The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-12-10
THE FASHIONS.
Novelties in Far, CIOal<s, Hats and
ROmnedY.
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| The styles in furs change quite often
and all rich furs are In demand during
the winter seasons. But the ruling ful
selected depends upon the dictates Of
fashion. One year mink takes the lead
and perhaps the very next year sable OF
ermine will be considered the aristocratic
fur This year Shetland seal is all the
vogue, and the various styles of manipu-
Iation are quite attractive. and can be
called grand Improvements upon the old
time furs. All seal skins are artifcially
colored, and in this dyeing process there
is great room for cheating. The great
demand for this kind of fur has caused
some dealers to exercise their cunning
and skill in the way of defrauding the
public by carefully dyeing inferior seal
skins, and selling them for the best quail
| ity. Great care should be exercised in
selecting furs, and to be certain of getting
the worth of your money, go to popular
first class fur store. Muffs are somewhat
smaller than last season, and the lining is
satin some are ornamented with band
of ribbon around the centre, fastened with
a neat double bow, or unique jet trick. !"
The ends are finished with square bow
knot of gros grain, or a passamenterie
tassel. A few of our fashionables affect
floral garniture on their furs, the latest
'Ewrinkle" in this respect is a cluster of
natural or artificial flowers tucked under
the edge of the ribbon band which encir-
cles the muf. Seal skin sacques are very
popular; they are made to slightly fit the
form, some are quite loose and the major
itv come double breasted. Several are
neatly trimmed with either unplucked
otter, Russian sable, silver fox, beaver or
black marten. The latest novelty in the
lining is plain cloth, and is so put in that
the sacaue can be worn either side out,
both fur and cloth being fashionable.
The cap is made to turn back on the left
side, and is held in place by the tiny head
and tail of the animal. A pretty double
bow, and also jet aigrette, are also
used to garnish the nobby seal skin hat
The Alpine shape will probably take the
lead, and vet the ever becoming turban
will not lose prestige, but will doubtless
be worn as much as the more lofty look
ing new style hat. Boasar "allthe rage"
they come from a yard and a half to two
Yards in length, and are fiat i; boas
made of other kind Of furs are perfectly
round.
Fur trimmings are called for. This
style of garniture is very popular. The
fur comes in bands of various widths, but
none are wider than two inches and a half
The French seal fur bands are selling
from fifty cents to 81 per yard, silver fox
from SO to S15 per yard, mink from -
MP. chinchilla from 50 so to SO per
yard, black fox from SO up, sable from
S. up, black and white coney from 80 to
so cents per ward, Norway silver fox from
81 to 81 so per yard, Swans down and
chinchilla are sold for 81 %. These two
last named are used more particularly to
trim opera cloaks and sacques.
For several seasons back, cloaks have
not been worn to any great extent, the
close fitting polonaise and loose redingote
having taken the lead in independent
over garments We take notice that
Mistress Fashion is making an attempt to-
reproduce The long style of cloaks that
we're so popular ten or twelve years ago.
The first productions in this direction are
made of cloth and the famous matelasse,
and adorned with fur band trimming.
The shape is something like n sacque
made to sit close to the form. The back
is finished off with long hood, termina-
ting in a sharp point the sleeves very
roomy and slightly flowing at the wrist.
The mantle cloak is exceedingly pretty
and when made up in rich materials is
attractive. Pearl gray or black cloth
cloaks are very lady like in appearance,
and cannot be outdone for real comfort,
particularly for ladies who live out of the
city, but are near enough to ''take a
run" over here to "shop" three or four
times week.
During the fall months, the soft felt
hats have been much worn upon all occa
sions, and they will doubtless continue In
favor this winter. Velvet hats, of course,
will now be worm butn to the exclusion
of French and English felts. The soft
crowned ssroughs" are the vogue, and the
high cavalry" will still be worn. For
evening wear the white and pale cream
tinted felts are considered "the go"