3-085-733 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ladies' Page: a smart gown of cloth and velvet, 1898. 'This smartly made gown of cloth and velvet is on the eve of a Leicestershire campaign, and deserves a measure of admiration for its distinctly original lines. A cleverly contrived bodice and apron front of fawn-coloured cloth, beautifully braided in silk cloth of one shade lighter, is made to contrast with a yoke and plainly draped skirt of soft dove-grey Lyons velvet. This contrast of grey and buff or fawn is most persuasively successful, and redounds greatly to the credit of its creator. A toby frill of white mousseline-de-soie confers becomingly with the complexion. A belt of fawn suede, set with turquoise, holds the waist, and an alluring little toque of fawn-coloured wings and twisted turquoise velvet sets the seal to a costume of some significance'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.