A GLANCE AT THE LASTEST ARTICLES OF LINGERIE.
Brooklyn Union Argus 21 January 1878 FASHIONS. A GLANCE AT THE LASTEST ARTICLES OF LINGERIE. How Laces and Ruches are Made into Beautiful Things for the Toilet The Popularity of Lace Fashionable Hosiery. The manufacture of 'pretty things' is almost a spontaneous impulse with women, and now that the period of quiet days and long evenings has arrived. A special interest will be entertained. Articles of lingerie are so numerous and so varied nowadays too, that with a purse of moderate length, it becomes almost necessary to use domestic ingenuity in making up a portion of the necessary articles that comprise a supply; and if this were not the case there is the increasing round of gift-giving, and for this, lingerie certainly proves a most convenient outlet. Scarfs are always required in winter as a protection for the throat, and very beautiful ones can be crocheted with 'ici' wool, shetland zephyr, or chenille thread. When the latter is used the effect is soft and delicate, and the scarf warm, and if the material used is the finest, the scarf is often made to look as handsome as if of lace. A very pretty picture can be made of Tunisienne gauze. The shape is a square handkerchief, with one corner doubled over upon the larger one beneath, the upper portion being afterwards cut up at the shoulder line and trimmed with pipings of satin and fringe. Around the neck an upright pleating of crepe lisse appears, and the tichu, then trimmed, is fastened on the bust so as to form a surp?ce shaped opening. These graceful fichus are made of any fancy gauze, figured lace, both black and white, and frequently of fine linen cambric, trimmed with a border of French needlework, beneath which is placed a scant side plaiting of Valenciennes lace. NOVELTIES IN LINGERIE. Something new in lingerie is always looked for at the holidays and new period of the year, and manufacturers are by no means backward in their productions this season. Among ruches for the neck there is the crepe lisse plaitings in several forms, one of which has a narrow hem on the edge, the ruche being ?aid in full, close sideplaits. Another ?ind, not so full, has a border of several rows of machine stitching, in white floss, and also in colors. Black lisse and black tulle ruches are provided for mourning service. The varieties shown in Swiss muslin ruches are supplied by different styles of plaiting but it is observed that instead of the ecru tinted lace worm so extensively last season upon ruches of muslin white lace is preferred. Where the bow for the neck, or jabot, is of real lace a close sideplaiting of double or triple tulle is preferred to any other for the neck of a dress, but a favorite real lace collar like the tie, loosely turned over at the neck, while the tulle plaiting is inside. Owing to the number of pompadour and surplice waists worn this season, many made up laces are in requisite shapes, and are called modesties. Many connections are now in the form of pompadour squares. A decided novelty in lace is the 'necklace' consisting of a medallion, cross, square, or any fancy design, or set of designs, attached to a narrow band of lace corresponding, which passes around the neck. These come in Irish point, duchess, point appliqué, valenciennes, and a new and inexpensive lace called Princess. Nine dollars is the price of a showy duchesse lace necklace. ENTHUSIASM FOR LACE. Today, as in times gone by, lace lovers find themselves overtaken by a species of infatuation to which fashion by her influence adds an incessant stimulus. The revival of real laces, both for trimming uses and as an auxiliary to the toilet, is one of the prominent features of fashion at the present time, and it is quite possible that the manufacture of a few varieties may become a limited industry in this country. Popular lace is entirely unlike its former self, as shown by the prevailing choice of laces. For garniture for velvet and rich black silks, the handsomest lace newly imported is a combination of various stitches and kinds showing heaving outlines filled in with lighter work. The patterns are prominent, as for instance, a tall, slender palm leaf filled in with smaller designs. This lace is called point ragouse, is in high favor in Paris where it is seen on velvets and brocades. Irish point lace, measuring from six to eight inches, intended for silk velvet garments, cost $6 a yard. Shoppers who may at first glance count the cost of this lace are assured that it will 'last forever, and washes like a piece of muslin.' The lace is extremely effective, and so simple in respect to manufacture that it ought to be made at home. LACE SCARFS AND PINS. The beauty of the new black lace scarfs and ties, and the great variety in the jeweled ornaments which fasten them have created a furora of dressing the neck with a wide, handsome lace scarf or a smaller back lace ?? embroidered in color, and held by the golden bar denominated a scarf pin. The newest styles in these scarf pins of an expensive kind are fern leaves of silver, or silver bars mounted with cameos cut in conchshell. These have earrings to correspond, and cost from five to right dollars per set. The scarfs when they are all black are usually of Spanish lace, half a yard wide, and two and a half long, but the smaller ties embroidered in bright colors, are newer and much richer, and form a beautiful finish to a handsome, all black toilet. The very newest scarfs for the neck are triple fringes of silk, forming a sort of wide ruching with an embroidered center. These costs from $3 to $8. Another beautiful style is in delicate China silk, the ends embroidered in gay colors. The rolling fur collars attached to cloaks have made scarfs and ties much more fashionable than boas. FASHIONABLE HOISERY. New styles of hosiery in silk, cotton, and wool are shown in combinations of two colors, such as cardinal red with navy blue, seal brown with cardinal red, seal brown with royal blue, slate with pink, etc. The upper half of the stocking is woven in one color, the lower half in the other, and where they are joined above the ankle a finish is given by the introduction of hair line stripes and embroidery. Besides these novelties there are checkerboard and crossbarred designs. Expensive hosiery is wrought in bead work on a solid foundation, chiefly black, as, for example, gay floral patterns in red and pink beads are executed on black silk, such ornamentation appearing on the instep rather than on the side of the stocking. These styles range in price from $11 upwards. Another very handsome novelty is 'camel’s hair embroidery', this being executed chiefly on black silk. It appears on the instep, and derives the name from a resemblance to the work upon camel’s hair shawls, but it is done in silk. Prices range from $10 upwards. Manufacturers have done their part in presenting to the attention of the fashionable elegant ideas, which are not unworthy of the time and trouble expended in bringing them to perfection. Colored hosiery presents so many advantages over white that it seems hard to believe, that it will ever be out of vogue again. Ladies’ fleece-lined hose, white, colored, and unbleached, range in price from 40 cents to $1.50 per pair; wool merino hose from 50 cents to $2; wool and merino hose, all colors, range from 75 cents to $3 a pair; white hose commence at 25 cents; ladies’ coldred cotton hose vary in price from 50 cents to $2 a pair; and a children’s in similar style, from 30 cents to $1.75 a pair ladies;’ spun silk hose range in price from $3.50 to $4; Derby ribbed, from $3.50 from $4.50, and French fancy silk, from $5 upward. 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