Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-30
Interesting Fashion Hints.

Chinchilla is favorite fur this season
Feather fans are elegant for ball cos
tunes.
Feather fringes are worn on all bal
dresses.
! There is a frenzy for red among thu
ladies.
Corsages, close fitting, are now worn
over the hips.
Moorish women wear engagement
rings in the nose.
Polka dotted neckties are the rage
with young ladies.
Lead white is the fashionable color
| If it can be 80 called.
Fashionable ladies never use oils OF
pomades on their hair.
Twilled flannel costumes are much
worn for midwinter.
For full evening toilet the hair should
be deliberately arranged.
It is Partisan fashion freak fo- won
en- to put half opened fan IN their hair,
instead of high comb.
In France, just now, it is the fashion
tor brides to be accompanied to the alter
by two tiny pages instead Of brides.
maids.
Two sofas are no longer used in the
parlor; corner lounge upholstered in
different material takes the place OF one
of them.
For evening, silk stripes are preferred
to brocades. Inch-wide stripes of MORE
alternating with satin are the most ele-
giant.
Tho latest freak of fashion is cellr,-
loid watch case, and these are very
unique and pretty. They are finished at
the edges with narrow gold band, and
the handle and winder are also of gold.
Pink is again almost royal. favorite,
owing to its beauty as a combination
shade and its special effectiveness with
black, brown and dark-g green.
Charming new styles of handkerchief
show colored embroidery, with Valenci-
ennes lace borders. Fancy bordered
handkerchiefs of an immense variety are
now offered in our stores at low prices.
Sli ppers and bands across the instep,
or ornamented with jewels, steel, or gold
or silver buckles, and sometimes with a
small bouquet of flowers, are to be worn
de rigew with full evening or bali toll
cts.
Embroidery of all kinds is worn, and
the height of elegance is to have the
embroidery worked directly on the dress
itself; but this is very costly, and when
the bands of embroidery are neatly ap-
pliqued the effect is almost the same.
An American lady recently bought the
cost'iest braid or ''switch" of hair that
was ever made in Paris. It was COM
posed OF hair yard and a quarter in
length, snow white, and was exceedingly
soft and glossy. Its price was $500.
The favorite dress bonnet for Young
ladies and young matrons is of maroon
velvet with gold and garnet bead edges
and trimmings of garnet ribbon and featb-
ers, and dash of pale blue or rose color
in an ostrich tip on one part OF the same.
Chenille embroidery in brilliant shades
is very beautiful; but the most beautiful
is the silk embroidery on tulle, represent
ing garlands of flowers in their natural
shades. Embroidered plaques are placed
down the dresses, and are very effective.
A very handsome and useful evening
cloak is of double-faced soft plush. in
circular shape. The edge is finished by
simple hem, about one inch in width.
The fronts are faced with silk lined bor-
nous hood, garnished with a large silk
tasseled cord, and rich, oxidized silver
clasp.
Among the materials used for the ele-
giant costumes now designed by Fashions
handmaids it is observed that the light
gauzes which a little while since were
considered so essential for evening dresses,
are now somewhat in the background.
Prevailing shapes require fabrics with
more body, andsthey are, if possible, more
rich and varied than ever.
Perfect cascades of ribbon are used Of
ten placed down the dress-sometimes
two or three rows on the front, and some
times the ribbon is ruched or placed in
coqullles all round the bottom of the train
and up the sides. The very finest rib
bons are employed, with the TWO sides in
different shades or else delicately shaded
from the darkest to the ]ightest, or flow
cred on one side and plain on the other
1t is now considered necessary that the
buttons should match the many materials
and styles of the suits. For this purpose
numberless different kinds OF buttons are
continually made. The most popular
styles are the Pomp1lan, the Louis XIV,
the Egyptian and the Byzantine. Steel,
ivory, mother of pearl, ceramic buttons,
surrounded by pearls, and elegant buttons
in Imitation of diamonds, AMI Rhine
! debbles are all in use.