The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-15
FASHION NOTES.
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Have become visible, tangable things
large enough to form o covering for the
head, and are likely to increase in size
Theclose halfgipsey, halfcottage shapes
will remain in vogue, and are gradually
superseding round hats. They are uni,
versally becoming, and, ladies say. have
character" are MISUNDERSTANDING,
and are quite as convenient as round
hats, since they fit the head closely, and
may be removed without disarranging
the hair. Gipsies are not worn as far
forward as formerly. They show little
Of the parted hair above the forehead
and fit snugly over the top Of the droop'
ing chatelaine of massive plaits. Moth
ing can be handsomer for Winter and
early Spring. These are extremely styl,
ish when trimmed with ostrich tips OF
Nile green, blue, or rose color, instead Of
the tea-roses and pink flowers so long
worn. Ladies who object to any color
permit richly.carved jets and a black
ostrich tip for garniture.
CHIP AND ENGLISH STRAW GIPslEs,
trimmed with black velvet and ostrich
tips, are heralded by importers for reg
ular Spring wear. Some Of these have
straw curtain or cape, others will have
a velvet curtain, and again others leave
the chs:alaine exposed. Black strsws
will also be used, and not smooth straws
only, but the serviceable rough-and-
ready. Later in the season, velvet and
feathers will be too heavy, and thick
repped ribbons, with the fine French
flowers now so little used, will be re-
stored. Very large flowers, especially
great crushed roses with Drowned leaves,
will be stylish; also wreaths and clus-
tered vines Of violet and ivy. Donna
Maria gauze, black white and colored,
will also be used on Spring strsws in the
way Of ruches and scarfs
CoIPFUREs.
Ostrich feathers are fashionable for
head-drsses. They are mixed with fine
laces for elderly ladies, while single tips
are placed amidst the braids and curls
of younger ladies. At the Charity Ball
stately lady in black velvet and point
lace had her silvery gray hair-more
beautiful in its natural color than an
tique powder could have made it-ar-
ranged with a Pompadour roll above
the forehead and thick chatelaine.
Her exquisite couture was Of Nile green
ostrich tips, covering the crown Of the
head, and a barbe Of round point forming
streamers behind.
The hair is worn less frizzed and fluffy
than it has been. Above a low, broad
forehead, the hair should be smooth ly
rolled back in the Pompadour fashion.
Higher foreheads have the front hair
waved rather than frizzed, and an inch
Of the part showing in front of the bon
net. The chatelaine, if false, is fastened
by comb very far forward on the head,
and is no longer surrounded by the cor
onet braid once so fashionable, as that
gives stiff, full, rounded appearance to
the couture, when, in order TO be stylish,
it should have a flat, careless look,
showing the contour Of the head, and
seeming to be natural hair. The chatc-
laine must be very slender, that it may
not protrude at the sides behind the
ears. The side lock above each ear is
worn very long, pointing backwardquite
to the end OF the ear. A bow is worn
in the centre above the forehead to con-
ceal the fastening Of the chatelaine For
sleighing parties, skating, and for the
semi-dress ofmatinees, very young ladies
who have an abundance of hair continue
To braid it, school girl fashion, in two
long hanging plaits, tied with ribbons a
few inches above the ends, which are
crimped and left flowing. Ladies Of
fashion in Europe find fault with the
chatelaine that is worn so low behind
as to soil the dress, and are returning to
classic styles, modelling their ooiffures
after those of antique statues. The most
successful imitation is of the beautiful
head Of Psyche-with the slightly waved
hair low on the forehead, drawn back
from the temples, and confined by a
fillet of ribbons, while clustered ringlets
fall back from the top of the head. 1t
is predicted that we will return to the
purely Greek style-a severely plain
Grecian twist at the back and smooth
bands in front
VARIETIES.
Crinoline, or rather the hoop-skirt, is
superseded by the tournure. This tour
nure, or bride, is made very large, rising
high above the hips and extending the
dress skirts tosach q size that they hang
away from heperson, and look as round
as if hoops were worn. Dress skirts, to
fall gracefully over the tournure, must
be made very full behind and at the
sides. .......-.
Among the rich garnitures in. vogue
abroad are elaborate passementaries
that cover the entire front breadth of
black silk dresses. Fern leaves and
lilies Of the valley, made Of cord gimp
interspersed with jet, for the tablier on
the short under-skirt. A border Of cor
responding design surrounds the train
and extends up each seam, graduating
narrower toward the waist. The pos.
tillion, vest, and cuffs are trimmed to
match.
English ladies wear plain skirts OF
quilted satin as lower skirts Of walking
costumes. 4 few have been worn here
bordered with fur. They look rich and
warm, yet have not proved popular.
For plain suits and wet weather, skirts
of water proof tweed are used either as
Balmorals or for outside skirts.
Black velvet, and, indeed, many rich
silk dresses are made with untrimmed