Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-30
Fashions in Paris.

with the artificial flowers which skill
full fingers have created to give grace
and beauty to feminine apparel.
Flowers are used on hats intended
for winter wear
They are daintily embroidered on
stockings and on the long evening
gloves.
They ornament the evening couture.
They lend their lovely colors and
graceful form to the Identification OF
dress fabrics, from splendid brocades
to ETHEREAL mousselines and chifons.
On gowns, they are embroidered
hand-painted, made Of chiffon, silk or
chenille; sometimes the flowers are
cut out of handsome brocaded silks or
velvets and appliqued to the gown.
Flowers made of ribbon are nov
city, and they fall from stems like oth.
er artificial flowers, quite unlike the
chiffon and silk blossoms attached fiat
To the surface, which were so much
seen last season. Flowers are being
made. too, ont of panne, with leaves
in harmonious many-toned velvets and
softly crushed upon the dress or CLOAK.
Certainly, there can never have been
a time before when the dressmakers
assistant was Of such vital Importance
In the creation of elaborate gowns or
when needlewomen we're expected to
have such def and cunning fingers.
In evening frocks, delicate intricacy
and combination OF materials and lace
and flowers are the most noticeable
features. such intermlngling of won
derful laces and ribbons that the com
pleted costume Is work of mysterious
beauty. Among all the many little
sultleties OF dress, at the present mo
ment, one can scarcely imagine any
thing more difficult than the making
and arranging of the wonderful chif-
fon flowers and foliage which appear
on evening gowns.
Flowers are used il various ways
as a decoration for evening cotumes,
especially roses. The gown of white
brocade which Mime. Loubet, the wife
OF the president of France, wore on
the gala night at Compiegne, during
the recent visit of the car and czar-
ina of Russia TO France, had applica-
lions of white lace fastened by small
gold roses
One of the we'll known couturierse
here has just put the finishing touches
to collection of gowns showing the
latest ways in which floral ornamental
ton is introduced on evening toliettes
One of the loveliest of all has for
the foundation white satin fnousseline,
over which runs a painted pattern in
green leaves with roses made of pink
chiffon. The roses are small, and
there are showers of them all over the
gown, some of them attached to loops
and ends of pink velvet ribbon. There
is a shaped 1ounce in which are in
serted medallions of lace. embroidered
with gold, and the ruche that heads
and finishes this is heavy with the
little chiffon flowers. There are ell
bow sleeves made of lattict work of
pink velvet and dainty and becom-
ing mousseline rusile at the elbows
with pink chiffon roses hanging from
il.
Probably the gown painter would
have picked out as showing the most
art was lovely creation of aquama
rine colored satin yelled in stripes OF
fine lace and white net embroidered in
pale green mothero'pearl; this was
edged around the foot with thich
ruching of blush-pink chrysanthe
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disphanous sleeves and finished the
laees in front.
An original bali dress was composeC
of delicate combination of cream
and nastutium colors, the corsage be
ing decorated with trails of the flow
ers.
Two other evening gowns showed
entirely novel ways of introducing
floral ornamentation They wer,
both in the fashionable combination
of hla ck-and-white, which viii b,
much seen during the winter. On,
was in black dotted net over whit,
satin. Lengthwise killed rows of tn,
net alternated with broad bands o
black lace. These formed both Skin
and corsage. the latter sagging slight
~ all round broad wrinkled bands o
of black satin defining the waist. Tn,
touch of novelty was that each lac,
stripe at the skirt hem had its buncl
of black roses with green leaves
Partisan fancy for finishing off tn,
hem OF an evening frock Just now
The decolletage was draped with
fichu in black lace. Knots of blacl
roses adorned the bodice front.
The other black-and-white froek wa,
enlivened with pink. White mousse
line was the material made over a pinl
silk foundation. Both skirt and bod
ice were festooned with black velve
ribbon run through small paste
buckles, and inside the loops of vel
vet was an inset garland of blael
Chantilly lace over which trailin,
Pompadour bouquets In pink ant
green and white We're embroidered
The white mousseline was cut ava,
beneath the lace and the pink silk lin
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