Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-10
FASHION GOSSIP.

SILK fms he'd velveteen is much en-
ployed for ladies' underdresses.
BOTTLE green and sky blue are the
latest French effort in mixing colors.
PLATED silk waists of delicate shades
are worn with black silk or velvet
skirts and overskirts.
The English gaiter and buttoned boot
is the style for gentlemen for the sea-
son.
SILK and velvet combined in milf
merry will be leading feature for win
ter wear.
The rage for cardinal red is on the
wane, but bottle green and deep wine
shades are the popular tints for street
costumes.
HEAVY black lace scarfs, two yards
long, bowed at the throat are proper
for the street. The same in white for
young ladies.
JEWELS which are screwed into the
lobe of the ear, are more stylish than
long earrings. The arrow, set with
pearl, is favorite.
GENTLEMEN's full dress suits are of
fine black cloth throughout. The
swallow tail coat has very long skirts;
the vest is still worn low; the trowse1s
are full, with q band down the sides.
BUsTLEs are no more adopted by the
beau monde, but skirt extenders have
taken their place. Pale blue and peach
blossom or the two leading tlnts for
evening wear, and are often combined
in the same dress.
GENTLEMEN who dress in deep
mOu ming wear entire suits of black
diagonal worsteds or of black Melton
made without bindings. For lighter
mourning, silk facings and bindings are
put on these coats.
GENTLEMEN use very large pocket
handkerchiefs of creamy white pongee
silk, with wide hem, hem stitched, and
marked with a long initial, either
white of else done in silks of tive colors,
such as cardinal red or navy blue.
These are $50 dozen.
For gentlemen standing collars are
more Fashionable than those turned
over in Byron shape, but should be of
medium height, instead of the extreme
style adopted by many. Some have
the points rolled over, while the new
est have the corners erect, but far
apart, leaving the throat exposed.
AN elegant evening costume is of
black velvet, with train twenty inches in
length. Neck cut heart-shaped, and
sleeves reaching nearly to the elbows,
and edged with q fall of Duchess lace.
Similar lace, but narrower, in the neck.
Black velvet boots and coral jewelry.
IT is now the season for all wool un-
derw ear-vests and drawers-and few
constitutions are sufficiently hardy and
Injured to our changeful climate to neg
lect this department of comfort. Scar
let merino are quite anovelty, elegant
ly finished and embroidered, and may
be had at the usual price Of white meri-
nos-from one to five dollars.
CoLoRED hose are adopted by both
sexes. Plain colors for the Ladies', for
outdoor wear, but elaborate embroidery
and figures on the instep Of those de-
signed for home wear. They should
correspond in color with the dress.
The variety in style, color and
quality in this line of goods is quite be-
wildering.
| SLEEvE-BUTToNs with links are worn
| by gentlemen. Very handsome ones
are two bars of dead yellow gold chain
ed together for each button; these are
$15 a pair. Stud buttons to match
are square blocks of gold, worth 81 so for
the set Of three; Or else they are round
flat buttons of gold, covered with white
enamel, to represent thread Or linen
buttons.
FLATLY folded scarfs that conceal
nearly all the shirt front not hidden by
the vest are still the favorite shape for
winter, and are called the Abbotsford.
The latest English importation of these
are in matelasse silks In small figures.
Cream-colored matelasse scarfs are the
novelty for semidress, while dark
brown, plum-color, indigo and blacks
are for general wear.