Daily globe., 1879-06-01
Fashion Notes.
Coiffures remain low.
Belts are again in fashion.
Large bonnets do not take.


Large bonnets do not take.
Pleated skirts are very popular.
Shoulder capes are very fashionable.
Chnglng dresses already look old-fash-
ioned.
Paniers grow larger and rise higher
around the hips.
All light fabrics make up we'll in
plated kilt skirts.
Small children wear boots and shoes
without heels.
Plain skirts without hounces are COM
ing in vogue.
Short basques are de rigeuer, with pan
ier draperies.
Elbow sleeves are to be worn again for
street costume.
Untrimmed round skirts are preferred
for travehg use.
Travelling dresses are made with no
trimming, or very little.
Black Brussels net bonnets bid fair to
be very fashionable.
Small boys wear hats. Small girls
wear bonnets or close caps.
New lambrequins and curtains are Of
striped mummy cloth.
Plain skirts, as yet, are worn only by
very fashionable women.
Children's have large square pockets
back of the hips.
Medium sized gypsy and director bon.
nets take the lead at the moment.
Sailor suits with kilt skirts continue to
be worn by both small boys and girls.
The use of elbow sleeves has revived
that of black velvet bands for bracelets.
Plain, short, round skirts are faced at
the bottom, not bound or edged with
braid.
Young girls just entering their teens
are given dresses very like their older SIS
ters.
Small boys wear long, dark colored
stockings, whether dressed in white OF
colors.
Pinafore suits for girls from four to
ten appear among novelty costumes for
children.
Slips with yokes and Spanish flounces
are the first short clothes of both boy and
girl babies.
The hat and bonnet alone show the
difference between small boys and
girls dress at present.
Worth drapes wide sashes straight
around the hips Of many of his costumes,
fastening them with large fancy buckles
on one hip.
The draperies of plain skirts are made
short, en- panier, and very bouffant around
the hips, with very short apron or none
at all.
A new skirt trimming consists of
square slashed-up edges, under which are
placed ruffles Of plated lace sho wing be-
tween the slashes.
.Pinafore jackets of navy blue cloth,
trimmed with gilt braid and buttons, will
be worn with white dresses by little girls
OF four up to ten years
The long Mary Antoinette black lace
fichu is revived. 1t is crossed on the
bosom and the long ends formed into a
bow, with the ends in the back
A pretty belt is formed by wide, wa
tered ribbon passed around the waist,
with one very long fiat loop and two
longer ends hanging directly down the
front.
Changeable ribbons, blue with gold,
green with cream color, rose with blue,
and pale peacock and pink with gen
d'arme blue are among late millinery
novelties.
/ Gabrielles fastening in front with a
double row of buttons, and trimmed with
founces at the bottom, are worn by both
boys and girls under five years of age.
The materials in use for untrimmed
plain round skirts aae corduroy. plain
satin, ladies' cloth, velvet, striped satin
and MORE silks and MORE and faille
striped silk.
A pretty style of graduates dress is
made ofsprigged null muslin, with pleat
rufties Of the same, and profuse decora
tions of pale blue and rose-colored satir
ribbon in loops and cravat bows.
Wide half belts Of the material of tn,
dress are worn from under the arms, sew
ed in at the side seams, and fastening il
front with buttons, lacings, or buckles
frequently in point over the waistcoat
j The interest in art embroidery has ex
tended as far as Shanghai, China, ant
orders for textbooks on the subject hav,
been received in Boston.
French travelling dresses have lont
basques, plain overskirts finished by
i fold, and underskirts trimmed with tW,
small plated founces.