The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-01
Fashion Notes.

Bridal wells are again of costly lace
Tulle is tahooed.
Dainty Swiss aprons are worn with af-
ternoon house dresses.
Muffs made of dress materials will be
| fashionable this winter.
The poodle-dog" style of hair
frizzed, frowzed, and apparently I'M
combed-is all the rage at present.
The latest style of kid gloves for ladies
are fastened at the side, and are intended
to add to the contour of the arm
A new material for cloaks is the
Fishtail" cloth. This seems to be
fashions tardy tribute to the breezes of
Creedmoor
The favorite dress this season for little
girls is the Fritz blouse, a long plated
blouse with double breasted yoke, and
kilt-plated skirt.
Seal-skin is again the favorite fur for
sacques, and indeed whole sets are shown,
consisting of sacque or dolman, muff,
boa, hat, and gloves.
The princesse dress with elbow sleeves,
filled with illusion and worn for mans
delusion) will be the favorite evening
dress this coming winter.
Ladies are wearing white vests and
neckties, in imitation of the gentlemen,
| and some of the dresses this fall have
regular claw hammer coat-tails.
Cuffs, collars, and belts of light leather,
with diagonal-shaped pieces of shirred
satin set in, are the latest devices in a
fashionable New York store.
Large lace collars, like those worn in
olden times, are again coming into
fashion, as though young ladies had
suddenly become their own great grand
mothers.
The made up sets of lingerie, says
HGrper'S BazGr, nearly all have deep
cuffs that may be worn outside as cuffs,
or else attached to sleeves and worn as
under sleeves.
Neckerchiefs to be worn outside the
winter cloaks are squares of Paris mus
lin doubled in three-cornered shape, and
edged with wide lace. either "round
point" or "duchesse point"
Elegant gilt edged cards are now used
instead of note-paper. These are about
four inches by three, and have the ad-
dress on the right-hand corner and the
monogram on the left. The envelope
is of the same size as the card, and has
the monogram in color on the back.
Lovely little gray basket cloth sacques
and princesse great coats are shown, and
among the novelties are beurette cloths
with tufts of rough thread. For misses
are cutaway coats of gray cloth merely
bound on the edges with braids.
The jaunty novelty for little girls, and
one destined to be as popular as linen
suits were, is the Fritz blouse dress
This is very long plated basque or
blouse, with yoke, yet cut double
breasted, and having two rows of bullet
shaped buttons down the front.
The French models for children's and
young girls clothes are far simpler than
those designed in this country, and are
in better taste, hence the frst-class fur
nishing houses send abroad for pattern
dresses for the little people just as they
do for those worn by their mothers.
The wraps for girls are most comfort
able sacque cloaks, called the Carrick,
the marquise, and the Creedmoor. They
are very long, half fitting double breasted,
and the newest omit the middle seam in
the back-as indeed some new models
for ladies' cloaks debut have long side
forms with the seams beginning on the
shoulders.
The marquise polonaise and demi.
skirt is one of the most elegant designs
of the season. 1t is suitable for the rich.
est velvets, satins, and silks, yet at the
same time is simple enough for plain
goods. Embossed velvet is sometimes
used for the marquise polonaise over a
plain velvet skirt of the same shade, and
satin is combined with silk; bourette
polonaises are made either over silk OF
velvet skirts.
New cravat bows are leaves or tabs of
| duchesse lace laid over collar and
trimmed with loops and long-hanging
ends of very narrow ribbon. Others are
very prettily formed of fine small hand.
kerchiefs folded double without cutting,
and the trimmed corners are laid in fatty
pressed plaits. Ingenius ladies take
their tiue lace collars of shapes that have
gone ont of fashion and form cravat
bows and jabots of them.