Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-13
new BRIDAL F|hERY
Color Will Be q Fad In the
Making.
DELICATE FLOW ERS
ARE WOVEN IN TIN TRIM
MINdS.
Kinds Of Handwork That Will Be
Found in Trous-
seaux.


part Of women to whom pure white is not
particularly becoming to find something
that is white and yet not white. To please
these fanciful fair ones manufacturers have
sent from abroad some of the daintiest of
stuffs in oyster white and ivory and cream
and other off shades of white softer and
prettier than dead white, which few save
young girls can wear successfully.
Even the brides have caught the fancy
for off shades of white. and one of the
smartest of spring weddings in New York
has surprise in store for the invited
guests. This is nothing less than a gown
that is an embodiment of the tints and
sentiment of spring.
In cloud of billowy, pearly white chiffon
-glistening with that soft luster that fine
chiffon holds in it's mesh-appear to float
pale sweet peas, in all the tintS known to
these flowers of spring, but of shades so
delicate as to be more suggestive of color
than color itself. The sweet peas are made
as nearly like those of nature art can
manage 1t. The petals Of chiffon are
natural in size as well as color. and the
embroidery is done in chiffon and fine
chenille.
This frock is only Of many wedding
gowns in course of preparation that Illus
trate the fad for fine handworx upon we'd
ding gowns. The exacting bride who would
be truly up to date wants every stitch Of
her gowns made by hand The fine. filmy
material that is to be worn over voluHi-,
nous draperies of other delicate materials
in spring weddings must all be scanned and
heumed and gathered and shirred bv hand
Not only this. but the careful needlewo-
man sews seams together with delicate
feather or lace stitches: she enbroiders
| the finest of flower wreathS and snrayS of
flowers in white. where a fUl1nPSS in
the gown is caught under a seam. or be-
tween trimmings of fine lace or ruffles
A Task of Months.
Little ornaments-single pieces-of
handmade lace are in great demand for
wedding gowns, and these take months to
work where any quantity of pieces are re-
CURED The frock embroidered in sweet
peas is the task of five months; one made
of white silk lace, worked abroad, has
taken over eight months; gowns In which
handmade Honiton and duchesse are
| prominent have taken months in the max
ing.
These lace and finely embroidered gowns
are made in such way that the latest
whim of fashion may be carried out IN the
drapery of the sleeves and bodice as well
as in the skirt by means of chiffon and
tulIe folds founces and shirrings, so that
a bride who spends any amount OF money
in getting a superb handmade wedding
soY,, made may rest easy in the knowl-
edge that her rnodiste will see to 1t that II
is in the latest stvIe we'll as in the
| latest fancy Of fashionable society,"
The Embroidery Used.
C,ross-stitch has not yet attacked the
wedding gown. but Chinese fat-stitch ana
Iapanese raised embroidery have, and
therefore the crepe-embroidered robes sent
over nv the oriental women will be as
fashionable as they are beautiful, ana lar
less expensive than specially constructed
frock At home. -, ,,
u.crl, 1inon these new wedding gowns may
he had when ii is known that young Amer
lean nccdlewomcn, whose eyes are perez
so far as sight and luStef are coilceiheu'
40 :, GREAT deal of the work on the gowns
assisted by powerful magnifylhg glasses,
Tie cobweb-like stitches are put so ciose
together in the embroidery ana the lnce
that an amateur needle"oiii"h SouiA ~
tell one from another. ,. ,,,ode
Whole wedding dresses are peihs iiituS
of narrow folds OF chiffon in scroll anu
dover patterns held together with loose
lace and feather and nicot stitches. ne ne
nohweh effect is produced in some cases III
resl irritation of the web Of a spider III
shimmering threads of glossy Six
The Hidden Touches.
The rousseau Games in for as much hahd-
work as the wedding gown, and the IN
Vulnerable rufaes of taffeta that mlngle
with those of pleated chiffon must be dam
tiIv pinked on the edge and sewed on by
hand. If feather-stitching is used above
1hem so much the better. The white lawn
underskirt has an overwhelming founce
made of narrow Valenciennes inserting, and
s+rsnped across this founce at intervals
are handmade straps of fine hand en-
broidery upon batis;e. These straps are
narrow at the top and wider, with rounded
ends at the bottom The bride may have
her favorite>flower embroidered upon them,
| or small orange blossoms may be sprinkled
IN the center while the edges are worked
in small scallops with embroidered polka
dots in the scallops Hand embroidery is
repeated above the fiounce of such skirt
A simpler form of the handwork done
for bride is shown in a flannel skirt. 1t
is of the finest white flannel, with a hair
line of silk running through it, and the bot
tom is cut in square tabs all around The
seams and borders of the tabs are worked
| in white silk fea Understanding, while each
tab has an orange blossom in its center
From below, and showing between the tabs
is a full f,ounce of filmy, white hand-run
Limerick lace
The fashion of making shallow yoke
pieces of hand-run Limerick lace, to go in
the Dutch necks of some of the brides
frocks is one of the seasons fads. So is
the shocking which adorns much of the
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