The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-20
FASHIONS.
Latest Conceits and Novelties of the Mo
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diste and MiiIiner.
For more dressy occasions are rich
looking bonnets CT the pale greenish
cream shade called tilleul, or linden
color, or else the gay cardinal or carou
bier red velvet. at @. .ls.a "a llla-.
Many of the neat, oompactly- shaped
bonnets that snit simple tastes are shown,
but great number have large lunches
of nodding feathers, hanging sprays of
flowers and flowing ribbons.
There are turban bonnets that are
really nothing but crowns worn far back
ON the head, with hanging strings.
Some of these have Mother Goose
crowns, while others are broader and
lower, with many feathers upon them.
The trimming surrounds the crown,
and this is the only positive rule, as in
some bonnets, il is massed on top, IN
some on the left side, while others have
their greater abundance down the middle
of the crown, with merely a band around
it.
Marie Stuart pointed fronts, with
ample sides, are among the new shapes
for dressy bonnets to be worn by ladies
who like broad bonnets, as opposed to
the present narrow shapes. The point
is not always directly in the middle OF
the forehead, but is sometimes trifie to
the left.
Velvet is most used for the bonnet
proper bias silks are twisted with velvet
for trimmings, but soft twilled or basket
woven ribbons, or these with double-face
satin on one she and gros grain on the
other, are preferred for twisting around
the crown and for the hanging streamers.
Embroidery on dresses is the present
fancy of rich women in Europe, and is
being used here on full dress toilettes
and elegant co tunes for the street. The
tablier breadth is usually covered with
needle-work, and there are many yards
of wrought bands for borders and as
headings for founces.
A three cornered neckerchief is now
worn outside of fall wraps instead of the
long scarf of lace. They are made of
white lawn edged with lace-either NAL
tese, Valenciennes or Mechlin--and are
so shaped that they fit into the shout
diers with short point behind, and the
long ends are placed straight down in
front, almost to the belt, in lieu of a
jabot or fichu.
A charming novelty is a tiny fiat bow
of linen edged with lace, and provided
with button-hole in the middle, which
is to fasten it to the collar button of
gold or pearl which ladies now fasten
their collars with. This is the neatest
ornament possible for ladies who appre-
ciate the fine linen collars which are
now worn on all occasions except those
where full dress is required.
The stylish, simply trimmed bonnets
have punches of two or Chree broad up
right loops of silk or ribbon on the left
side, with two short ends friNged out,
while on the right side Is an erect ostrich
plume put in low down, and posed so
that the end will curl up over the top to
meet the loops from the other side.
The back part of the crown is left plain
in a severe-looking fashion that is now
in favor, or else it may have two long
streamers Of ribbon hanging thence.
The dark -colored velvet and felt bon
nets are usually of one color, with the
merest suggestion OF some light con-
trasting shade, or of the inevitable car
1inal, by way of relief. Thus myrtle
green velvet bonnets have ostrich feath-
ers that are shaded from myrtle to linden
green, while others have crean-colored
azaleas for contrast with the dark green.
Seal brown velvet with cream colored
cocks plumes is much liked. Plum
colored velvet is frightened by linden
plumes or by flaming cardinal. Velvet
is the material most used, but felt bon
nets, and especially round hats, will not
be abandoned. -Hdrper's Bdzar.