The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-16

Many ladies', instead OF wearing very Ions
Waists. had. on the contrary, very short ones
snhh,thts, instead Of being tight fitting around
s she oody, fell In loose folds. They were very
| short In 'front.' showing the foot and formed
long trains In the back. This style of dress Is
very Decomfng, and much more comfortable
~ u allows perfect freedom Of action. All
hinus Oh trimming can be used with this mode
" aress, and IL Ia likely, as IL possesses such
marked advantages, that 1t will soon come In
general favor
Dresses for dancing are made extremely
snort In front; some reforms have also taken
place since the beginning Of the winter in the
matter OF trains; they are very lncOnvenieDt
Tor dancers, and are therefore much rurtailcd,
and In some instances done away with alto
gethcr, and n "dretcoire'' dress IL the result.
Many fashionable Partisan ladies use for
evening wear half-lownecked dresses made Of
colored cachemire. The colors plain colors
are very pale shades OF pink, blue, pearl and
lilac. These dresses are supple and grace
fully draped. The easaques are Of damasse
elk, and the trimmings of lace are placed on
plain, with plated gauze.
Embroideries Of fine jet are still very much
used; long vests, reaching to the knees,
glisten with fine-cut beads In closely-worked
designs; Mime. Nilsson recently appeared
wish black dress thickly covered with blue
Jet the sleeves OF tulle also embroidered TO
match. Many black dresses for evenings of
silk or velvet have tulle sleeves covered with
embroidery Of fine let beads.
Inc ribbons used for lingerie, iabots, neck
ties and all similar articles are mostly white.
Long loops of satin ribbon are much liked.
Feathers, birds and insects are used for
ladies' coiffures, and young ladies' prefer rib
bons, bows and pufs The hair is still dressed
quite high on the head, and taken uIsin the
back, although not as tightly as II has been.
The hair is also worn twisted and falling
loosely on the neck
Some OF the new fans are of transparent
gauze or crepe; on this is painted q female
figure wrapped In draperieR, which seem to
be standing In tho midst Of a snow storm.
The snow flakes are made Of fine particles Of
ostrich feathers or marabout which are put
on between the two thicknesses of tho ga,iae.
The sticks are Of mother-of-pearl carved to
represent frostwork.
A pair Of fox tails, Of either the common
red the silver, blue, gray. black. or white fox,
mounted with silver or gilt bell top and
chains is pretty ornamen to- fasten near the
horses ears In sleghing weather.
Very wide bracelets are worn half way be-
tween the elbow and wrist, with the elbow
sleeves universally adopted for toilets De cerc-
monte this season: another narrow gold or
ieweled bracelet Is sometimes worn at the
wrist.
The fancy of the moment In short costume
is a skirt and jacket OF seal-brown cloth the
wrap also Of the same In English coat shape
trimmed with collar, revers, cuffs and pocket
straps of fur seal.
Light summer silks, which will be much
employed for street suits, have ehinchila
stripes, or narrow clouded chine stripes sci
| close together on brown cardinal. garnet. blue
| and other coored grounds.
Nacaret red and reseda are favorte combi
nations OF color for full stately evening dress
That is, the underdress of nacarat plush, satin
| or gros-grain, or n striped silk fabric.
One OF the most beautiful dresses recently
seen In Europe was Of rose-leaf satin with d
tunic Of English point lace draped across tho
front with garands OF "oeillets' and heather
Fancy eamel's hair will be worn for spring
suits In light tints thickly covered with differ
ent designs.