Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-02-10
Late Fashions for Eehruarx.


is.apparently.~on ly-aone. style. Either
| the patent velvet, black aud. white
striped silk, or iinsey dress with pale.
tot to match, aId "a colored petticoat,
with box-pleted founce round the
edge. are. We may say, universally
worn. The character Of the box. plat
has changed of late;. instead of being
narrow and close together, each plat
now measures three inches across, and
In the interval between every box plat
there is an ornament--either a button,
or small ball or tassel. as - ~
With afternoon toiletsit is different:
there is great variety In the style, but
none in the color, for in Paris color re.
siricts choice, and only two colors take the
place of the blue, violet, green and CUR,
which a few months ago were adunissi-
BILE. One of these two colors is auburn.
or, as the French term it, acdjou, and
the other is, if we may SO express it,
garnet, for it more closely resembles the
rich shade of those precious stones than
anything else. These are both dark
colors, but rich in tone, and OCCASION
allythe tunic that is worn over them is
light and of different material. Thus
for dinner toilet, garnet satin dress,
with pearl-gray terry tUnic over it, is
a style now made In Paris. Cluny lace.
ornamented with either gold or white
bugle beads, is still very fashionable for
trimming. When long sleeves are worn.
they are OF the coat sleeve shape, not
plain, but ornamented with cheurons, or
q ladder of either velvet or gimp, from
the cuff to the elbow.
"The Pamela bonnet has found its way
to London, and already been adopted
by small minority. 1t is as yet very
conspicuous, resembling rather fanci-
full head-dress than bonnet. Those
we have seen have two upright feathers
at the side. Feathers are now worn
small, and arranged to stand upright
rather than. droOp and curl gracefully
over what they are intended to adorn.
"Smali curls at the top of the fore
head are now considered necessary to
the arrangement of the front hair. as
a chignon is to the back. Few ladies
will submit to have their locks cropped
In front for this fieeting fashion, so they
have recourse to what may be called
false fronts. Flowers are but little worn
now as head-dresses; and the bandelets
are being replaced by these small
frizzed curls. Butterflies, sequins, let
and silver ornaments, delicate silver
and gold fiowerets, gold cord, gold braid
and tiny hummingb irdy, are arranged
carelessly among the short frizzed curls
The hair, although curled, is worn close
to the head, and, if bracelets are desired,
they are made of either shaded velvet
leaves, mounted on fiat gold braid, or
of moss mixed with coral"
The following fashions for February
are reported in New York from Paris:
Dress silks will be as long and as
wide at the bottom as heretofore, not
withstanding the prediction that short
and narrow ones would be in favor.
Skirts will be but little trimmed, and
often not at all. The Gabrielle style
will continue popular for ordinary
wear. A few double-skirts have made
their appearance, but there is no prob
ability that they will become general.
The fronts of dresses will have but few
if any plaits, but all skirts will be very
much gored. Short waists will be
worn the rest of the winter, and belts
of modern width always with them
Basques, like the skirt, fitting close to
the figure, will be again popular as the
spring approaches, and when these are
now worn belt is fastened over them.
Sleeves will be trimmed from the waist
to the shoulder, sometimes made to
wind around the arm in a spiral col
umn.
In bonnets, the newest style is the
Pamela, which has just made its APP
pearance in Paris. Imagine q saucer,
slightly bent down at the sides, and
with strings fastened to three sides, and
some idea may be gathered of these
strangest of all small bonnets. They
are made of drawn black velvet, and at
the top of the bonnet, or rather the
saucer, black velvet bow is placed, the
long end of which falls at the side; in
the inside there is very small wreath
of rose-buds, and similar wreath is re-
peated at the back. Be it understood
there is neither curtain nor cap to these
small bonnets; and although they are
infinitessimal head gear for out-of door
wear, they are vastly coquettish with
pretty faces under them.
Linen collars and sleeves are worn
ornamented with lace or embroidery,
either in satin stitch or point russo;
which somewhat resembles the cat
stitch. The point russo is done in col
ored cotton, or sometimes even in fine
zephyr. Sleeves are made with deep
wristbands.