The Princeton union., 1879-02-26
Fashion Brevitles.

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~ Flat and ball-shaped buttons are both used
on dresses.
. Black velvet takes the ead-is the ton
among bonnets.
The "Cottage" bonnet is one of the reign
ing favOrtes.
Colored fringes are used in light shades for
evening dress.
The most hideous bugs are popular orna-
ments for bonnets.
Colored glass buttons, bullet-shaped, are
very fashionable.
It is no longer necessary for gloves to
match the costume.
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 dress feathers for either hat or bonnets.
Feathers of the finer or more delicate kinds
are used to ornament opera caps and coif-
fures.
Spring prints and percales are seen on the
dry goods counters.
Coifures tend to compactness, and are
worn lower IN Lle DacK.
Ceremonious dinner toilets demand elbow
sleeves and lace rutties.
The fashionable parlor work for ladies ID
embroidery on mummy cloth.
| Braids or short curls down the back are
worn with dressy evening coiffures.
Six buttons are de,ig,teur for dressing toilets,
while the coat-sleeves are rather short and
| very tight.
Cottage bonnets are beginning to change
their appearance by the addition of ostrich
| tips and pompons.
| Colored and white silk handkerchiefs FORM
ed into diagonal bows are worn by fashion.
able women as opera coitfures.
Chene mixture are disDlaved in dress goods
for promenade wear.
Velvet is much used in combinations of
woolen 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 a 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 muf of medium size.
The large fur-lined carriage clocks 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 galloons are mossy look.
ing, TO- ming ruche-like trimming.
Lodi - ,
: '1oudness" in their customes for street wear
Velvet chapeaux trimmed with Persian rib.
! DOns are among the leading modes in millin
cry.
Short dresses, thick boots and no false hail
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 al too heavy fo1
walking.
Circulars of Scotch plaids, made with Ions
, pointed hoods. are very fashionable and style
ish.
Long round boas Of black marten or Alask.
) sable are considered the most dressy of low
'' Clusters ,s' of roses nestled herre and tber,
amid tiny foliage, are among the newest in
garniture.
)I Inere is great preference this year 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 fin,
chenille strands, hanging straight and with
out a heading.
It is not always an Indication that lady is
we'll dressed because her clothing is cxpen
a sive. 1t is the superior, refined taste show1
! in selecting appropriate costumes that tells.
Young ladies for evening wear large bow
ofribbon on the front of the crown braid O
q hair: They are called Alsace bows, and view
e ed fl ON in front look like bonnets.
e In the present style of dress large button
! and rich laces are much used. Handsome
. buttons are of carved steel and chased silver
but the most beautiful are those of enamel.
Beautiful ball dresses are of shaded plush
reproducing all the tints of moss. They ar
D called moss dresses, and are fastened will
e chenille buttons and trimmed with firing
. to match.
: There are several fresh ideas presented il
, ovcrskirts. The drapery is low and the from
, is made perfectly smooth; no upturned pleat
nor center folds, not even any sort of trim
ming across the front.