The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-11-29
FASHION NOTES.

-Se4lSkln 1rlngo Is late nOVeiCy.
Bridal wreaths are in diadem forms.
-Paniers are rarely seen on Paris
dresses.
The umbrella |" is the latest large
bonnet. $3.50,
The most popular bonnet is the
Directoire.
The long dolman is the cloak of the
season. xYrx-ffkTr egf fffsr|
! English walking jackets win be worn
again.
Vienna or Peruvian camel's fur is q
novelty. ~
Trains are of various lengths and
dimensions.
Two sizes of buttons are used for
most costumes.
--Sealskin continues to be the fur,
most in demand. sqHf S.. afgs
The fashionable feather tuft is the
Prince of Wales. s45i4f 9fsy 80
-Three-cornered ncckerchiefs have
the points rounded.
Bridal wells are now in the shape Of
the Spanish mantilla.
1t is now fashionable to border
mourning handkerchiefs with black lace.
-Toilitza bordering, rare novelty in
black frosted fur, is again in the market.
Small shaded ostrich tips are worn
on colored shot velvet and satin bonnets.
Feather roses and peoples of dyed
goose feathers are pretty and expensive
novelties, VII
I Large hats are worn in the French
provincial towns, but In Paris small hats
are preferred.
-Sealskin win be worn by an ages,
from little children of s to dowagers Of
80, this winter.
Black silk dresses are usually COM
binations of faille and satin, with jet
fringes and passementeries.
Real butterflies wings, mounted
ON chenille bodies, are worn in the hair
and outside of evening bonnets.
Soft plaid silks are used for folded
lichus, laid in bias folds to wear with
plain black or sober tinted dresses.
The sacque, muff, boa, and cap is
full set of sealskin. Sealskin boas are
not generally worn with the sacque.
--Boas will not be so much worn this
winter on account of the general use Of
fur bands and Innings ON wraps of all
kinds.
The Partisan name for shirring is
coslisse, while the English term for the
same kind of ornamentation is gagged,
gathered or drawn.
4 Partisan bonnets come to MS with
the bandeaux and ribbons studded with
wonderfully natural imitation flies, and
ladybug and coccinella beetles.
| IAN Emperor moth or peacock but
terny with aichenille body and real out
spread wings resting on q bonnet O
cream colored, pearl, or white uncu
velvet and satin, makes superb ana
brilliant ornament. ..a -
1 The Millinery Trade Revieso say
that q "nlillinery house up town i
offering Derby hats at 10 cents apiece
to colored persons only, hoping thereby
to render this style Of hat unpopulal
with the better classes, as Derby re
quires little or no trimming"
The latest novelty in kid gloves TO
evening or full dress toilet has alternat1
bands Of kid and lace insertion extend
| ing from the wrist to the elbow, wher'
the last strip of kid is finished with I
scant ruffle Of lace; black lace is use,
for black kid, and white lace for whit.
and pale colored kid gloves.
The new Partisan muffs are mad
to match the bonnet, not the costume
They are of shirred satin, like capotes
and are lined with pale corn silk o
satin; at each side they are bordere'
with thick satin ruche, and ornament
ed with two large satin bows. Some
!, times white or black Breton or poin
d'esprit or Normandy point lace Is sub
stituted for the satin ruching.
The hamlet toque is worn by fai
young girls with curly hair. 1t is Q
flesh velvet, the crown being a larg
puff surrounded by a wide plating Q
! velvet, which, lined with velvet, serve
for d brim. Between the crown an
plated brim is silver cord with tw
, silver balls, representing a deaths head
These trim one side of the hat; on th
other side is o tuft of black feathers.
is said that Mrs. Langtry first made thi
: hat the fashion.
~ -Overskirts are abundantly shirred q
present, and are intended to mate
basques which have O shirred center
piece or vest, or else they accompany th
round shirred waist. An overskirt sin
ply called the panier is an excellent d.
sign, made to correspond with an uppe
garment which has the same geners
outlines. Ladies drape this design a
!, cording to personal requirements youn
ladies draw it very high at the sides, bt
matronly figures admire the less pr
: nounced effect and find the curtain dr.
r perry of the front stylish and we
4 adapted to any figure. A f
= vorite dress for young ladis
/, this fall is made of .camel's-ha
cloth with smooth finish, without trim