The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
VIENNA FASHION LETTER
MANUFACTURERS EXCEL IN PRO-
DUCTION OF DAINTY FABRICS
FOR FASHIONABLE GOWNS
METAL NOTE STILL IN FAVOR
White Lace Gowns for Debutantes-
Natural Flowers Play a
Role I'm New Spring
Millinery.

Special Correspondence Of the Globe.
VIENNA. Feb. 4-The exquisite novel
ties brought out by the manufacturers in
cite the dressmakers and modistes to
their best efforts. For street or ordf-
nary wear there is plenty to choose from
among the cloth varieties, all of which
nave reached an unheard-of degree of
perfection in appearance and wearing
qualities while the happy weaves vel
vets and pushes, plain, miroire Or
panne, are the materials par excellence
Tor more dressy gowns, and bid fair
to enjoy continued favor until the ad-
vent of warm weather 1t is in the
realm of evening and indoor frocks, how
ever, that the ingenuity of the manufac.
turers and tailors eliminates. The god
or silver note which has made itself in
dispensable to fashion during this winter
has much to do with the effectiveness of
evening gowns, and another success is the
mile f1uers" or Pompadour design-tiny
Dresden bouquets strewn all over a
white silk ground, hand-painted or en-
broidered, printed or woven, and when
the two effects are combined, the crea-
ton becomes absolutely irresistible.
A much admired model embodying this
combination and Including other dainty
features has just been completed for the
trouSseau of one of our Viennese court
bellies. The gown in question is a soiree
frock, and the style is modified Louis
XIV, with all the picturesqueness of that
fashion period without its eXaggerations
and modified by the latest twentieth CEN
fury ideas. The skirt consists of a
foundation of pure white taffeta of heavy
texture, tight fitting over the hips and
back and expanding into a flare and
short train below the knees with the Gus
tOmary dust ruffie of pleated white taft
feta to supply all necessary stiff
ness at the hem. This foundation skirt
is entirely covered with finely pleated
chiffon of deep butter color This in
turn is yelled with point d'esprit of
the same shade as the chiffon and hav-
ing the little floral dots of the material
marked with tiny silver spangles. The
narrow front gore is trimmed In tablier
effect, being yelled with the chiffon and
spangled point d'esprit and having a
border and hem of fitted points matching
the point d'esprit and of the same rich
yellow shade. The side cores and train
are trimmed with deep founces Of pleat-
ed chiffon finished with a narrow ruching
of the same, and yelled with a second
f1ounce of spangled point bordered with
butter-colored lace
The bodice recommends some partic-
ularly fetching novelties. 1t is made of
heavy white taffeta striped closely with
narrow silver stripes woven into the silk
ard doIted With small sprays OF pink
roses and foliage. The back is tight-f1t-
ting and elongates into two long pam
niers lined with white satin and falling
on either side of the back to the hem
of the point d'esprit skirt. Long stream
ers and bows of back velvet ribbon hang
over the center of the back and are at.
tached to the bodice with g. strass buckle.
In front the bodice is quite short with
short point in the center. 1t fits closely,
allowing for the low bust form, and Is
ouble-breasted, the closing being mark,
ed by three small bows Of black velvet
ribbon, each caught with brass buckle