The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17
Pretty Gowns for the Women;
Gossip from Fashions Center

closer matching of bodice and skirt than
will permit of the indicated course. So II
should be avoided almost as a plague.
Leaf green seems much favored for silk
shiTtwaist suits, but there's a wide choice
as to colorS and what a temptation these
get-ups are to her who thinks for a mo-
ment of the approaching warm season!
Last years tendency in these admirable
suits was so strongly towards simplicity
that not q few OF the get-ups were so Sc
verely plain as almost to hint of indiffer-
ence to beautifying ones self. an impress
sion that none but thosa of eccentric taste
are willing 10 create. This summer all will
tend the opposite way. In many suits the
Celebrations are SO free and complex that IT
needs a second or third look 10 ascertain
that the ornate costume is a shirtwaist al
fair. The suits all the more delightful
in consequence.
The waists are trimmed with especial
lavishness. Not that the skirts are plain by
any means. but the establishment. while
matched in the two portions, is distributed
more literally on the waist Quantities of
insertion are employed, and il is not of the
simple narrow widths seen last year. but is
three inches wide. Yet it is used as freely
as were the tiny sorts. Cuffs are widened to
receive a band of il, and a piece follows
down over the round of the shoulder. Bands
elsewhere may be vertical or horizontal, the
latter being far more often the choice.
ShirringS and tuckings are INDUCED literal
ly without limit. Buttons are of the sorts
that combine the ornamental with the use
full Waists, alack. button in back. So
women who haven't dressing maids must
dePend on ones hu 1 Some of b fhe
the neighbOrs for aid in getting fastened
into their clothes. But. and this is the pith
of it, they'll have beautifully ornamental
fronts TO themselves. Almost all the skirts
are pleated, with Jokes.
Summer linen dresses of elaborate char
acter to be notable for the lavishnesS
of their embroideries and handwork. Col
ored embroideries will be a fine medium for
embellishing dreSs-upS, and are to be had
in big variety. They are combined with lace
of filmy sort in various pretty ways. al
ways to great increase of cost, of course
Much embroidery in blue is promised for
green goods, but the shades seem to many
to conflict, this at first consideration, so,
though the completed gowns and waists APP
pear all right. first doubts will deter many
and make acceptances slow As to laces.
favor is being extended especially to the
finer sorts, and the early promise of fine
standing throughout the summer for the
coarSer webs seems unlikely of fulfilment.
Traces of gold and of silver appear here
and there in about all fields of dress, and
good taste dominates their to the
matter of quantity. Figured materials OF
summary weight are going TO have more
than their usual share of trimming. Ordi-
narily IL is thought that these fabrics do
not need much establishment the character
OF the material rendering free trimming
unnecessary. And this year the liking for
shirring and such finish would seem to sup
ply ornamentation of Just the needed
sort. So it does, but it is not enough. Laces
will supplement- quantities of them being
used, and ribbon trimmings will be added
hardly less lavishly. Lace wrist rulings
are snowy, partaking genuinely of the man.
ner of the olden time. On highly wrought
gowns their richness and delicacy may not
stand out especially because of other
namentatiOn, but in simpler bodices they
catch and hold the eye because of their
seem especially ornate.
New York. April Is.