Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-16
Freaks Of Fashion.

Bell-shaped pendants are much worn
Cable necklaces are as popular as ever
Double dresses are all the fashion in
Paris.
Street dresses for walking are all made
short.
Watteau styles are coming in but very
slowly.
Bangle rings are among late iewelry
novelties.
Feathers are again worn in the hair in
the evening
Lace pins are more worn than square
or oblong brooches.
French heeled boots or slippers for
dancing are made Of The material of the
bail dress or its trimmings.
Conch shell ornaments retain their
popularity for young girls.
Both real and imitation jewelry is much
Worn at the moment.
Coral and celluloid coral are ALWAYS
fashionable for young girls.
Cold bead or gold ball necklaces have
not gone out Of fashion.
Silk muslin rivals India muslin as an
over-cress for ball toilets.
Paniers Of watereG silk or bracade are
used On pain silk and satin toilets.
Bangles with the lovers knot on the
Dack OF the arm are popular novelties.
Striped satin and MORE fans, to match
the ball o. evening dress, are a novelty.
Overtlresses of satin are worn with un-
der dresses of plush, and vice versa.
Dolman visites fit closely to the figure,
ana tor the most part have elbow sleeves.
Natural flowers only are worn az
bouquets for tie hand or corsage on dress
occasions.
1t is SAID that a few tashionables are
trying to revive the use of powder in the
hair in Paris.
Street wraps are either long sacques,
heavy ulsters, Or fur-lined circulars and
dolman visites.
White and cream-colored satin is worn
under white and cream. colored India
muslin ball dresses.
Masculine looking, rough gray mixed
ulsters are worn, with rough gray mixed
felt hats to match
White crepe and white gauzy silk
fabrics are used for ball dresses over satin
as we'll as india muslin.
Pendants are the popular ornaments in
jewelry, either in the form of lockets or
crosses OF various forms.
Comedian sets, including the necklace,
pendant brooch, and earrings, are carved
antique lntaglio patterns.
Fancy necklaces are in daisy aster.
pansy, forget-me-not, and fiat basket,
rosette, and oblong link patterns.
The Scotch ginghams are now brought
IN the regular tartan plaids of the gayest
hues; when these are genuine Scotch
goods they wash and wear we'll.
The furnishing houses are selling regu-
lar bustles of dimity or brilliantine, with
flexible steel springs in them, to support
short or demi-tra!ned dancing dresses.
Coiors which were hitherto considered
hostile are now combined. For instance
reddish-velvet is employed for the under
dress, with palc-blue for the over-dress.
Striped silks or satins, cut bias, are the
tayorlte trimmings for camel 's-hair DRESS
es. New cloth suits are trimmed simply
with collar and cuffs Of black beaver fur.
With all flowers, whether for
the hair Or dress, insects Of all kinds are
mixed, such as flies, beetles, and butter
flies, which are initiated as perfectly as
the flowers themselves.
India null in pale pink and blue
shades, edged with soft Breton lace. makes
the most becoming collaretts and neck
garniture possible. This is a new mate
rial, and much used this winter.
An attempt las been made to introduce
feather trimming, instead of flowers, for
ball dresses, but very young ladies con-
slider it to old-looking. A feather tuft
in the hair is, however, much used.
The long blouse-waist, reaching nearly
to the knee, is the favorite for Scotch
plaid suits. Walking skirts are made
with the front perfectly plain single
skirt; the back is relieved by scant dra-
perry.
Among the novelties that have lately
appeared are the moss dresses made Of
shaded plush, reproducing all the tints
of moss. They are fastened with chenille
buttons, and trimmed with chenille fringe
to match.
The long gloves extending half way to
the elbow are of creamy white undressed
kid, either plain or with lace insertions
and frills, or else the long lace mitts are
worn in white, black or color to match
the dress.
White satin dresses worn by more cid
erly ladies are trimmed with great deal
of creamy old lace in jabots down the
waist and sides, mingled with pearl trim.
mings, while the sleeves are entirely OF
pearls or of lace.
Dresses of the Princess shape are re-
tanned by stout ladies. The back is left
quite plain, with waist and skirt in one,
while to the front is added short, round
wrinkled apron Of embroidered tulle OF
Of Grape richly fringed.
., Dark-red roses and dark-red tulips
veined with gold, flame-colored grass
shaded leaves, featheryggrass with fringeS
Of daisies, are all worn, and some look
ing so natural that they seem but recent
" picked from the woods.
One pretty fashion is that of making
a satin apron, wrinkled and fringed with
pearls, to cover the three front breadths
while the back breadths are founced
from the belt to the end of the train with
pleatings of double tulle.
The fine Lyons tulle is the traditional
fabric for ball dresses. It is made up ir
most elaborate designs over satin, as it il
not effective when used scantily, and hat
many flowing ribbons and rosettes Of
white satin for trimming.