Sharp County record., 1879-06-26
FASHION NOTES.

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BILE.
-Clinging dresses already look old
fashioned.
PLAIN skirts without founceS are
coming in vogue.
ALI light fabrics make up well in
plated kilt skirts.
Small children wear boots and shoes
without heels.
Short basques are de rigueur, with
panier draperies.
-Paniers grow larger and rise higher
around the hips.
Elbow sleeves are to be worn again
for street costume.
Black Brussels net bonnets bid fair
to be very fashionable.
Travelling dresses are made with no
trimming, or very little.
New lamprequins and curtains are
of striped mummy cloth.
Plain skirts, as yet, are worn only
by very fashionable women.
-Children's garments have large
square pockets back of the hips.
Small boys and girls dress precisely
alike except in the bonnet or hat.
The use of elbow sleeves has reviv-
ed that of black velvet bands for brace
let's.
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 sisters.
-Pinafore suits for girls of from 4 to
10 appear among novelty costumes for
children.
-Gabrielles fastening in front with a
double row of buttons, and trimmed
with flounces at the bottom, are worn
by both boys and girls under 8 years Of
age.
A pretty belt is formed by a wide
wate.ed 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
gendarme blue are among the milli-
merry novelties.
The materials in use for untrimmed
plain round skirts are corduroy, plain
satin, ladies' cloth, velvet, striped satin
and moire silks, and moire and faille
striped silk.
"A pretty style of graduates dress
is made of sprigged null muslin with
plated rufles of the same, and profuse
decorations of pale blue and rose-oolor-
ed satin ribbon in loops and cravat
bows.
Wide half belts of the material of
the dress are worn from under the arms,
sewn in at the side seams, and fastening
in front with buttons, rings, or buckles,
frequently in q point over the waist
coat.
Suits Of bunting trimmed with
polka. dotted satin of contrasting color
are greatly in favor with young ladies
and misses. They are made with
basque and over-skirt usually and pla it.
ed kilt. The overskirt has plaitings
down the front and sides, if the skirt is
not kilt, and is trimmed with box
plated founce that shows the satin be-
tween each plat. Blue or brown satin
with polka dots is most used on tan,
white, and cream-colored buntings; the
navy blue bunting has lost favor. 9th
ers of white bunting have the gay hand
kerchief plaids for trimming, especially
in red and yellow, and bows of old gold
and cardinal satin ribbon. The more
French buntings have a kilt
skirt and boufant apron overskirt
that is caught up very high on the sides
by lengthwise shirring. Others have
the apron of the bunting made like a
scarf, with selvedge across the bottom
merely turned up and hemmed by blind
Machine stitching is rather
ledNy lOE GuIS SuG Wool Soouo' a.
tered silk, shirred damasse silk for
bosom drapery, belts and sashes, and
much polka-dotted satin are used for
these soft graceful fabrics.
The nearer summer approaches the
greater the variety of hats and bonnets,
and very pretty and picturesque they
are. A bonnet or a hat well chosen,
gives, at the present time, character to
the whole toilet The chip still retains
its position as the popular dress bonnet,
but the style par excellence is doubtless
the leghorn, and the most distinguished
imported model we have seen has
large crown, a wide indented brim,
lined with gold-colored satin, and an
exterior trimming of gold-colored satin
ribbon and red feathers. An imported
chip of the same shape showed a lining
of black velvet, and very effective orna-
mentation composed of white ostrich
feathers. plated Breton lace, arranged