The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-11-13
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
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y Dlu6 III WulCu 10 suSSprI bluSe Vi
!. violet; a stone blue which has
5 depth, but no surface brightness;
e the duller shades of peacock blue,
!, in which there is but little green,
!. and the 0endarn,e blue, a pale old
/ blue, pale old willow china shade
a which is so often COMPOUNDED with
others totally unlike itself. The
darkest shades of blue, the ''invisi-
. ble," the ''indigo," both of which
are almost black, are used for street
dress, the lighter shades are en-
ployed IN coteline and cashmere for
house dresses, especially by young
ladies, who trim them with straight
) bands of fine imitation India cash
!; mere, or with Irish point and rib
bons, matching in color. A great
many simple casequins and polon
) aise are made of these materials
and colors, and worn over plain
skirts of velvet, innocent of flounce
or plating, or ruffled black silk
skirts may be utilized in this way.
High colOrs, and what a short time
ago would have been considered
extraordinary colors, are ventured
upon nowadays, and no one CRITICS
es or condemns. Very broad rib
bons with a stripe of solid color
down the center and a chintz or
cashmere stripe on either side are
used to form cross or diagonal lines
to make part of the tablier to fill in
the sides of the basque, or make
one long band down the front or
Of hn or in
trail color. Plaid silk is used In the
same way upon wool, the plums, the
reds and other high colors in plaids
are very dark this season, and often
shot with black or very dark brown.
Shot silks are employed just as
everything is by those who have
a fancy for them; but they are pre-
ferred for rich Innings or in expen |
slve fabrics, such as satin de Lyons, |
| by elderly ladies, who remember |
With affection the shot silks and |
satin ceVantine (Which satin de Ly |
OnS resembles of their youth. The |
triumph of color may be said to
have been achieved when 1t may be
so controlled and manipulated as it
is to-day; that all sorts of complex
ions wear all sorts of colors and
find them, through skillful blend
ing or sOttening association, entire
ly becoming and capable of adding
new expression to beauty.
The novelties in jet and bead
trimmings are very costly. Instead
Of the old-fashloned passamenteries
we have tiny beads embroidered or
network of lace in exquisitite real
lace patterns; fringes arranged as
breast-lates, plastroms and panels;
beads forming the entire front Of
short skirt, and wrought into
most lovely leaf and arbesque pat
terms.
The wonderful variety of color
and shading adapts this style of or
namentatIon to any dress, and pro-
duces most brilliant iridescent ei-
fects.
All the shades of amber, of
bronze, of wine, of dark green and
ruby appear separately or together,
and the dark blended masses are
most effective upon black. Amber
shades upon net over amber satin
are extremely distinguished, while
bronze, mixed with ruby or darker
wine colOrs and dark green satin or
velvet, lights it up singularly like
concealed fire. The broad bead la
ces and head embroideries are used |
for side trimmings upon dresses
separating the back from the front,
or for the back Of mantels or the |
| front OF bodices.
The work Of making these trim
miDgs is enormous. They are as
fine. delicate, complicated and diff
cult as real lace, and cost quite as
much. OF course they are import
ed. This work could not be done
here, and would not be, for it is !
starvation, and we have not yet the |
class who would spend their time
upon it.
| Buttons have become a very I'M
portant adjurct, and a very expen
sive one. From 81 to $40 per doz-
en- is not at all unusual, and at least |
a dozen and half are required for |
the jacket, with Its double breast, |
its lappels, its pockets and its cuffs. |
| They are not of the kind either that |
address themselves very strongly to |
| the imaginations OF the crowd. The |
finest are composed of carved and |
inlaid pearl, lower grade of irri
descent pearl, and the commoner
sorts still Ct horn, grained wood, !
vegetable ivory and the like. Dark
polished horn, in which many shad
| Ings are visible, is almost as hand |
some as pearl, and is greatly to be
! preferred to vegetable ivory or
painted wood. Grained and inlaid
woods are some times very beauti
ful, but painting is only admissible
when it is very fine, or associated
with a sentiment or a character.
Buttons are principally used for
Jackets or wooden dresses. The
former exhibit them often as their
only trimming, while the latter also
are rendered more or less distinc
tive by their style, character and |
significance. When used upon the |
latter, however, the employment of
! them is not confined TO the bodice, |
but extends to the side panels of
the skirt, which is very often stud /
ded with them, and if they are |
| H0l"SoAHV ah'' dud pteu 70 the IAN |
nc, this arrangement upon a dress |
Of plain wool is very effective.
The new hats maintain their |
character for originality and bril- |
liant and picturesque effect. The
same contrasts, however, exist in /
bead gear that are found in other |
departments of ladies' clothing, and |
| the most fashionable milliners. in
stead of mixing all up together, now /
arrange them with some attempt at /
| classification.
The finest novelty of the season !
is undoubtedly what is known as /
the leather bonnet. This is com /
posed almost wholly of mounted |
feathers taken from the necks of
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