Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-03-01
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lFrom IIarper's Bazar. March o.
NM YORK FASHIONS.
SPRING BONNETs.

NM YORK FASHIONS.
SPRING BoNNETs.
Straw bonnets will again be the fashion
for spring and summer. The importations
are Leghorn, split straws, natural chip
braid sewed into shape, Italian chip
that comes in circular sheets, and satin
brads. OF these the light soft English
split straw promises to be the most pOpu-
lar. There are also colored straws of two
shades OF brown, blush grays, black; and
Il white straw called brilliant. is dotted
with black soutache. Shapes are very lit
tie changed. and are still combinations of
the gypsy and high Marie Antoinette bon
net. Crowns are large and high; front
pieces are narrow, and woin oftener with
out coronets than with them; and occas-
ionally the Marie Stuart point on the fore.
head is seen. Capes or curtain bands are
added to many crowns. Some beautiful
French bonnets are made up of bits Of
straw and bands with shirred puffs and fan
pleatings of falle.
FAILLE RIBBONS
Thickly repped faile ribbons are used
for trimming in broader widths than those
of last summer, Nos. 16, %, and even 30
being commended bv milliners. These
are shown in new tnts Of salmon of ecru
shaded into n,arrOn brown; peach blow, a
deep lavender with rosy shadings; reseda,
the new mgnonette tint of green blended
with gray: Nile greens: and clear sky
blue. On Paris trimmed bonnets of split
straw black faille and show Innings of
palest ecru. rose or fresh green. Ribbons
t,,t I'll, ,.L r.
also seen; such as olive brown with pale
blue. garnet with pink. ecru and rose,
salmon with blue, and reseda with pink.
FLAME-TINTED ROSES.
Mammoth tinted roses and large burst
ing buds are the new flowers. In these
the French commemorate their misfor-
tunes in characteristic way by putting
streaks of flame color and charred black
on every petal. and calling this new tint
ed Paris-on-fire; again. scarcely Il green
leaf Is found among the roses; the foliage
IS all in autumn colors, over which is an
ashen gray hue. and this is christene6 Par
isin-ashes Pale tea roses. with streaks
OF flame and black. are effectively used
on straw bonnets with black trimmings;
salmon flowers have smoky gray shadngs,
and pink roses are striped with charcoal
black. Even straw leaves are shaded to
bronze. and associated with flame colored
balls. y new straw ornament is an al
grette of straw and she'll Straw fringes
have acorns of jet pendent from netted
straw headings. Ostrich feather tips, es-
pecially black are on spring bonncts, and
will probably be worn all summer.
STYLE OF TRIMMING. 4 af
Trimmings are still arranged around the
crown of the bonnet. to make it look high,
while the front is frequently lett bare.
Erect puffs of bias faille laid in tiny side
pleats surround some crowns, and short
streamers OF ribbon hang behind; others
have two ruches OF laile bias, an inch
wide, gathered in a cord in the middle,
and showing Il lining of contrasting color;
again, there are lunches OF ian pleatings,
or half rnsettes of faille ribbon. standing
against the crown. Milliner's folds, cords
and piping soften the hard outlines Of
straw fronts. and clusters of ribbon loops
are much used for trimming. Roseltes.
it is said will supersede bows for orna-
ments.. Strings are usually OF ribbon
about two inches wide, to be tied under
the chin, but lace strings are too becom-
ing and pleasant for summer wear to be
readily relinqushed. Face trimmings are
full ruehes of lace or ribbon, but these
are almost out OF sight when the bonnet is
on, as it is worn standing almost AS erect
as IL round hat though'tar enough back to
show an inch or more OF the hair friZzed
above the forehead. Flowers are still dis
posed high on the left side: and ii their
aspect of desolation is mitigated by a
spray of foliage, it trails at the back, and
even then it is yelled by scarf of black
brussels net
A stylish French bonnet for middle
aged lady has the head piece of split straw
while the soft crown is formed of two
erect puf's of black faille Clusters OF
loops ofpale ecru ribbon are on the crown,
and Il black scarf pendent behind has
bias end finished with straw and Jet fringe.
a black agrette OF cocks feathers is on
the left. n black lace ruche is The face
trimming. and the long narrow strings
are of iaille ribbon.
A split straw gypsy for a young lady
has shirred ruche of blue iaille. show
ing an ecru lining around the crown;
clusters of loops and Il tea-rose with flame
Sireaks or the crown; Il shirred blue and
ecri irill edges The front, and the strings
are blue iaile three inches wide. An ele-
CANT Legholn gypsy has many loops OF
olive brown and sky-blue ribbon. with
hronzed straw leaves. A stylish bonnet is
an English Dunstable with fan pleatings
of reSeda libbon and 4 cluster OF Provence
roses.
COLORED ENGLISH GRAPE.
A novelty for summer bonnets ia coloretl
Grape, with the long crinhle peculiar to
the Eng ish Grape, hitherto made only in
black. The importations arc in gray, ecra
and pale tints of pink, blue and green. II
is to be made up over lace frames. the
Grape laid smoothly on the frame, and the
edges covered hy miliner's folds OF two
or three shades of one color. Much black
lace, flowers, and gros grain strings COM
plete the bonnet One in two shades Of
Paris gray. with pink and black roses Is
very handsome.
NEW Wells.
The novelty for veIs to protect me COM
plexion in March weather is dotted Donna
Maria gauze. a fabric thicker than grena-
dine, and ornamented with polka dots,
GRAY wells are the favorte at present, and
are most largely imported. Next there is
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