The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-05
FASHIONS AND THINGS.

"She dresses as il she were the dUdRt
courier OF circus company" "says une
Chicago Times correspondent of a Cali
tornia widow down at the Branch.
Ladies are wearing tiny bows of ribbon
for earrings now, and we are told that
it is the very latest Paris fashion. The
effect is odd, and, of course, the fashion
willrage.
Overdressed children at Saratoga elicit
| the sympathy OF all sensible people. A
| girl five years old, with oyerskirt, point.
lace hounces and diamonds, looks any
thing but pretty.
| Ladies now hang their fans by two
incn wide cardinal ribbon, caught at the
waist ON the lett side. The bright color
| forms pretty contrast both with light
anu dark dresses.
A single row OF very small buttons
down the length of u polonaise, or the
present style of basque, gives sense OF
| linadequacy, and il more can not be used
it is better TO put bows instead.
For oYerdresses, instead OF the dam
| asks and brocades used SO much for two
| years past, there are silk and woolen
| armures, and small, solid oolen checks,
which are selected OF precisely the same
SHADE.
A new and unique style Of jewelry is
| made OF very small colibir feathers,
which flash brilliantly in the light and
are Vely beautiful. They are obtaining
favor greatly among ladies OF good taste,
and are much worn with early afternoon
toilets.
Red and pale blue is much worn in
Paris for carriage and evening. The
often seen combination OF the two coIOrs
| is very French, and this is the same
| which makes the otherwise, to some,
unpalatable amagaination little more
endurable.
| A new cravat bow is called the Cen
! tennial Bell. IL is made of China Grape
of any color, laid in long folds, widening
| below somewhat in the shape of bell,
| and with hanging tassel for the tongue
or clapper, partly concealed by the lace
| which Is gathered on the edge.
The recent adoption of narrow braids
and small buttons necessItates the use
| of numerous rows OF both. Three
| abreast is the usual arrangement of the
latter down the front Of basque, and
the number of rows OF the former upon
the overskirt, cuffs, &C., is limited only
by the taste and means of the owner.
The sleeves may be silk, with wooden
cuffs, but it is less fashionable than for
merlY to have sleeves differ from the
body part of the garment for street
dresses, though tney are still employed
and may be with perfect propriety, il
preferred. These little solid checks in
wool are much more elegant than the
| woolen damask.
Elegant suits in the new shade of
cream-color, and trimmed with proiuse
and rich embroidery are much worn in
Paris this season, and are hnding favor
more and more this side Of the water.
1t is the color for hrunettes, and any
blonde can wear some one of its many
new shades, while nearly every color OF.
| the jeWelry or gloves looks well with it,
as it is the Toll Tor all colors.
Trimming velvets are made in colors
nearly as line as the real Lyons, and cost
from 81 to $6 per yard, according to
width, and Whetner machine or hand
made. The difference in the comblna-
tion OF suits this year seems to be that
the two fabrics are more mixed in the
formation of the different parts. Last
year, for example, the underskirt and
sleeves were ol plain silk, or wool, the
bodice and tunic of checked wool, dam
| assie, or velvet. This season the body
i part of the entire costume is more fire.
quently of silk, or wool, and the trim
ming wholly or in part composed of vel
| N0bs BIN vi w ulCu llfdlS udIll-
ask, and, indeed, is more used, in con
junction with plain laille, for street
dresses. 70
Handmade "knife," or fine side plait-
| ing will come back to us shortly, re-eu-
forced by Partisan authority. Strange
to say, the exquisite plating which has
been SO common mere is hardly to be
seen in Paris, and is scarcely known be-
yond certain exclusive limits. 1t is Just
beginning TO be populariZed and will
probably reappear among us as a French
novelty. Certainly there is no finishing
TO silk dress, Of medium texture and
quality, which is SO pretty, SO graceful
and SO becoming. the most charming
dress in the world fora young girl OF the
slender, chestnut-halred American type.
is dark navy blue silk, fully trimmed
with minutely plated ruff1es and tioun-
ces, and only relieved by inside Euches
of white tulle at the neck and wrists.
The idea of such a dress is an artistic
inspiration worthy of the century. 49,.
Colors offer nothing new since last
| season, except the different applications
OF red to black, and white or cream
| color. Evening shades are tlnts, as they
were last season, faint celestial blues.
creams, water aud moonlight shades.
Day colors have resolved themselves all
| INTO Inc darkest seal brown, claret,
| indigo blue and black, but brown
takes the lead. Nor DO the
mixtures of color and striking con.
trasts, so often seen abroad, find IA
vor here. Nothing is SO fashionable or
SO distinguished nn this country as a
rioh costume ofone shade of celor, with,
recently, the relief, when it is black or
| very dark, Of a cream-tinted hat and
gloves. But we see tor street wear no
cream colored silk vests with dark silk
dresses, or white polonaises with dark
skirts. These, if worn at all, would be
reserved for indoors, or at least for car
riage costumes. Even the Introduction
OF high color in the way of ribbons,
feathers and gold buttons will be very
sparingly allowed, for there is nothing
that vulgariZes a rich dress more Ger.
tainly than the presence of splashes of
bold foreign color.
The long, slender cut given to the
waist has not diminished; on the CONTRA
| ry, it has reached its EXTREMIST limits.
The difference of an inch in mans
nose is proverbial; the difference of an
inch in the length OF a dress-waist not
only makes the difference between fash