribbon velvet and
| the whole lined with pink to harmonic with
| the other trimmings. Another just COM
| pleted was a fancy tailor-made of sacre
| bleu Venetian cloth, trimmed in a shade of
darker blue. The skirt was circular, elabor-
| ately trimmed in braid, with the same trim
| ming carried out in the waist. The Prince
| Albert coat effect in dresses is much worn
| in Paris, but it will be some time before
| it will meet favor in America, on account
of the fiat and rigid effect in the back. The
| Paquin house in Paris makes a speciality of
| princess dresses and they will be worn to
| some extent this winter. They are unlike
| the old princess inasmuch as a waist line
| is a distinctive feature. A new novelty for
dress fronts or trimmings is the spangled
net in various designs and colors. Chenille
| dots very much in evidence in all the
newest trimmings, on ribbons, silks velvets,
| etc. Another new and pretty thing for
| draping, dress waists or overdresses is the
| chenille on the brussels and La Tosca net.
| They come in plain or colored dots. Corded
| and tucked taffeta in all the new shades
can be bought by the yard and will be
used great deal for fancy Jokes and waist
| fronts. In wells and laces the chenille pre-
walls. The army blue chiffon yelling, with
large chenille dots, is perhaps the most
| popular just at present but the black and
white effects are also worn. The mask veil
| is decidedly new and comes direct from
Paris. 1t is of net or chiffon. the dots COM
| ing just below the nose the lower part
plain. Lace with the chenille is used very
much for dress trimmings and jabots. Point
de venise. while not very new every sea-
son sees it increase in value and texture.
1t is almost considered rival to duchess
and real point and is the most delicate
| ever accomplished by a machine.
STRIKING NEW COLORS.
| The bayadere strip is the swell thing in
| ribbon for belts and neck ribbon. They are
| all imported, only one Eastern house MAX
| ing them. They are in delicate combination
shades of pink cardinal and turquoise. The
belts are made with one buckle, without the
| slide, and have the much-desired crush eff
| feet. The double-face satin ribbon four or
| five inches wide, is also used for belts and
| sashes. Taffeta ribbon in chenille design is
| very much worn IN the East, but has not
| yet been adopted in Indianapolis. Some of
| very striking. The Olympia, light tur-
| quoise blue. will be popular; fuchsia is an
9 9inad new shade Aimaranthe is also pre-
| shade darker than fuchsia, and is an old
color, being revived and used to be known
| as salferinO. Sacre blue is similar to cadet
| blue; bleu ancien is sort of porcelain blue,
| or old Dutch china blue; Orleans is a
| brighter tint than royal purple: blue de koi
| the Yale blue. The bessemer will be worn
| a great deal the coming season, and is a
named for the great steel manufacturer
| Castor is another popular shade, and is a
dull coachman's ,drab. All the blue tints,
except perhaps the turquoise, will be very
| stylish. The SWEETEST and newest ideas in
! silks for separate dress skirts will be the
plain satin duchesse, peau de sole and black
| taffetas. In fancy silks for shirt waists
or fancy waists the checks and ombre eff
| fects will be worn. A very swell thing is a
NelNSl uIOcdue Oh WLlto OF ue1cdle SndQCS
| of taffeta for waists. Satin liberty will be
| made up for evening dresses; for street
| wear bengelines in various colors will take
| the place of the silk or satin brocades so
much worn.
A late Paris pattern gown, of Venetian
| cord, is one trimmed with a chenille flower
design. The skirt is cut with a half-panel
| founce The waist has the vest effect, back
| and front, and is of white taffeta embroi-
| dered in gold. The collar and belt is
tucked combination of a new shade of blue
| and lemon, with an entire lining of the
| bulb sleeve. and one of the newest things
| in Paris and New York. Velvet waists are
| being sold in New York and may become
more popular here, but as yet the demand
| has not been great. For entire dresses vel
vet with fur trimmings is very swell, and
a gown of this costs as high as $500.
One of the swell cloakhouses on Wash
ington street is showing exclusive patterns
in fancy tailor-made gowns and Jackets. A
handsome street coat is the new Prince AL
bert, and is of black velvet, appliqued with
cut jet and lined throughout in white duch-
rolling effect and the whole is edged with
Persian lamb fur. A fancy tailor made
gown was of Venetian CLOTH with a drop
skirt of taffeta. The waist has the rolling
revers and is trimmed with sable. with a
vest effect of sacre bleu taffeta, hem
block stitching is. carried out in the skirt
around the top of the f1ounce. Unique de-
signs in cut-glass buttons are used on all
the imported gowns. Some new taffeta
skirts for street wear are trimmed up TO the
waist in groups of satin frills. Others are
cut with the straight lf-hounce or Paouin
f1ounce, and trimmed in various ways with
either velvet ribbon or taffeta.
STYLES IN WINTER CAPES.
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