The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-19
Fashion Notes.

Many handsome ball dresses shown by
the leading dressmakers are without a
train.
Fancy cameps hair will be worn for
spring suits in light tints thickly covered
with different designs.
Ladies who have slender figures add
the Garrick or coachmsn's capes to their
home dresses, and trim them with fat
galloon braid.
Young ladies for evening wear large
bows of ribbon on the front of the crown
braid of hair. They are called Alsace
bows, and viewed from in front look like
bonnets.
One of the most beautiful dresses re.
Gently seen in Europe was of rose-leat
satin with tunic of English point lace
draped across the front with garlands Of
"oeillets and heather.
Light summer silks, which will be
much employed for street suits, have
chinchiila stripes, or narrow clouded
chine stripes set close together on brown,
cardinal garnet, blue and other colored
grounds.
Among the prettiest street costumes
are short dresses of brown csmels' hair
of the Princess Carita style, long,
coarse-shaped seal skin jacket, and seal
skin cap, or walking hat of brown felt,
trimmed with raw silk, the brown
which is frightened with dashes Of gold
and crimson.
White cravats are "a la Camargo;" they
are of white India null or Bishops lawn,
the edges plated with falls of old lace or
Breton lace; they are tied and worn very
large. When knotted and allowed to
hang down they are called Steinker-
ques," from fashion Of the same date
Fine cashmere and delaine are consid-
cred quite as stylish as black silk for
polonaises. They are trimmed down the
front with black wooden lace, quilted
very full and interspersed with bows
and ends of black satin ribbons; or else
bit of cardinal lace red or blue silk ia
put under the lace and just shows
through it.
Dresses for dancing are made ex>
tremely short in front; some reforms
have also taken place since the beginning
of winter in the matter of trains they
are, therefore, much curtsiled. and in
some instances done away with alto
gether, and Directoire" dress is the
result.
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 with black dress
thickly covered with clue jet, the sleeves
of tulIe also embroidered to match.
Many black dresses for evening of silk
or velvet have tulle sleeves covered with
embroidery OF fine jet beads.
Bouquets for the evening, of real or
artificial flowers, are much worn on the
Left shoulder ii the dress Is low; If 1t Ia
high they are worn on the left side Of the
waist at the belt. Square-neck dresses
have q bouquet on the right side very
high up, and with low square dress
with short sleeves, two little curled os-
trich tips are often worn In place Of a
bouquet, with jeweled pin to fasten
them on.
The little red silk handkerchief tur
bans which are now fashionably journey.
ing around the world, were first started
In Paris last spring, the Princess Of
Wales having appeared in one ut Paris
fste; they we're Immediately adopted In
Paris. This lady ID said to have perfect
taste, and she now sets the fashions for
both London and Paris, In the absence
Of any high authority I'm Paris, such %
the Empress Eueenie used TO be.