Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12
LATE PARIS STYLES
Pretty Gowns Under Blue Skies at
Longehamps.
DIRECfOIRE and FRIAFON MODES
Bathing Costumes Recently Worr
at TrouviIe.
ABALL GOWN IN ROSE CREPE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS, July -, 1890.
The weather has been very fine recently,
and as a. result. the most fascinating tol-
lets have been displayed beneath the sum-
mer sky. LOngchamps has never looked
more brilliant. The most distinguished
lovers of sport among the elite of Paris vie
with one another in the brilliancy of their
gowns. The Grand Prix did not so
many notable toilets have been worn at
the later races, for many Of the fair own
ers. anticipating trouble on that occasion,
preferred to remain at home.
a picture of girlish grace was one of the
fair demoiselles in the box with the Ouch
ess D'Uzes. Her gown was of pastel blue
cloth made with a tunic cut below in ir-
regular scallops. Straps of guipure crossed
the front of the tunic below and the bodice
in pointed applications harmonizing with
the scalIops. The skirt itself was trim
med with a plated f1ounce of blue silk
plated blue silk forming the lower part of
the cOrsase. the upper half being of cloth.
The silk was headed with ruching of the
same material put on in serpentine lines.
The upper parts of the sleeves were of
cloth, each sleeve being made of two rows of
sCallops, the lower one reaching to a lit
tie above the elbow and meeting a plated
n.
lops of cloth lined with silk fell like the
petals of a blue lotOs over the rounded arm
fitted with long white gloves to the elbow.
The neck OF the bodice was cut in a long
point filled in with piece of guipure and
framed in the back with a high collar of
black velvet faced on the outside with
pink The wide-brimmed hat. modelled on
early Victorian fashion, was covered with
pink roses. The lace-trimmed parasol
which she carried was of pink silk covered
with pink chiffon to match the tone in the
Collar and in the hat.
Fringes Back Again.
Fringe seems to be one of the vagarfes of
fashion to which We must reconcile our
selves, for the mantua makers persistenty
apply it to garments. One of the smartest
gowns worn in another aristocratic box at
the races was trimmed on the skirt with
three deep rows of silk fringe. headed by
broad border of the woven threads. The
deep, wide, square collar was also edged
with fringe almost as long as that on the
skirt the entire effect being a curiously
shaggy one. This toilet was of parne bar
eye. The fringe upon the skirt was put on
to simulate d triple tunic, and formed deep
points in front, but was brought about the
back OF the skirt in straight lines. \ large
white tie and white chemisette softened
the lines of the face, the barege collar
opening over the white in a deep point, the
lower end of which was finished with a
large rosette of parme velvet.
BOTH Princess and TUNES.
The fact that the gowns could be ar
ranged in two classes was apparent with
very little observation; these included the
tuniced gown and the princess one made
to appear SO because the trimming was
put on in such way as to appear to form
TUNES. The skirts were very carefully fit
ted. sloping out below and supplied with
trains that, when spread out suggested a
peacockS tail. Embroidered trimmings
abounded, pailettes and steel beads over
lace or tulle being much favored. Large
hats seemed TO be considered not distingue,
dIrectOire and trianOn styles being the most
popular OF ALL Those with fiuted brtms
and crushed crowns, after the style of the
old portrait painters of the Joshua Rey-
nolds period, never have been very popu-
lar in Paris, and | am told that broad
trimmed hats are not likely to win the
patronage of the ultra chic !
Les OmbrelleS SOnt tres couuetes tres
jolles: says the emotional dealer in fash
ionabie sun5hades. and really / am com
PEELED TO agree with him. The craze for
odd"y IN handles has in no wise abated,
and one Is often amused by noting the
types OF women who carry the different
styles.
For instance. stout. waddling dowager
VIII carry one displaying the gIittering
scales and subtle head of an ophidian that
would be In harmony with the type of wo-
man la Sarah Bernhardt. Beauty and
the beast will be combined in a picture that
displays a fair-faced debutante's smiling
face peeping out from under a parasol on
which the handle is an opalescent bullfrog
Ladies with a tendency to oecultism-and
Paris is fun of such-affect handles on
which CLEAN ivory representations of the
sacred ibis or the lotos. Embroideries adorn
some Of the parasol covers. while others
are rendered charming with entredous OF
lace ruchins or contrasting colored ribbons
The French Rathing Dress.
I have never had much to say about
RrSsNE hat inc
reason that I could not Bathing costumes
that are regarded as eminentIy respectable
at Trouviile and Dieppe would raise a howl
Of horror even at such liberal American re-
sorts as COney Island and Atlantic CITY
The style u the costumes is often original
enough; for instance, success was achieved
by the maker of a bathing dress of red
serge trimmed with white flannel snottad
with black Green and white flannel with
a scallOped collar of white dotted with
green was another rather pronounced gown
Still another was Of flannel in the new
shade Of blue made with a triple skirt q,
alternate white and blue. The double saiIo,
collar Of white flannel was trimmed with
blue braid, an eTnpiecement of white flame
being covered with cross stripes of the blue
braid. Down the front OF the bodice to thu
skirt zig-zag line Of white braid was run
white buttons being set in each of the
angles.
more conventional costume-Iengtf
considered-was of white serge garnished
rttH SS.AoN ctotn put.on IN double bands
Inc yellow cloth trimmed the low round
neck. and from II was brought down the
front of the skirt crossing TO one side r.
simulat tea polonaise. The short sleeves
Were douele-that IS. one short sleeve was
brought from undas the band of yellow
upon the shoulder
In Lavender and white
Another batheing dress, not impeachec
even at Asbury Park, was made of gray.
blue alpaca. almost lavender. and TRIM