Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-09-25
NO. 227.
Miscellamsnms.
NOTES on THE FASHIONS.

The black and dark colored costumes
that have prevailed for long time for
dinner and evening dresses must now be
discarded. Light colors alone will be
con sidered stylish on these occasions, and
black will be reserved for day wear and
street tOileites. 1t will, however, be soon
revived for more dressy occasions. for
women understand that no toilette is so
universally becoming as that in which
black is prominent component. Red re-
tans its popularity and is introduced every
where. skirts, overskirts, ribbons. flowers.
feathers, sashes. wells, fans, parasols and
wraps bearing witness to its universal use.
We can furnish a hint to those who wish
to go to the extent of the fashion in tie
backs. and do not wish to be sheathed in
kid. Underskirts confined around the
waist by binding are out of fashion on
account of the fulness they require. But
corsets are furnished with q band of per-
Gale that closely follows the slope of the
figure. This band has buttons sewed on
the lower edge at regular intervals. These
buttons are designed for fastening the but
tonholes on the edge of the single skirt
which is now worn, and in this way the
tying back is accomplished with close
tit to the figure as fashionable as it is un-
comfortable. We get this hint from the
correspondent of the Bazar.
| Flowers will retain the supremacy they
enjoyed during the summer as the most
fashionable trimming for hats and bonnets.
Bosquets or thickets of flowers or foliage
form the prominent feature of the latest
importations. These bosquets, as the
French milliners call them, consist of
branches, clumps, or masses of flowers,
three or four inches broad, which pass
around the crown of the bonnet, and hang
down on one side or both. There is moth
ing specially different thus far from the
summer styles, but the something new"
that affords the change which fashion al
ways demands is found in the fact that these
creations are partially natural instead of
artificial. The ultra-iashionists in Paris
wore natural flowers during the summer.
and now the freak has DEVELOPED into
more extensive proportions.
The woody stems, foliage, burs and
grasses composing the wreaths and mass
es are the productions of nature. preser.
we'd by art in way that will make them
available for the wear of one season.
Branches of real sage leaves, stiffened
with glue. are arranged with cardinal red
berries. Real field grass, colored dark
purple, is combined with pale blue fow-
ers. Foliage will be extensively used in
varied autumnal inst. and, as the fancy is
to initiate nature, the dark mottled leaves
are spotted to initiate the natural process
of decay. Myrtle green leaves are min
gled with dark, green and brown frame
work, or bronze shade set off by many
burs and seeds. Shaded leaves and
branches are made of velvet, satin aud
chenille, but are not considered desirable.
The silk-petaed roses, always popular,
come in cardinal and damask red shades.
Those that are brought out this season are
ha.f-bloom, and very successful limitations
of nature. One or two of these roses.
either in dark red or cream color, mingled
with the fashionable dark foliage, make a
tasteful combination that will be sure to
find popular appreciation.