Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
Fashion BreVitleS.

The new corduroy cloth is very fashion
able.
Flatand ball-shaped buttons are both used
on dresses.
Black velvet takes the leads the tom
among bOnnets.
The "Cottage" bonnet is one of the reign
ing favortes.
Colored fringes are used in light shades for
evening dress.
nents for bonnets.
Colored glass buttons, bullet-shaped, are
very fashionable.
1t Is no longer necessary for gloves TO
match the costume.
y Undressed kids are worn on all occasions,
even at the opera.
Seal sacques without borders are preferred
by choice buyers.
Buff or old gold colored kids are worn with
maroon or garnet costumes.
The Pompadour and Marie Antoinette style
are received Tor evening dress in Paris.
Black ostrich tips are again the leading
full feathers for either hat or bonnets.
Feathers of the finer or more delicate kinds
are used to ornament opera caps and Golf
fures.
Spring prints and percales are seen on the
dry goods counters.
Coiffures tend to compactness, and are
worn lower in the back.
Ceremonious dinner toilets demand elbow
sleeves and lace ruffies.
The fashionable parlor work for ladies is
embroidery on mummy cloth.
Braids or short curls down the back are
worn with dressy evening coiffures.
COlored and white silk handkerchiefs form.
ed into diagonal bows are worn by fashion
able women as opera c0iffures.
Chene mixture are displayed in dress goods
for promenade wear
Velvet Is much used in combinations of
wooden goods for dresses.
A new style in silk hose is black embroid-
cred in white and colors.
Smooth hair is now the distinguishing fea
ture of Partisan beauties.
For evening gloves pearl tints with pink
ish cast are the newest.
There is great fancy for bright effects in
toilets for promenade wear.
The new style of wearing the hair smooth is
very trying to plain faces.
Beautiful fancy colored Innings are found in
the new imported cloaks.
The popular set of furs remains the long
boa and muff of medium size.
The large fur.lined carriage cloaks are
fashionable also as walking cloaks.
Canton Grape shawls at this season of the
year make handsome OVerskirts.
Flat buttons of colored jet come specially
for use on Scotch plaid dresses.
The most stylish ga]loons are messy look.
ing, TO. ming ruche-like trimming.
Ladies should have care not to adopt a
"l0udness" in their customes for street wear,
Velvet chapeaux trimmed with Persian rib.
bons are among the leading modes in millin.
cry.
Short dresses, thick boots and no false hair
are among the sensible fashions of the season
Plain linen collars and cuffs are now worn
only in the morning and for shopping excur'
sions.
The long cloaks of fur are elegant and lux
urious for the carriage, but are too heavy fol
walking.
Circulars of Scotch plaids, made with long
pointed hoods. are very fashionable and style
Long round boas of black marten or Alasks
sable are considered the most dressy of low.
priced furs.
Clusters Of roses nestled here and there
amid tiny foliage, are among the new est in
garniture. =
There is great preference this wear TO,
very heavy dress goods, which does away
with lining and padding to great extent.
The newest fringes for trimmings are called
sealskin fringes. They are made Of very fine
chenille strands, hanging straight and with
out heading. M
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