Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-17
FASHIONS FOR yANUaxy.

re fohet says the New Years fashions while
alterations OF the past year have greatly i'm
proved in one inn ortsnt particular, namely
iudicious combination Of color.
The yeNed quest on OF short or long eosfuD,es
Tor outdoor wear /. definitely decided and will
accommodate all tastes Dresses strictly re-
served for walking only, will be made quite
clear the ground, but will only do % bv an inch
dirt
Simple morning skirts tor home wear ara
very slightly trained. Carriage and visiting
tOletes are al made with trained skirts. Al
evening dresses also, though dancing skirts are
not nearly 20 long a. dinner dresses. or those
worn at balls by ladies who do not dance.
Those ladies who are 50 delighted az the re-
turn of great simplicity OF make must re
member that any article devoid OF all q INNING
is admired for the beauty of its quality alone
The material must. therefore. be irreproa ,ha-
BILE on that score: while any toilet, elegantly
trimmed, will attract admiration without ne
oeSsitsung 50 great an expenditure ior the ma
terIal itself.
All out door dresses are made with TUNES Of
some kind.
symmetry is certainly not much attended 20
IN either the trimmings OF cut of dresses. Skirts
arei not only trimmed differently at the front
and back, but the two sides are unlike.
Bows are much used as ornaments on dresses.
Instead OF having a traverse OF the same
they are generally drawn through a buckle. OF
these there l. ~ great variety in style, ma
terial, and size, as there lie vita the buttons %
much worn. Bright steel. cut steel marqui-
sets, silver (plain oSidized, Jet. amt mother
ot-pca'l are the fayOrites, gold and ieweled but
tons OF buckles are reserved for evening wear
Velvet and yelveteen trimmings are very
fashion able and suitable TO the season. Velvet
s us, 4 tor the richer materials, but good velve-
Teen i much worn in Paris by the elite. either
a. an article of dress or ornament, especially
by Young ladies. either single married.
Many cloth aud wooden fabric skirts are
trimmed with broad bias bands OF yelyeteen n,
arrange differently on the back and tsbueT.
Velvet skirts are very much worn. They
are, though an eNpensiye very useful item ia
= wardrobe rs they can be worn with different
oolored pOlOnaises or TUNES. In the latter
case the sleeves and gilet must be the same a.
the tunic. which should he lighter than the un-
derskirt, and accompanied by sleeveless vel
vet yestc.
Silk is very little worn out of doors, except
for visiting toilets; I'm tact, the grand genre of
the day is TO reserve the more eSPensive-look-
ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. they may be in
reality-tOr indoor OF carriage wear.
SILK damas. a very rich aud supple material,
IS very much in favor, and with the rapid ten
dency of indoor dress toward the Louis MIL -
period no fabric can be more suitable. The
dresses in tins style are made with long trained
plain skirts, open from the waist over q very
narrow tsblier of different material.
Bodies are mostly q basque-, points are
considered more habille for evening wear, > and
of these basques there Is an enormous variety,
most distiugue and novel.
The lace frills round the necks and shoulders
of low and half low bOdices are much worn.
They are ALWAYS deeper at the back and are
is used for flowers. A very pretty fashion OF
wearing small rufis round the throat, with low
dresses, is in vogue. They are made OF ribbon,
velvet, or a bais of satin or silk, with plat
ing of lace at the edge and tied at the back.
High bOdices are still made with reyers. q.
high 10 the throat, they always have a plating
or some similar ornament of the same material
round the throat. The most fashionable and
becoming, is a plating, coming nearly round
to the front and ending in two reverS.
Fer mere habillees tOilettes, the large open
sleeves worn. Those for SOWara-guf bodies
seldom reach below the elbow. They are coat
shape to the bend of the arm, and then finish
with graduated frill hanging over the arm, or
an upright Placement, such as a mousquetaire
cuff turned upward.
There are some beautiful new shades Of color
lately introduced. Among the greens, mer
orage, moss, pistache, dragon, thyme, mOseiIe.
bronze; il blues, hirondelle, "A very dark black
blue,) sapphire, Chambord, Celaden, of the
dark colOrs, (Which are most worn out of doors
by our elegantes, light ones being reserved for
indoor and evening wear tete lie negre, moline
(or Indian chestnut onyx, black plum, and
amethyst.