FASHION.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 67, 16 September 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

FASHION.

FOR SMALL BOYS AND GIRLS. Kilts, Blouses and Reefers, Kmpire Frocks, Gnlrnpes anil Round Waists. Very attractive are the picturesque yet simple styles in wraps and frocks provided for very little, folks this season. Our. cut ■hows two characteristic models. The little boy's suit is of brown velvet, with frilled collar and cuffs of fawn silk. The little girl's coat is of rich white Bilk, with a pelerine of fine lace and feather trimming round the neck. A pretty frock for a little girl of this age is of soft white silk embroidered with a tiny sprig. Its short empire bodice is confined by a band of silk embroidery, which also heads a deep flounce of Bilk embroidery round the skirt. Still another frock for the same smal 1 miss is of white cashmere. The yoke is tucked and feather stitched. Around the skirt and Bleeves are

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two rows of white satin ribbon. A scarf of white embroidered silk is brought from the shoulders crossed, in front and ti«d at the back. All the new dresses, whether , for little ones of 8 or older girls in their teens, are much fuller than they have been. Jacket and blouse effects are exceedingly popular. For girls of from 6 to 10 years guhnpe dresses remain popular, but little ones under 6 wear one piece dresses, with yokes and sleeves of white lawn. These are made in Mother Hubbard fashion, the dress fallIng from a round yoke of white embroidery, with wide sashes at the back coming from tli* Bide forms. A wide ruffle of the material of the dress is frequently placed below the yoke. Dresses for little girls under 4 years are made two inches shorter than has been the fashion. Boys of 8 and 4 years are put into kilt ■kirts with a full blouse, over which may be worn an Eton jacket. Twilled cottons In narrow stripes of white, with br6wn, pink, tan or blue, make good wash suits. It should bo added, however, that many Uttle fellows are put into knee breeches as early as their third or fourth year. Girls of this age wear the skirt reaching just to tno knee. Little reefer jackets will be much worn by both girls and boys and aro especially attractive over white dresses. The girls' reefers are made elaborate, with a triple cape over the shoulders. Moires and I)rocu<l«'x. Old fashioned moiresare coming in again, watered exactly as they used to Ik* woine 20 years ago. They display real lace to the best advantage and are admirable in black or white. Tlus mirroire velvet, shaded from golden brown to pale pink or pale blue, is found to be a valuable adjunct in dressmaking. The newest brocades represent either waves or clouds, and nothing could well be more beautiful than these undulations shot in erevette and pink, with the waved outlines marked by n. lino of contrasting color. Kainbow silks rml moires will be much worn, and in this luxurious age we are lining our coats with pink shading into blue and other rainbow devices. Gossip Alinut GonnH, The dresses for the last English drawing room were made chiefly of satin, with velvet or brocade trains. The skirts were very full and trimmed to the kuees. If you are bent upon being in theverj latest fashion, you will order a f!nunc<. pkirt forthwith, whether you like it or no. It is prophesied that we shall shortly go* back to tight sleeves. Some of the newest outdoor gowns have cape sleeves. Th« bishop sleeve is superseding the leg o 1 mutton, and a Bleeve which bids fair to b< fashionable this season is puffed all th« way up. For brilliancy of coloring the new mate rials outshine those of previous seasons. Nearly all are shaded or show changeable effects. The shaded shin y silks natterned

with a small flower are extremely gorgeous. An example Is in over bo many shades of greeu and red, each melting into the other. In some of the silks the shading occurs at regular intervals and takes the form of wide stripes. The promenade gown hero illustrated is designed for one just going out of niouniIng garb. It 1b In black and white cilk, the t-kirt gored with lines iii front and ornamented with muull black buttons. The bodice has nn empire front, large revera of velvet and jabot of real old lace. Floauce* and Furbelows Arc to Flourish. The Btorn and practical in dress is giving place to the daintily frivolous. The tailor made girl is going out of fashion, and this summer we are to return again to flounces and furbelows. Lace will be worn on everythiug, and ribbons, too, are likely to be more popular than they have been for .several seasons. Like many of the new silks, they show blurred floral patterns on shot grounds. Some Paris skirts are flounced all the way up, some have only one flounce, and some are adorned round the hem with rows of velvet.