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New York Fashions

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
April
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Spring costumes present no etriking clianges, plain skirls and elaborately trimmed waists remaining in favor for all bút the very lightest fabrics, Wtich are n-ot yet mattere of groat iniportance. - Everything centers on tlie eorsage iront, although the back niay be, and -often is, trimmed to match. Lace, chine or Dresden silk, vclvet, spangled net, or not unfrequently fwo of these potent factors, make up the gay front now so imperative. Jacket fronts heighteu this teadency, and wlli be extremely stylisli for walste ou-door . ments, and a succession of fronts may be supplfed aL.a. reasonable oxpenditure by purchasmg remnants, -.vhieh if put together with skiU and good taste, the result is surprising. "tttiite ëatiu reverè, either spangled or bordered with Venetian lace, having gathered chiffom at the center, are very fashionable, and an ingenious idea is to have two or three revers wtich hook on the waist, and aiay be changed at pleaeure. Xothing imparts a more stylisih air than white satin on a black or colored velvet basque, which should have a "ripple back." Slightly pointed or round watets reuiain popular ; velvet belts ave wide or aarrow, and velvet iolds finish the lo-wer dge of many elegant waists. Black sat in ribbon modules the bright hues of chine silk costumes wlth excellent effect, as a belt, and bows at the shoulder. A few sniall sleeves are again, ehown, but no'one ventures to express any decided opln- Ion as to the future. An elegant finish is given 1o any costume by handeome gloves, .and tliis season great preference is sho'n-n for pale yeüow, although white enjoya considerable prestige. Fancy black stitching is prominent on both these styles, and as may be inferred, contrasting colors are now preferred to those matching the costume. r In addition to perforated, lace-stiiped, dötted, colored silk striped or tinsel emtroidered grass linens, (as seen at the well known house of Lord fe Taylor,) come the "Madras and Persian patterns, which being novelties will be very largely employed for waists. Preference, however, will be given to navy blueor deep red, striped with white, forêtreetiuits! Colored silk linlngs are again usel wit perforated batiste costumes or waists, ands'liglrtly worn csilk will serve this purpose. Parasols are so gay tfevt great care should be exercised in the seleetion as a hat covered with bright ilowers and a gaily colored Dresden silk parasol, would be in very bad taste. Sotne Dresden parasols are in yery delicate hues, Unes of tiny prigs on cream or ■white groand.s. Then, again, they are so flaring tliat a white hat sho-n-Ing just a touch oí color, is most appropriate. Chine or brocaded silk parasols are also very 'bright, and white pongee parasols, with a Venetian lace band around the edge, look -svell -n-ith gay hats. White chiffon parasols trimmed -svith Ilowers are so_ particularly attraetive tliat they will continue to adorn garden parties or outdoor fetes of any kind. and thin fabrics, such as crepe de Chine,' gauze or net lace, are plaited, gathered or ruffled on plain ioundations. Crystal handles are on the handsomest ones, tut enamel, Dresden ctina and French gray silver or light-wood are all popular. ThO distinctive feature of spring millinery is the overwhelming yopularity of flawers, both as ti imings and entire (hate. Roses of all eizes, violets, orohids, lillies-oi-the-valley, and hyacinths are grouped together in the most Teckless manner, and white or colored tulle atfds a softening as ■vell as varfed effect in f uil rosettes or loops among flowers or ribbon, and in long streamers, to be attached under the chin. A touch of black is oiten a necessity, and is best supplied by a handsome ostrich plume.

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