Daily globe., 1879-01-26
Interesting Fashion Hints.
athers are all the rage.

Feathers are all the rage.
Cninchilla is a favorite fur this season.
Feather fans are elegant for ball cos
tunes.
Feather fringes are worn on all ball
dresses.
There is a frenzy for red among the
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 SO called.
Fashionable ladies never use oils or
pomades on their hair.
TWilled flannel costumes are much
worn for midwinter
For full evening toilet the hair should
be elaborately arranged.
Artificial flowers are not so fashion
able as they were last season.
The trimming for evening dresses are
Of unusual richness and variety.
In France, just now, it is the fashion
for 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.
The latest freak of fashion is a cell,1~
loid watch-case, and these are very
unique and pretty. They are finished at
the edges with a narrow gold band. and
the handle and winder are also of gold.
Pink is again almost royal favorite,
owing to it's beauty as a combination
shade and its special effectiveness with
black, brown and dark-green.
Slippers 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 rigeur 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
costliest braid or ''switch" of hair that
was ever made in Paris. It was COM
posed Of hair yard and quarter in
length, snow white, and was exceedingly
soft and glossy. Its price was $500.
Flowers figure largely in the ornamen-
tation Of ball-dresses. A necklace of
dropping flowers, foliage or grasses are
worn with armlets of the same. These
serve admirably to conceal thin neck
and apparently shorten long arm.
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 a 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. Embroid cred 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
a simple hem, about one inch in width.
The fronts are faced with silk lined bor-
nous hood, garnished with large silk
tasseled cord, and rich, oxidized silver
clasp.
Among the materials used for the ele-
CANT costumes now designed by Fashion s
handmaids it is observed that the light
gauzes which 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 OF three rows on the front, and some
times the ribbon is ruched or placed in
coquilles 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 lightest, or flow
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