Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-05
THE EVENING STAR.
COLORsAND FASHIONS.


Every spring and fall. IAbored descriptions
apesar IN the daily papers Of the '.new. fash.
toas;, me anine thereby theistyls and eoloRs OF
n,..s e os fashi ion has prescribed TO Be- worn for
< NV men tbs, by the fair sex. So far as It re.
Jatos 70 The cut Of the cape, or ffock, or the
ferns without off.bding csmrnon sense: but
fashionable colors are an absurdity. Ths laws
Of contract OF cclors are tnmuta6le; therefore
When iakhion preseribes for q hat or its trina
DinEs, or dress, without taking the complex.
In Of the wearer. into confederation, taste and
ssienee may b equally violated. A clear blond
sOAplexton may be rrnd< red saiIow TO appear
s1cs by . mistaken color on fashionable bon.
net aud q comely brunette may bs made to APP
Aeas.
Color. Of artificial flowers, bonness and
dIesses, should always be selected with refer
snos 70 complexion. n. Ohavrsultne scien.
tic French chemist. has evoted years Of study
70 this subject, ard has laid down the iaws
with precls ION, for nded On the dogma, "Chat
every color, when placed beside another color,
u changed; appearing different from what It
really Ia; and moreover. 1t equally modifiss the
sossr with which II is In proximity" The Iol-
lowing hints by Chsvrenl, for the toilettes OF
ladfss, should be read and pondered BY all
who desire 10 cultivate harmony of colors and
and adorn their persons In the most scientific
AID pie afing manner -
RID DRAPkRY.-Ross.re cannot be put in
contact viii the rosiest compilations without
causing them ID lose some Of their freshness.
pexions than roee-red, because being higher
thu tht. latter, it tends TO iInpart Wilderness to
them In eonseq uence OF contrast OF tone.
1kKEN DRAPERY.-A delicate green Is, on
the ecLtrsry, fas orable to all fair complexiops
which are deficient in rose, and which may
Aave more impaired to them without incon-
ysnisnee. But 1t is no, rs favorable to con.
pisxIons that are more red than rosy, nor to
those rha. have tint Cf orange mixed with
brown, h<cauee the red they add to this tint
will b. o. brick.rrd hue. In the latter case,
Q DARK green will be less objectionable than q
- licate green.
Willow DRAPRRY .-Yelow imparts violet
to fair skin; and, in this view, 1t is less favo-
raole Than the dehcate green. To those skins
which are more yellow than orange, it imparts
white; knt this combination is very dull and
heavy for q fair complexion. When the SKIN
- tinted more with orange than yellow, we can
make il Ioss ate by neutraixipg the yellow. 1t
produces this effect upon the black haired type,
and il IL thus that 1t sui's brurettes.
VOLT iolst, the compliment
sary to yellow, produces contrary effects; TINS
impsrts gree nish-yellow 20 iair compile xions.
II asfnents the yellow tint OF yellow and
grange ST NJ. The little blue there may b. in q
seAplexiop, hmakes green. Violet, then, is one
when It Is not uaaciently deep TO whiten it by
contrast OF robs.
Blue DaAPRRY.-Blua imparts orange,
which is susceptible of sllyiug itself iavora-
bly, to white and the light flesh tints OF fair
eomp@sxions, which has already more or less
dstern mined int Of this color. Blue Is, then,
snisahse to most blondes; aud, in this case,
JNAufes it, reputation. It will not suit hru.
1sstss, since they have already too much Of
eIarge.
ORANGE DRAPRRY Orange is too hrulisn I
TO he elegant; il makes fair compleXIons blue,
Nhitsns trose which have an orange tint and
gives q green hue 10 those which have an
grange tint, and gives q green hue 10 those OF
Aye1low tint.
WHITE DRAPRRY- Drapery OF lusterless-
white, such rs cambria and muslin, asserts
Wen with q fresh compiexicn, OF which it re.
Devss the rose color: hat Ii Is unsuitable 70
fonph xions which have u dissgreeabIe tint
secasss white always exa!ts all colors by rails.
lag their tone; consequently 1t is unsuitable 70
>hose skins which without having this disc.
fre~able TINT, very nearly approach Ii. Very
HGht white draT eries, such Rs mus lin, plated
or po n lace, have an entirely different aspect
BLACK DRAPERY.-BIack draperies, lower
ing the zones Of the colors with which they are
IN juItaposi,ion, whiten the skin; hut Ii the
fcHy parts are to certain point distant from
he dIapsry, II Will follow that although low
srsd In lore, they appear relatively to the white
parts OF the skin contiguous to this drapery,
redAsr than ii the contigui,y 70 the black did
lot eIist.