The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-05

( A plain underskirt with tunic above
is a second fashionable form, and a
third is a circular skirt with fancy
braid trimmings outlining an apron
overskirt and jacket bodice slightly
longer in front than elsewhere, and fin
ished with velvet-faced revers and cuffs
and a vest of fancy matelasse in soft
subdued colors.
| Some of the new English walking
jackets for next season are turned back
in gracefully shaped revers to the
waist line; others are worn closed
straight down from the neck or fas-
tened diagonally from the left shoulder
Among other elegant dress models
sent from abroad are wonderfully
graceful creations en- princesse, the
back breadths moulded quite carefully
to the FORM and as devoid of fullness OF
ripples as the front and sides. all super
fuous material being deftly undertook
ed, and carried in gradually out-curv-
ing lines to the lower, greatly expanded
portion of the train. On full-dress mod
els the fronts of some of these dresses
are cut low in the neck, but below the
opening the glove-fitting bodice laps
| from IlgnC TO 1GlI III QOOOiC~bA OeiH5sNN
fashion. one side of the bodice being
very often of plain satin matching the
applied skirt-founce of graduated
width, the opposite side formed OF
matelasse Other youthful gowns are
half-low and rounding in the neck, and
fasten at the back, the lacing or costly
buttons extending several inches below
the waist-line. This allows for any
number of effective corselet, gulmpe
plastron, blouse or bolero effects on the
front of the bodice. The sleeves &c
these toilets are either extremely long
in Victorian style, or they are merely
decorated straps of satin, velvet, OF
brocade.
| Bayadere effects will reappear this
spring, and there is enough diversity
] shown in these crosS-stripes to render
/ them suitable for either tall or shorl
] figures. In some instances they are
severely straight, in others uneven OF
undulating, giving the impression OF
geometrical design rather than stripe
With not a few French tailors, consid-
! cradle partially is shown for hori-
zontal arrangement of stripes both on
skirt and bodice, and very often the
sleeves, but it is only on the finest fig
ures and manipulated by the most
skilled and artistic hands, that a gown
so arranged is a success.
! The new cheviots for tailor costumes
are very attractive and stylish. The
colors are mixed, as usual, but most
of the very desirable patterns are quiet
and unobstrusive. There are also very
smart checked and striped effects, in
distinct plaids and finely woven boucle
surfaces. There is also a soft French
cheviot, which has a silky intermixure,
among it's other color blendings, OF
cream, Oriental blue and amber brown
green, gray and petunia.
| A typical French costume in brown
| and blue-one of the combinations Oh
| the seasons made with a. long pointed
tunic closed on the left side below the
waist-line with straps and silver but
tons This tunic drapery is short al
| the sides, and then descends in long
eagle-wing points toward the back, the
fullness of the under circular skirt far
| ing out between the points in graceful
| folds, but with no gathers or visible
| plaits below the waist. Silk stitched
cords border the entire tunic, and trim
the underdress in many parallel rows