A Few Useful Gowns.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 970, 3 October 1890, Page 5

A Few Useful Gowns.

A dark China silk for morning or traveling, made with a blouse and plaited or draped front skirt, with ribbon collar, cuffs and belt. A serge cutaway jaoket ie worn over this when a wrap is necessary. Separate blouses may be made of left-over India silk skirts, which have been discarded on account of the waist wearing out. Black mohair dresses for young ladies are made with a jacket basque, slightly draped skirt front and full back, very full sleeves, and a blouse vest, which is of two widths of silk fastened invisibly with a fly in front and allowed to drop like a sailor waist. These jacket basques have a narrow coat-tail back in one piece or slashed up the middle, with eight to twenty-four buttons trimming it. It is ioriunate tor hub remodelers that two colours or materials are combined with new as well as with renovated dresses. The under facing showing where the Bkirt front is lifted; sleeves, vest or jacket fronts and collar may be at entire variance with the remainder of the co-tume. The pretty striped flannels form neat, full, skirts for morning wear, with a plain or striped blouse. The silk striped flannel is the most attractive to look on, but the plainer flannel washes better. The mixed cotton and wool Is best for use, as it does not shrink like the pure woollen flannels, The Russian polonaise is simply a princess baok, or one out off below the waistline, with the skirt gathered on, and one-piece fronts lapped over to the left side, with a pointed belt holding the fullness to the figure. The sleeves are very high and the left side of the ekirfc is s'ightly lifted, showing two Silk frills on the lining skirt.