River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-02
Fashion Notes.
The beef-eater hat is revived.

The beef-eater hat is revived.
Null and lace fichus remain in high
favor
Seal brown plush is excessively fash
ionable.
Dark seal brown is the leading color
for wraps
Trimmed skirts and basques will be
much worn.
/ Polonaises are fashionable, but not
very popular.
Cheviot suits are made in simple,
practical styles.
Flower necklaces will be worn with
evening tailets.
| Cocks plumes are mounted in mill
tary styles for felt hats
Chenille and Jet trimmings appear
on many of the richest wraps.
Satin de Lyons bids fair to be the
popular plain silk dress fabric.
Red, gold, old gold, bronze and pur-
pie are the prominent winter colors.
Jackets of plush will be worn before
the weather is cold enough for furs.
Demi-trains are de rigeure for cere-
monious carriage and visiting dresses.
A flower dog collar, edged with lace,
is the latest novelty in artificial flowers
Gold and silver brocaded white satins
and velvets are shown for brides
dresses.
Violet and pink is the new combina-
ton of colors.
Varnish yellow is to be one of the
fashionable colorS.
Roman pearls on net make up the
newest head trimming
Bright yellow is used in winter goods
instead of old gold.
Jacket colors grow wider and many
Of them are double.
Drab ulsters bordered with crimson
are worn i'll England.
Coarse straw bonnets will be worn
through the fall this year.
Pearl buttons having Swiss landscapes
in brown and white ground are new
and rather snowy.
"Yend du chat" is the name of a new
color, which is dull in tint but changes
in different lights.
The Sara Bernhard tie is of white
bow high at the throat.
Hehotrope velvet leaves, on ground
of blue or of maize color, appear among
the designs for new brocades.
Gold embroidery is new industry
lately taken up by Cincinnati women,
and they are not very successful at it.
Great ropes of silk, with knots tied in
them at intervals, are substituted for
the cord and tassels used to tie polon-
aises.
Among other gilded bonnet orna-
ments are strings of gold sequins of
various sizes.
Bead embroidered satins and velvets
have been introduced into dress goods
this winter.
The effective colors in plush are gar
net, old gold, amethyst, bronze, myrtle,
green and purple.
Rows of machine stitching remain
the favorite finish for cloth, cheviot and
frieze cloth dresses.
The glitter of gold and the sparkle of
colored beads make dresses and bon
nets rarely brilliant this season.
The handsomest things in fine knitted
underw ear are chemis es and drawers
of wool Grape and silk Grape.
Costumes for the coolest weather are
so heavily trimmed with plush as to
appear almost made of that fabric.
The Richelieu mantle, with full
no
dolman visite in the favor of the most
fashionable women.
Wide tapestry ribbons, with gold
threads introduced among the brocaded
flowers, cost from So to S. yard.
Shirred waists of white or colored
Surah silk are worn under bright col
ored velvet or brocaded peasant
waists.
Pale blue plush morning robes, worn
over satin petticoats of the same shade,
please luxuriously tasteful women.
Many of the richest velvet beocades
have the flowers edged, ribbed and
veined with gold, jet pearl and rides
cent beads.
Gold Bullion thread embroideries on
the plush and velvet cuffs, collars and
revers of jackets appear among late
importations.
Animals and birds treated in conven-
the general design of brocaded stufis
are feature in late importations
Derby felt hats are trimmed with
soft Surah silk or soft brocaded sashes,
finished at the ends with tassels or
balls, and these are frequently heavily
jetted.
The Cromwell is the name of new
collar, not prettier than the protector.
1t is Of fine linnen. trimmed with two
rows of white embroidery or lace.
Among the fur beaver or brush
plush" bonnets which are to take the
place of plaid felt bonnets those with
rolled brims are very much admired.
All bonnet trimmings are massed
far forward close to the edge of the
brim, in many instances leaving the
crown perfectly bare; this is seen more
especially in the poke bonnets.
Ribbon strings to bonnets are now
five or six inches wide when made of
soft ribbon, though velvet ribbon
string are not more than three inches
wide.
The newest London listers are loose, |
and have reversible band and cape |
with a cord run through the hem, so
that it can be drawn up to make a
hood.
The leader of the classes at Vassar
College is a Japanese girl She is from
the elite of Japanese society and is
both stylish and popular.