The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-09-25
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

| Autumn cloaks are very long.
| Plaids prevail in all autumn goods.
| Very long cloaks are again worn.
Shot and chene fabrics are all the
rage.
| Plush trims dresses, cloaks and bon.
nets.
Stirring is used on all light wool
materials.
Collars OF dresses are made immensely
large.
Gold thread crops out in the new black
laces.
Basqpes will mot go out of fashion
this season.
New Languedoc lace appears in coffee
shades
Plain skirts and corsages grow more
| in fashion.
Round capes of cloth were the first
fall wraps.
Jet collars go with black silk and vel
vet costumes.
Madras plaids take precedence over
| Scotch tartans.
Feather ruchings are revived for
dresses and cloaks.
Red and gray are fashionable colors
in combinations.
Red lace wells will be worn by fe
eccentric ladies.
Shirred belts, pointed front and back,
are fashionable.
Gobelin tapestry borders are seen upon
many of the autumn dresses.
Light wool materials will be de
rigueur until cold weather.
Brocaded fabrics of velvet. silk and
wool will be in high favor.
Hoods appear on many sacks, as well
as on cloaks and mantles.
Chameleon fabrics trimmed with
plush appear among fall costumes
Plush will be more used than fur for
lining cloaks and wraps this winter.
Velvet brocades take precedence of all
dress fabrics for the present season.
Plain skirts, with a single narrow
balayeuse f1ounce, will be much worn.
Amber satin bonnets, embroidered
with amber beads, are pretty novelties.
Pekin velvet and tiger plush are
found among the new trimming ma
terials.
Box-plaited balayeuse Hounces are
more fashionable than anticipated
ones.
White mousseline de l'Inde is the
material most used for bridesmaids
dresses.
Velvet brocade dresses are made per-
fectly plain, without any looping or
draperies.
The new shades of red are Titan,
pheasant, garnet, cinnamon, copper and
Caroubier.
White satin, white nuns yelling and
lace make a lovely combination for
bridesmaids dresses.
Red, heliotrope and shades of ecru and
old gold are the favorite colors of the
plush Innings of cloaks.
All sorts of pelerines, fichus, shoulder
capes, round capes and mantles are worn
as street wraps.
Silver and gold thread and tinse
illuminate many of the new white and
black Spanish blond laces.
Uncertain shades of green and blue,
combined with every imaginable shade
of red, prevail in plaids.
Some of the new Frenc hooded
wraps form sort Of overskirt, but are
much too complicated to describe.
Turbans of white and blue serge,
bound around the brim with red CASH
mere scarfs, will be worn by little chill
dren.
| Wells of lace and grenadine have large
dots of chenille of the shade of the veil,
or are dotted with gold, silver, black,
white or red.
Both large and small flower patterns
appear i'll new brocades and damasses,
but cashmere designs are more in vogue
than any Others.
The monkey, the parrot and the ele-
plant, are the three animals fashion
able for ladies' cravat pins, in the
French cap ital just at present.
A great deal of gray is used again for
children's costumes, but it is invariably
frightened by garnitures OF peacock
blue, flame color or scarlet.
Baby boys until they reach about
eighteen months wear close French
caps of tucks, lace and needlework, the
same precisely Jas those worn by little
girls.
Beautiful mantle lambrequins are o.
satin to match curtains and furniture
adorned with pictures of real artistic
merit, painted in oil or water colors.
Among the novelties of the season ar
quaint twilled silks, with Egyptian de
e;ono cuch "a ara lotus laavac ua6