Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07
FASHIONS DEMANDS.

FASHIONS DEMANDS.
To be in the fashion, one should wear
colored silk stockings.
Infants Berlin wool mittens are in
white, blue, rose-color and cardinal red.
Small bone, pearl and metal buttons are
greatly used for garnisbing street cos
tunes.
! Flowers are more in vogue than ever,
and no costume is complete without
| them. If
| Ribbons of every width dispute success
with bouquets of flowers and gola thread.
The exquisite Pekin ribbons are those
preferred for garnishing black grenadine
| dresses.
Infants robes have the ornamental
front sometimes studded with small but
terfy bows of satin ribbon.
There are cunning little baby-gloves of
French and English isle-thread and
| silk, III white blue and rose-color.
inexpensive fans are made of mummy
cloth, and have all the effects Of the satin
Pompador fans without the cost. a-.
! Felt bonnets and FOUND hats will be
worn again this fall, notwithstanding the
suggestion that they were losing favor
last year. l.sa
tits the same with gold as with flowers.
1t is found everywhere, aud fashion after
| abandoning it, has returned to it with
passion. ~.
The furnishing-houses are spending the
summer months in making up silk and
wool suits for early Autumn. The designs
are French.
| Street dresses for morning wear in the
winter will be somber as two trimmings.
and will incline very much to the mas
culine style. :,
At Saratoga one lady is said to possess
twenty parasols, each one of which was
made to order after her costumes were
completed.
Infants mantles' all have the double
cape-the lowermost full yard in debth
and the upper one about three fourths of
a yard deep. -.
! A preference of fashion at the present
moment is for Japanese ornamented paper
napkins. They are used at the fashiona-
BILE afternoon teas.
Infants wardrobe, according to the
number and the quality of pieces con-
tanned are sent out from our furnishing
houses at from $50 to $3.50.
Pretty new bathing shoes are orna-
ment with bead-work, after the fashion
Of the Indian moccasin, and arc called
the Pocahontas bathing-shoes.
Organdie muslins have returned to ia
vor this summer, and are most invariably
made with short skirts. much trimmed.
and the boufante panier polonaise.
The English jockey-cap, with its stiff
vizier, is taxing the place of the silk hat.
SO long worn for riding, and ladies have
them made from the material of their
habit.
Embroidery runs riot on summer tot
lets for every part Of the day. In the
autumn it will be even more fashionable.
as it is more effective when done on heavy
cloth.
The most dainty infants: robes are
generally made OF French mainsook mus
lin. This is as sheer aud beautiful in
texture as linen cambria, and washes
equally as nicely.
A favorite way of wearing the broad
sash, SO popular at present, is to place it
around the waist to form belt. and to
tie it carelessly on the left side in i: large
loose knot.
White parasols with lace trimming are
the most elegant of the season. and ac-
company the white French bunting and
India muslin toilets worn during the
day on the piazza.
Dark blue flannel suits are in great IA
vor with young ladies, as they are suit
able either for seaside or mountain wear
they are made very plain, with long,
draped overskirts. :
Jet is much IN favor this season. and
is used on hats, costumes and nantes.
All kinds of head trimmings are WORD,
and the pretty clair de lune trimming
have been revived.
A pretty style of hair.dressing for the
morning is to wave all the hair and twist
it into figure of eight very low at the
back Of the head, transfxing it with a
metal dagger or arrow.
Dauphin gray is new shade of silk
that will be worn in the Autumn. It has
yellowish tinge, not SO deep as that Of
old gold, and will be contrasted with
myrtle green and with wine color.
The shap pc of ribbon bows has changed
completely. They are no longer made
with stiff loops aud ends, but merely with
very long loops, consequently very sup
pie, and without any ends at all.
The figured silk net-gloves are increas-
ing IN popularity. They have but one
fault, and that is that they are very per
ishable, making them much more expen
sive in the end than tue best gloves.
! The waists of bail dresses are now
made ,glove-6tting, a result which Is
brought about by having almost as many
seams in the front of the dless as in the
back, and cutting the side pieces Cross
wise.