The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-23
9zfeta a JaDonte o4mong tie
NezD Siiks-7ulle and Laces
Inevitable on the Gozvns Of
the Combinations of
Colors and Materials in a
Crepon Costume -A Re
markabLe Invocation Which
7res the Dressmaker's Skill.

UNHE fashionable skirt IL certainly
an object of interest 10 fns Or
server % Inconvenience 70 the
vszrer. ard of deep thought - the Dress
Eaker. Is Il made 10 close ia front, or
sehgtsd. or Oh IA. side, but the object In
% have IL tigat above. while the fare be-
or continues 10 increase In length and
tread;h and consumes a wealth Of goods
IL opposition TO the scanty upper part.
!. The effect 10 very graceful. however.
saen worn with grace In many eases
lie fare is composed of different ma
ssrizi from the rest Of the gown, though
istle of II may appear again In the
bodice. Tu!ls. net or lace are the ma
ssr!sls which generally enter into the
composition OF sae fashionable fare, and
hey are additionally proppsc up by very
o.iE and full plested founees Of the same
six whief. forms the lining.
Among the sslks which will play a role
In The coming seasons .affesa will be .
prime faxofite, bat IL il no longer the
stiff tasfesa OF a year 10 ago, but soft
and pisabie In accordance with the re-
gu.Tensents of fashion. and lending itself
with particular charm to the various drA-
p~ries and combinations OF the day Tho
shops exhibit sucs wondroas yar1afio0s al
ibis fashionable tsxsfls that II Is difficult
V choose from among them One note
IN open-work designs which resemble del
icate lace. and is underlaai with some con-
,yzaslgg color when made up. The ofxoc.
II The latter variety 10 particularly hand
some Ia black. Other materials which vie
with tsffeta for The fagor of the fashion
able public are epingilne. crepe-de-ehins
and liberty satin all OF whicn combine adj
fnirsbsy with the inevitable tuile, mousse
line lace
erspon may BE mentioned AZ . representa-
ton Of the various idicsynerasses Of the
Droeen, fashion.
The foundation Of The Skin; Is OF tan
coaorca isffeta matching the nghsesi
Ga3e OF The crspofa, which has hair
stripe OF darker tar elk running length
sise through st. Tie bottom OF the tight
skirt has deep and gaJ sioancs OF tho
same silk. which IN turn Is covered with
another sgeated noance OF tan-coiored
taile decorated With three tiny rsches Of
darker tau moassaiise de sole. There Is
sanie Of cfesson which enveiops the fig-
are without folds above the kness, and
fares slightly below. finishing over the
spiie haaGsa With bread ss-aIl9ps edged
stth tan mlousss'ina ruehes.
The bodice Is as artistic as IL ia simple
and indeed, the whole gown appeals 10
lossfs Of simplicity and can be easily sIni-
fss1 az no great uIIsy- Tho tan kglk
laias % the Aedlrc als. fits the figure
snagig. and IL covered at the back with
the srsp8n which is ssrefch4 from enc
sydsrasm s@am 10 the other without folds
n FROM The orvpun forms a hloaso-Iske
srset, Rhseh Ia Inserted with fuii.d vest
Of ias nioasseline de sole over nasturtiuui-
ss9Ssd silk. A boiero of tan silk renals-
haace asee forms 81 graceful finish. The
esns sleeves are OF erepon and are
trimmed at the srlssA with skress rows af
roasselino rnenes. TIE very alsh stand
Ira cellar extending into tao points a. the
hack Is Of nasturiigna~oo velvet as
Ii also "A narrow folded girile which
COMES into n posn, In Gront aaa closes
siih rtch gold buckle.
Another novelty. and one which requires
tas greatest skill on the part OF the siress-
maker. Is 10 extend the fare 81 the skirt
iato long leaves and flowers and tanariIs
which are appiiqned 10 the tight upper
par, u ihe skirt.
our eut represents guwa OF this de.
seflF,icn- The foundation lining is og eZrs,
tsaeta and Is yelled with C.iany galpu.e .
q he same dark eerU. The upper tash.
part of the skirt f. OF sufpure ana the
serpehtIne flare consists Of sasony blue
tAsfeta and extends over -. lace In n
fesss~se-lys design. which Is apfsigad
siEh silver thread
Tie bodice OF eern gutaare incioses the