Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
FriIIs of Fashion,


Brown is one of the fashionable colors for
tailor gowns.
pretty novelty in belts is made of black
or white velvet embroidered with steel let
or imitation jewels.
There is a pretty white veil to be found
now In imitation of the double wells that
are so attractive and becoming and also
expensive.
Models of summer toilets show fine tuck
ing employed in diagonal, diamond shaped,
and horizontal forms. Epaulettes are
tucked, as are cuffs, the edges of tuncs,
pepum ends, and tiny applied basques.
Ecru, cream and ivory laces and insertions
are lavishly used on demidress toilets OF
French foulard, India silk, or soft liberty
satin in sprigged or polka dotted effects.
The addition of a full chiffon vest isl
frequently made, but this is adjustable and
can be changed for a giet of more durable
sort.
A variety Of the much stitched gowns is
to be found in one black silk stitched with
white. The tucks on the bodice and across
the tops of the sleeves are stitched with the
white, and the effect matches the plain
white vest and the lapels upon which there
Is outlined a gemetrical pattern in black
chenille.
Blue, white, pink and other daintily
colored organdies, muslin, bareges and
grenadines effectively trimmed with
ruches and ruffles of the dress fabric edged
with black lace On the bodice is mixture
of these decorations with bands of lace in
sertion, very often there are yoke and
sleeves of net matching the lace in design.
Many of the newest yokes, guimpes and
blouse fronts to wear under basque bodices
are made with minute tucks across the yoke
or guimpe, style very becoming to slender
FORMS but by no means favorable to those
needing nothing to accentuate width. Hori-
Zontal trimmings are the most popular, but
Some pretty shirt waist models have been
designed for the coming summer, some of
them showing deep sailor collar, Joined to
the entire piece of woven guipure lace, with
pointed revers that reach the belt in front;
cuffs and girder to match. These trimmings
adofn pique, linen, and duck waists as well
as those of taffeta, fouard, or wash silk;
other styles are trimmed with very hand
some Swiss Irish point embroideries.
Shirt waists are losing their plain, mascu
line finish, and a tucked yoke of white, with
the band in the front, also of white tucked
in fine tucks perpendicularly, is to be seen
with the lower part and sleeves of gingham
or any of the pretty colored materials to
be found in shirt waists. The yoke is fire.
quently Joined to the body Of the gown
with little open work insertion and small
pearl ball buttons fastens the waist the
full length.
The blue fouard silks always more
favored at each recurring spring season than
any pattern in black, brown or green. This
year the satin fouards and the thinner
lustreless foulard silks show an unusual
number of shades in blue, including indigo,
Roman, drakes neck, silver navy, bluebell
peacock and ciel Polka dots, small dia-
mond shapes, Vermicelli and coral designs
predomnate among the blue foulards for
cool travelling, BEACH and walking costumes.
Among the latest compromise styles in
dress skirts, designed particularly for those
who cannot or will not adopt the extreme
models, is one formed of graduated box
plaits that reach from belt to hem, tapering
to about two inches in width at the top.
There are two different waists which go with
this skirt, one in which graduated box plaits,
like those on the skirt, reach from shoulder
to belt; the other plated also, but with
deep-shaped yoke, covering the upper half
OF the waist, front and back and only the
plat exactly in front reaching the entire
length of the waist.