Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-10-23
Fashion Notes.

part are seen in silk of very dark color.
The two-buttoned gloves are still worn,
though those having three buttons are
more stylish.
Evening wear demands gloves in not
less than four buttons, six buttons being
preferred.
Basdues exhibit every conceivable eff
feet, the cuirass model supplying COM
mon basis for all varieties.
Cloth jackets, of course, keep their
place for o. binary wear, and are particu-
larly adapted for young girls.
There is now prospect that American
dress will become standa d and fixed
authority abroad as well as at home.
American women have a prejudice in
favor of silk which has made them slow
to recognize the beauty of superior
wOOlen fabrics.
Gloves for street wear and visiting are
as heretofore, self-stitched, and come i'm
dark shades of gray, brown, prune, green
and purple.
The newest things in cloaks for this
winter are IF heavy black silk, fur lined,
and they will take the lead of sealskin
jackets and all others.
Round apron overskirts have disap-
peared entirely, but the square tablier is
retained. though overskirts are less gen.
eral than for some years past.
For general wear and shopping un-
dressed kids are popular, as they are
more serviceable and therefore more eco
nomical than the first quality of kid.
Fichus, long, pointed both at the front
and back, are caught in pleat at the
back of the neck, and finished with
bow of ribbon, with long. floating ends.
TIE umbrella of the mode measures
twenty-four inches, and is generally
made on the paragon frame, which,
though more expensive, is also more du-
rable than most other kinds.
With the introduction of winter suit
ings the popularity of polonaise styles
will he presented in this form. one of the
most elegant models imported being
called the Emeralda Pelisse.
Pockets are a ''rage" once more,and are
made in every possible form. Chate-
laines, also sometimes called aumonieres,
are brought back, and nj ,te to accom-
pany all full dress costumes.
The regular umbrella silk, made espe-
cially for the purpose, and twil,ed, fur
nishes the covers for the high-priced um-
breilas, though there are excellent ones
to be found among the plain boiled silks.
A great many vests, sleeves, collarettes,
rcvers, and cOquettish epaulettes are
made Of velvet whenever this fabric may
be used; and. whenever it is possible,
revers are held by butte rs, the handsomer
the better.
For this winter sacqaeS and pellisses
have already made their appearance, cut
out Of rich. wide silk, manufactured fifty
four inches i'm width for the purpose,
faced with silver fox or black marten and
lined with Siberian squirrel, the only fur
tough enough for this use.
The new combination of velvet with
wool is strictly Partisan idea, and does
credit to Partisan taste. 1t is employed
for street and visiting costumes, not din
ner dresses, and for these purposes is
more suitable, as well as more effective,
than silk and wool, or even silk and vel
vet.
A new and excellent method of making
velvet fiounces is to edge them with
Marguerite plaitings, not wide, of the
silk or cashmere Of which the dress is
composed. making the upper part there
fore only of velvet, scantily gathered or
laid in box-plaits, with wide spaces be-
tween.
For many years cashmere has enjoyed
a prestige abroad not accorded to silk of
the same money value, but here silk of
any qnality has been considered pre-
eminent and taken precedence of wool.
when the latter was really more beauti-
fnl as we'll as possessed of greater intrin-
sic value.
Little change is seen i'm skirts; full
dress, demi-toilette, and bell-shaped
forms, designed for the street, affording
the shapes required. Unnecessary full
ness is still avoided at the fronts and
sides of all these models, the limit of
close draping being decided by every in
dividual for herself.
Over-skirts are OF every possible model
of single, double and triple square
aprons, while shirred, pleated, plain, and
elaboratcly trimmed rounded aprons are
still popular. Additional draperies for
eaening dresses are frequently in the
form of tunic rather than an over-skirt
of a particular design.
A severe criticism condemns the use of
the hustle in Paris the most fashionable
modistes there reject the ungraceful pro-
tuberance i'm vogue both here and there
at present. substituting in its place erin
oline which extends the hem of the skirt
i'm such a manner that the circumference
of the hips is but little increased, while
the slope from the waist downward is
exceedingly graceful.