Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
Novelties in Velvets, Fringes and
O.h9r Trimmings,
THREE SMART and NOVEL BL0USES
Beautiful Gowns Worn at Mar
riage.of a French Princess,
NEW HAIR ENTS
Special Correspondence of The EFening Star.

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PARIS. December 9. 1899.
One u the latest novelties is a lace which
resembles velvet and is made for use in
trimming vests and panels on skirts. The
finest quality Of velvet is used and the
workmanship is very fine The velvet has
openwork points made of silk and is en-
broidered with gold and silver threads,
The use of fringes on gowns Is still
tinued. and very rich some Of these trim
.nings are with their borders of combined
silk ami chenille. Openwork lace in crepe
d. chine ard cloth trimmed with paillettes
Is much n demand. 1t makes very hand
nome trimming for the more ornate even
Big gowns, but its wearing qualities are
got what they should be when one consid-
srs the constituencies demand the shop
man makes on ones purse in exchange for
them. Sometimes entire bodice fronts are
made Of this crep, de chine One very
striking gown recently seen at the opera
had pearl gray crepe de chine front,
trimmed al over with paillettes of mother
of-pearL The lace is often made to look
like latticework with a flower here and there
holding it together and "A silk of some other
tint beneath to throw il into strong relief.
Embroideries on net have their admirers,
bOlCro Jacket patterns of net being made
and sold in the form of handsome individual
embroideries. Paillettes, one overlapping
the other like coats of mail. fashioned
into sleeves. jackets and tabliers to be worn
with the fashionable gown
Velvet and Lace AppILIues.
\ handsome pattern gown embroidered
ready for making up was adorned with
flowers and pointed leaves made of green
velvet and lace in which spangles formed
a part of the embroidery, giving 1t the
characteristic touch of chic and up to
dateneSs.
While there is tendency to the wearing
of complete toilets of one color and ma
terial. blOuses are still very popular, and
the designs for them are, if possible, more
fascinating than ever before The most
fashionable way of wearing odd blouses is
TO have the skirt of the same color but a
different material from the blouse As it
is rather difficult to obtain both silk and
wool of precisely the same shade the diff
Guilty of The matter is apparent. Even
when colored by the same dye the rnaterf
ais assume, when dry. a different tinse
Therefore the woman who achieves an ex
act match in the combining of these two
materials attains TO the very acme OF
smartnesS-
demand for holiday wear that 1t will be
worth while going over the description of
three such shown III one of the shops along
the Rue de la PAX.
The first of these was of deem hyacinth
blue glace. laid in deep plaits trimmed with
collar band Of coarse lace. The blouse
opened at the left side. where a deep rrtll
of the lace showed from under the folds
The sleeves we're long, tight and trimmed
with cross plaits.
The second blouse was of blue cloth with
a vest of white glace silk. A short round
jacket edged with large scallops was faced
with deep shaped fullness of stitched
cloth About the neck band Of lace was