Elbow sleeves return to fashion in summer dresses
The piece notes a revival of elbow sleeves and lace embroidery in French influenced gowns. It highlights Romney styles, bold front embroidery, jewel accents, and soft fabrics in greys and pinks. It mentions the Carnegie and Mackay families settling in Scotland and Mrs Mackay's US trip, plus chic house gowns with branserie linings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disis
Carnegie
Scotland
Bradley-Martin
Mrs. Mackay
United States
Stork
Clarence Mackay
Couturieres
A Pretty Summer Gown With Tucks And Dashes
Fashion notes describe a pale blue silk muslin gown with black dash motifs and compact tucked panels creating bands of effect. Shoulder lines are low and free, with mousseline de chine fabrics, Josephine blue accents, lace fischu styles, and varied house coats reflecting Paris couture trends as society figures like the Countess Castellane and Bernhardt influence the season.
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United States
Siwald
Mias
Goelet
Eurone
France
England
Countess Castellane
America
Wes
Violet fashion coats and wraps in spring vogue
A fashion note describes long coats no longer used to conceal shabby gowns. The spring trend features cloaks opened to reveal violet satin gowns with pale violet garments. Descriptions include an Eton bodice, double breasted styling, satin and lace trim, and a violet hat option. Helen Grey-Pagee.
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Cme
Dressa
The Typical Spring Girl Fashion Note
A brief sketch of the typical spring girl as devout and modest in dress. She wears a simple daily Lenten gown, often the same one each morning, avoiding worldly allurements. Her skirt is plain, close fitting, made of brown satin faced cloth or cashmere for poorer maidens, reflecting restrained style.
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Bernhardt
Ashe
The Lenten Maiden outfit described by Helen Grey
A fashion note details a Lenten maiden’s ensemble with a long tucked cloak or skirt, a belted front, and a simple hat trimmed with cloth and two ribbon pompoms. On windy days a collarettee of heavy cloth with dark silk lining is worn. fur garments are rare.
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Faubourg St. Germain
Newport
John Jacob Astor
Helen Grey
Exchange of hospitality in a Kentucky scene
A dialogue from a Kentucky setting depicts a formal exchange where a host asks a guest to surrender weapons before entering. The guest responds with courteous firmness, declining the offered hospitality with a ceremonial, old fashioned tone reflecting the era's decorum.
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Peter
Connet
Cleveland
Pertinent Inquiry in Private Confession
Nell states she admitted loving him after a question from Bess. Bess presses whether Nell told Mr Shortleigh that rumors of her being an heiress were false, as reported by the Chicago News.
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Nell
Washington and Sorghum clash over legislation funding
The exchange centers on Senate politics with Senator Sorghum denying bill introductions while claiming influence over goat money in bills. A joking remark about a book of signed checks suggests financial leverage in the legislative process.
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Sorghum
Washington
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Rap
Countess of Ava
Earl of Ava
Flora Davis
New York
Terrence Blackwood
Paris
Terrence
John W. Mackay
Helen Grey-Page
Eton
Lapela
Helen Grey-Pagee
Kentucky
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