The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-03
FASHION NOTES.

Circulars are very popular.
] breakfast caps are much worn.
Embroidered ncckerchiefs OF Indis
null are pretty and becoming.
Long loops Of ribbon are set as
epaulets on new French dresses.
Stylish walking suits are made OF
plush, combined with camel's hair.
.-Shirring is the most fashionable
dress and bonnet trimming in Paris.
Stylish table-covers are in Turkish
designs, into which much tinsel is
woven.
Fashion favors only slight figures,
and the fronts of dresses are covered
with shirring.
Handsome fichus are in kerchief
form, partly of point d'esprit and partly
OF duchesse lace.
New passementeries are formed en-
tirely of small cut, jet beads, strung on
the wire in fancy designs.
Velvet with colored figures upon it.
made up with satin to correspond with
the color in the figure, is another nov
city.
-Plaids and Roman stripes, and solid
colors with handsome side-clockinp. ara
the newest kinks in cotton hosiery this
fall.
Shot silks are much used for even.
ing dresses in combination with bro
cades that combine the colors in the
changeable silk.
Beautiful toilet sets are made of
Breton lace and satin in six pieces
and mat, two side-mats
and two bottle covers. - /
Some Of the new cloth suits have a
FUR border around the bottom of the nm |
derskirt. A very narrow plating is all |
that shows below it.. stasst4 IA
-. REVIEW OF FASHIONS. ~ a Y
For the multitude of short dresses
which supply ladies with costumes this
'eason there are various designs. AL
most equal in popularity. Young ladies
Ike best dressy basque designs which
rave square or else surplice-shaped
lecks, filled in with soft, casy-lookin0
Odds OF lace, or with squares of silk, oI
attn in high colors, laid in plaits, which
re not caught down, and are generally
iagonal. Lord Stanley scaris, copies
4 those worn by gentlemen, are also
SEQ in the square openings of basques,
nd these are of the gay satin, silk, or ,
eivet which trims the dress elsewhere. ,
'olnfed basques are among the
rst favorites, just ; at present. I
nd many such styles, plain : in /,
ont, have snowy extensions at the Z
ack, with either the center or else the I
de-forms caught up in curvinc lines.
ell trimmed at the points of fastening. I
o give variety to otherwise plain '
asques, young ladies have sets of satin |
else plaid velvet comprising a gathered a
chu, a belt with chatelaine bag. and n
ecve trimmings, which they pass from t
ne customer to another, for instance, d
ON black silk to an olive, or blue gray I
etc. Polonaises, either de- Ii
ched or forming part of the costume. a
'ntinue to be seen in the best materials. Il
ew designs show panier draperies,
men are adjustable to the figure. and 81
ways OF the most precise kind posi- b
g.. The backs of polouaise bodies are Il
nllar to basques in shape, and have X
her long sids-bodies reaching to the Il
ouider, or they have the short. in
anded, side-body ending in the arm VI
lie. The latter design il. newest at d.
esent, and appears in the larger num- cr
OF imported toilettes. When the n,
nier drapery is arranged for a slender X
ure, it is massed well at the sides and til
AVN sharply back; for stouter ladies vi
placed lower, curvlng over the fie- ur
and having its Terminating plaits
ZEN in with any seam back of at,
hips. Some Of the best polonaise ne
scts are seen in costumes which rem we
ent a trimmed skirt with polonaise wi
ached. These, when well made. are m,
ldsome for street or walking suits. IN,
are graceful in nearly all wool fab 16
J. Polonaises for the house are made en-;
to boudant, and, are really long 40
CUES. The fullness at the back e rio
ced wherever II Is most suitable for we
figure, but the graceful appearance ia
Inc Marguerite design is not vet for on
ten, and appears in many handsome p
ments. When q basque-like effect the
dmired, this is produced by the ex- lar lar
non OF the centers below the waist eta
, and into or underneath these cen lot
the fullness and drapery 7
the sides - and skirt-centefs Co,
generally arranged. Although am
attempt has been made 70 On %S
lace the Princesse dress, this is new t So'
eless the chosen model for handsome W s.e
eriais. Draperies and trimmings ne
often confuse the eye, but the SIN hv ,
piece design proves to be the founda. ny; ~
" minor points which have re- NV \,
~ appeared ON Princesse dresses 49,. "
9 are scarfs for overskirt draperies nc D;S
n are shirred at the centers, and ali ai1 .
at one side, where the ends are al a..
pleted with full trimming, the on Oh On.
e ends passing underneath the train. ~ nea :,
large bow for finish. Princesse - =. :.
YES are also deliberately trimmed tasn1
Passementeries, embroidery, lace i Az
fringe: New basques are open dnw
the sb;rr;r. 49, - !" as leg {