Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-11-14
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion iGotes.

Tiger-skin muffs are a recent novelty.
The new greenish-blue is known as
Juponais.
Waking dresses are short enough to
show the shoes.
Fichus will be more worn this winter
than ever before.
Fancy feathers are the leading feature
in bonnet trimmings.
The hair is generally worn low,
whether it is becoming or not.
Bits of tinsel, jet and many jet beads
are added to feather ornaments.
New muffs TO match costumes are in
reticuie shape, trimmed with lace or
fringe.
Silk with jet beads interviewer in the
fabric comes for combining with black
satin and vslvet.
Silk plush of the same shade as the
dress makes handsome trimming when
applied in panels and as revers, collars
and cuffs.
A new style of dress pocket is cut in
sauare-cornered shape and attached to
the edge of the basque, where it hangs
like bag.
Dress seams are now frequently
curved to the arm-hole, after the fashion
of a few years back. 1t is claimed that
the long seam, reaching to the shoulder,
makes the waist appear large.
A new idea in kid gloves is the Foster
glove. fitting the hand as a shoe does
the foot, laced with cord between a
double row of buttons, thus enabling a
lady to wear the smallest possible size.
Silk-faced cloakings, with fur backs,
have the upper side of silk in armTe or
matelasse designs, or else soft repped
silk or Sicilienne, while the reverse is OF
soft, thick fleece, almost as warm as
fur.
Frosted flowers are coming into fash
ion for evening dresses. An easy way
of frosting those which have lost their
freshness is to touch them lightly with
white of egg and then scatter frosting
powder, which is merely powdered
glass. over them.
A comfortable manner of making q
dressing gown for everyday wear is
double breasted, with a double row OF
buttons down the front, or one broad
trimming-an exact fac simile of the
newest shaped listers, cut to the figure,
but a little wider in the skirt. The
model from Paris was made in dark
blue cloth flannel, and had an applique
trimming of dark blue velvet tamboul
stitched in white.
A fashion which promises to be popu-
lar is that of wearing jackets of mater
ial and color different from the dress
These jackets are made in the casaquin
fashion, tight-ftting and with deer
basques and square pockets. In thir
cloth or cashmere, of some very dark
color, they are very becoming, showing
off the figure to great advantage; bu
those of embroidered cashmere, bro
caded silk or fancy velvet are more
dressy and effective.
Word comes from Paris that the pol
onaise, which has been discarded for 8
time, is again taken into favor under q
new name" habit redingote." Al
example mentioned was of dark en-
bossed blue velvet, worn over a satir
petticoat to match, trimmed in front
with two deep plaitings, large pockets
at the sides, edged with silk and chenille
fringe; the polonaise almost rs long al
the skirt at the back and draped very
gracefully; in front it is only closed t
the knees, where it opens with largt
satin and velvet bow. Another polon
aise was of striped purple velvet, and il
opened over satin skirt embroidered
in chevrons of gold, orange and copper
colored silks; large collar and deer
cuffs of satin similarly worked.