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Street Gowns and Underwear Which Are Most In Favor. The elegant of street toilets are ofa and sober richness, rather plain, but of beautiful cut and fine mate rials. accompanying underwear, how ever, is of the most luxurious description, being all of the finest handwork, trim med with real lace. The present exceed ingly clinging style of gown necessitates the sition of all bulky trimming on SEATING COSTUME, underwear, and it is now reduced to the minimum volume. Ruffles are proscribed, and instead of heavy linen and muslin thin batiste, cambric and lawn are used. The decorations are fine and flat, so that it does hot form lamps which are visible under the gown. Sometimes the lace, which is chiefly valenciennes, is of the saffron hue, and in that case, if the ini tials are embroidered on the garment, embroidery cotton of the same tint is Nightgowns are more voluminously tiemed. They have ruffles and fluffy decorations of various kinds and are sometimes decorated with heavy guipure, which is shaped to the outline of the co lor or plastron. Underbodices are of the simplest form, sometimes being simply a short bolero tied across the bosom. When they have seams and darts, these are sometimes hemstitched. The picture shows a skating costume 7 sonnets of a long polonaise of vel diagonally in front and a a high, oh, Gating collar lined with chin chilla. There is a long revers of chinchil la, and the polonaise is edged with a band of chinchilla. The lining is of quilt ed satin. The velvet toque has a chinchil la border and is trimmed with a cluster of plumes and a jeweled ornament. Jopic CHOLLET.
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Plainfield Daily Press
Plainfield, New Jersey, US
Wed, Jan 03, 1900
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