Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-01
Flashes of Fashion.

None out Derby hats are OF plain felt
Polka dotted stockings are much worn.
| Bead embrolderies retain their popu-
larity.
Cardinal and old gold remain fashion
able.
Derby hats never go entirely out OF
vogue.
Ophelia is a new dark shade of hello
trope.
Gold and tinsel will be fashionable as
| ever.
Grown braids and pufts have gone out
of date.
The new coitures are all very fat and
smooth.
French and India costumes will again
| be worn.
Short dresses are worn on all sorts of
occasions.
Dotted fabrics are growing in fashion
able favor.
Fancy feathers will be worn only on
| Derby hats.
Jerseys will be worn next month, in
New York.
The Polonaise in various forms will be
! revived this fall.
English and French styles are not at all
| alike this fall
"Auchorite =" hats will be worn with
Pilgrim" suits.
Languedoc yellow is new shade of
this popular color.
Jersey webbing is found among the
| fall importations.
Crimped and fluffy hair dressing has
gone out OF fashion.
New laces are embroidered with gold
and silver threads.
Fifteen yard-square handkerchiefs are
sold for a costume.
Rumchudda and Korah silks are to take
the place Of Surah.
Strings Of pearls ia the coils Of the hair
are again fashionable.
Plush will take fac place Of velvet in
millinery next season.
Jet ornaments will be used to excess on
fall hats and bonnets.
The "hermit" polonaiSe Is the novelty
in early tall garments.
Breakfast caps are de rigueur, with a
dressy morning toilet.
Ostrich tips and plumes will be more
worn than fancy feathers.
Plush aud satin will be used together,
in trimming costumes.
Side combs of coral, celluloid, ivorv.
shell, and jet are much worn.
Many narrow founces appear on the
skirts Of some fall dresses.
Balayeuses of the same stuff as the cos
tune are coming into vogue.
The new plaid mixtures embrace clean
tartan, Mandras, and French plaids.
Fancy retlcules are trimmed with much
gathered lace, cords and tassels.
Polonaises, basques, round waists, and
pointed bodices are all in vogue.
Petticoats are much wider, to FILL out
the wider skirts Of the new dresses.
1t takes fifteen large, Atwood plaid
handkerchiefs to make Paris handker.
chief suit.
New chevlot checks show the same
mixtures of color that gentiemen's
cheviots do.
Buttons on fancy boots now match
those on the costumes with which they
are WORE.
Cords will play an important part in
the trimmings of dresses and wraps next
season.
Derby aud jockey hats will be covered
with plaids and checks in the fell, to
| match costumes. eHl.s
Plush and satin will take the place of
Surah SILK and lace for millinery pur-
| poses this season.
The jacquard loom is as active as ever
in the production of brocaded and da-
masse novelties.
Natural or very fac artificial flowers
are worn in the hair, to match the besl-
quets of the corsage.
Trains are still worn for full dress, bat
| short dresses are also admissible on cere
monious occasions.
I Handkerchief dresses made of Atwood.
large, plaid handkerchiefs are in the
| hands of Paris dressmakers.
The fashionable coiffure IS now low in
the nape Of the neck, but short women
cling to the high hair dressing.
Gold brocaded and plain gold ribbons,
and gold cord braids and laces appear
| among the millinery goods.
Combination garments, uniting the
chemlse, corset cover, and short petticoat
in one, are found among new lingerie.
Among importations of early fall goods
are quantities OF fine, Atwood plaids, in
bright colors on plain dark grounds.
The Infinite variety which has prevailed |
in society tor several seasons past, Is re.
peated in the new autumn styles.
Wide belts Of saddle-girth canvas, fas-
tened with strap of leather and buckles, |
are worn with all sorts of demi- toilet COG
tunes.
At present it Is the high fashion in Paris |
to make the corsages of evening dresses |
high in the neck, but with very short or |
no sleeves.
The plain skirt, with full unlooped |
back drapery, is American in origin, but |
il is gaining IN favor on the other side of |
the Atlantic.
Two boquets are worn on the corsage, |
one at the waist on the left side, the other |
at the neck, also on the left side, high and
far back.