Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-29
NUMBER 8
Fashion Notes.

All persons who have present on
prospective interest in weddings on
balls are notified that white kid
gloves are no longer imperative.
Pale shades Of blue, rose, lavender,
straw and pearl cOlOrs are preferred,
and three buttons take precedence
over four or more.
The last neektie is velvet ribbon an
inch and a half wide, with ends en-
I broidered in. blue or scarlet beeds
and finished with fine silk fringe -
I Others are OfsOft ermine silk, bro
caded in white. Scarfs of crepe de-
eheRe, six inches wide, are worn
around the throat until furs become
! seasOnable. Plain neckties are
basted in shallow pleats, surmoun-
ted by a simple nuche Of tulle or
wash blonde.
The Nilsson cOllaret is both service
able and attractive. A baud of silk,
/ edged on either side with valen-
/ ciennes, IS cut to fit the back of the
neck and pass down the front TO tho
waist, strapped across the breast bv
two bows 10 hold 1t in place. Black
lace scarfs around the neck, held by
scarlet bows are also quite effective.
Black velvet vests, piped with silk and
edged with lace, preserve or renovate
dresses, offering the rare combination
of style and economy.
Trimmings Of steel, or Of lace
mixed with jet, are extremely efiec-
tive on black tafletas. Metal buttons.
such as old silver, oxidized silver, or
s:eel-either polished, engine-tuIned,
or with a more elaborate patterr-are
used for more dressy toilets; but for
simple morning costume those of
wood, mother-of-pearl (white or
smoked), and Jet are more suitable.
Jet and steel are both immensely en-
plOyed as trimmings, and appear like
ly to continue to be so through the
winter.
A beautiful style of ruif or ''round
cOllar" is easily made. Black silk or
velvet, for the exterior, is lined with
silk of any color, run together on the
wrong side. This strip is graduated
from three or more inches in the
middle, to about one and a half at the
ends. Turned to the right side, il is
box-pleated in double or treble pleats
down the center. The top and bot
tom of every Pleat are then tackled
together, and from a succession of
roses and hollow shells, revealing the
eOlored lining aud the inner ruff of
tulle, which rests against the throat.
Polonaises are of very varied styles.
They are made open and drawn back
from the front, caught up at the sides
much toward the back, forming a
pOuff; or a very short apron front,
and very long at the back, rounded
and cut up at the sides; or buttoned
all the way down, draped on the hip,
and falling in two long separate
points behind; or raised at the side
very far back, by means of three or
four plaits put very closely together,
a tape sewn underneath on each side
of the back breadth, rather more than
half yard from the wrist, forming
the pouff.
The pouff is not now so indispensa-
BILE as it was last season it is often
replaced by the tunic tied behind, or
by scarf-sash forming bows under
the pOstillion basque; still it remains
in vogue, and is more or less volumi-
nous, and raised bv buttons, pattes,
or cords. The make of the tunic
separate from the body is as capri
cious as that of the polonaise. We
find them draped differently one side
to the other, or merely bouffante by
means of the sash tied under, or by
three plaits very far back, and one
very deep one in the center, besides
many other slight notifications in
the arrangement of plaits or tapes,
which depend chiefly upon the intui-
tive taste of the mOdiste.