Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-23

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n This is only another way of saying
What dress is the topic of supreme in
&terest in Gotham just now. All socie-
Ety came to town for the horse show
this week and will remain fer the
opera next week and the result is a
sbewildering array of smart gowns.
One of the most bewitching fashions
of the day is the velvet shirt waist and
separate bodice The latter is carried
out in panne; the former in corduroy.
The cord in the corduroy is specially
thick and heavy lending an effect that
almost severe. design which at
tracted much attention few days ago
was made to fit into the figure very
simply but perfectly, with a decided
blouse at the front The neck was
finished with a clerical stock piped
with white taffeta. The only orna
ment which the waist boasted was
eight immense white silk buttons
placed in couplets small distance
a4art upon the front.
NJ waist was worn with skirt OF
blacS >ladies' cloth fitted perfectly
plain across the back and hips and
circled with narrow bands of black
taffeta. Straight down the center of
the back Of the skirt there was
row of black silk, buttons extending
from tie belt line to the hem.
To complete this costume smart
sheperdess hat was worn. The hat was
trimmed with one immense waving
ostrich plume and this placed direct
ly across the crown from front to
back, the quill being visible among
the trimmings over the forehead, the
end dropping below the brim in the
rear.
Plaids have come into favor again
this winter and are wrestling from
striped effects much of their pOpu.
larity The effects are decidedly Scotch
and the favorite color combinations
are blue and green with a dash of red
or white of turquoise here and there.
Shirt waists made of plaid velveteen
are confined at the waist with belts
of corded plaid silk fastened with
clasps of kaiserzinn and there is a
broad back piece of the same metal
to extend the girdle in the fashion
able dip
Corduroy velvet is used in many
wasSsz for many purposes this season
but Wn no fashion does it show OFT
to better advantage than in hats.
Some very swell effects are stitched SO
that the work forms right angles with
the ribs of the fabric. They come in
white, blue, grey, black and plaids
and are the proper thing for the tail
or-made girls morning and outing
wear The only permissible trimming
is a knot of ribbon Or a coque plume.
Panne velvet is used more for en-
tire costumes than it was last year
and certainly nothing could be more
elegant. 1t is graceful and pliable,
while it's exquisitely sheeny surface
makes it at once one of the modes
elegantes of the season. Maids and
matrons alike realize the advantage
of it's rich effect and while it lends
itself charmingly to all sorts of orna-
mentation, it is beautiful without one
touch of trimming.
Brocaded with silk flowers of ap-
pliqued with lace medallions panne
velvet is admirably suited for even
ing wear One of the gowns which
will be worn at the opening perform
ance of the grand opera Monday night
is. of white panne brocaded with silk
JSwers. big yellow blossoms that ap-
I pear life-like, so cleverly are they
inflated Inlet in the front of the
bodice and skirt is panel of lace.
while cienture and fold at the
decollatage of pale eau de nil satin
give charming color note.
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Both white and black nets are used
extensively in the designing of even
ing and house gowns. These are Of
ten built upon two foundations, as it
We're, for between the net and the
SILK or satin slip there is an inter
inning of chiffon. This is affected to
lend softness to the ensemble, for
ehere Is tendency to regard with dis
iaVor the steady lustre of taffetta
VI satin one notices through the per-
iorat1ons in the net unless founda'
.'oh OF dull surface is selected.
white not ~ -1-,o,+ cr,,;co ic