Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-04
PARIS FASHIONS.

| fiat collar and cuffs OF nacarat plush
trimmed with white lace both collar and
cuffs are separate, and can be wern with
different dresses The simplest black dress
can be metamorphosed in an instant into
an elegant toilet by one of those collars
with cuffs to match. Plush collars are
made of different shapes-the sailor. the
King of Rome, the Dauphin, the Robes
pierre there is one for every shade OF po-
!itical opinion. Ravishing little Mary
Stuart bonnets are also made OF plush and
| trimmed with gold lace set on Hat.
The ia hion of SATIN and brocaded and
damasse stuffs has wholly banished faille /;
failIe dresses are still worn by those who
have them, but no new ones are made. AS
to brocades and damasks, their richness Is
heightened for evening dresses by emooider-
ing the outlines of the figures with pearl
beads for white or light fabrics, Jet beads
for black, and gold braid for brown, green,
or dark blue, thus making toilets OF I'M
heard.of magnihcence. A bridal dress that
| saw Yesterday was of white brocade, en-
broidered all over with pearl beads, open
ing over front of shirred satin. Veil of
point d Alencon, jewels of mat silver.
The fabrics for ball dresses promise to be
equally splendid there are silk gauzes OF
all colors, with brocaded designs OF satin
or velvet; these designs are also embr0l-
dered with satin, or goli or silver braid.
Under these transparent fabrics glossy
satin is less worn than that with duller
luster, such as duchesse satin or satin mer-
veilleux, in order that the too brilliant
underdress may not efface the lu.ter of the
outside material. Figured stuffs for every
grade of the toilet, from the wool for
morning to the silk gauze for evening
| such is the law of the present fashion. For
ball dresses there is being manufactured
| have only seen il yet III sam Dles-a crepe
tulle which is the loveliest thing imagin-
able it is lighter than Grape, and less
transparent than tulle, and is made in all
colors The sample that | saw was OF
cream color, and was designed to be worn
over nacarat satin, with a coat OF cream
ptsA, embroidered with gold, and trimm'
with narrow fat ruches of nacarat satin.
Coays are still greatly in vogue; their
shape, skirts. trimmings, ETC., are modl-
fed, but we are far from renouncing this
style that introduces so much picturesque
variety into the feminine toilet.
Since white petticoats have been wholly
prescribed by fashion, host OF elegant
and varied styles have been designed, be-
ginning with the most modest grade, for
ladies' who 90 out on foot in all weathers /;
this is of black cashmere, trimmed with a
pleated founce bound with dark-blue or
red. The next style above this, also de-
signed Tor street wear, but with more
elegant costume, is of black duchess satin,
with pieated founces. without colored
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are lined with flannel For carriage dress,
petticoats are made of plush or colored
silk, red, blue, old. gold, myrtle green, etc;
| they are edged with white lace, under
which balayeuse is fastened with but
! tons, so as TO be easily taken off and re-
| placed. The plush petticoats are very
! scanty, and are shirred a considerable dis
lance at the top, so as to fit closely below
| the waist. 'aaaAi ~. -
For early morning dresses, or those worn
! before neon, cheYiot cloth IN imperceptible
plaids are almost universally worn the
whole costume, skirt, polonaise or jacket,
and small cape with hood lined with
satin TO match, is made of this cloth.
| Cords are much worn tied round the waist,
and then serving to drape the overskirt or
polonaise on the skirt The street toilets
! worn later in the day are richer the skirts
are always short, but though they are made
| of wool, it is combined with plain or bro
caded silk, cisele velvet or plush. Many
of these costumes are Of the color known as
| oreille d'ours, or bear's.ear-a rich, warm
! tint 1t is not until after o'clock that
| the sumptuous toilets OF brocade, satin or
! velvet are worn, aud these aIe never used
| for walking in the street The wrappings,
of course, accord with the different degrees
of the toilet; for early morning, visites Of
| black or m0use-gray cashmere, trimmed
with narrow fur border and lined with
| inexpensive tur, are worn for the second
| grade of walking dress the wrapping is
| made of wadded silk and trimmed with
feathers or far for o'clock visits wrap
/ pings of SATIN lined with colored plush, are
! in order. Long, full cioaks are only used
| for carriage wear. Many slender persons,
| like Sarah Bernhardt, wear long redingotes,
with the skirts set on at the hips, and
| turned back. These redingotes are often
made of Scotch plaid, which, it must be
owned, is very ugly.
| One of the pretties5 combinations for
walking dresses 10 to use the outside and
| the lining In such way as 10 concur in the
general effect. A dress Of 'nyrtle green
cashmere that | saw flushed yesterday is
one of the most charming specimens of
this kind Of toilet. The round skirt was
| trimmed on the bottom It'll five very mar
row hounces lined with grenat- groseiile
silk, turned back on the bottom of each
! founce so as to form an outer hem two
ffths of an inch wide. Then came two
similar but much wider hounces, pleated
perpendicularly with the same lining a
small overs kirt, draped on the side, had no
other trimming than hem like that of
the hounces. The corsage, which was at
tsched to the overskirt, was trimmed in
| 'front.' from the throat downward, by a
pleated cashmere ruffie, lined with silk like
that OF the Hounces, and arranged in she'll
| fashion, SO as to show alternately the ont
side and the lining. The sleeves were
| trimmed 70 match. The green plush bon
net, lined with satin OF the same shade as
the lining of the Aounces. This was one
Of the purely Partisan toilets, the whole
value of which consists IN the details and
their harmony.
The costumes that copy in wool the
| handkerchief suits that were in such favor
! last summer are still worn, but only by
misses from y to 10 years old. These
| fabrics, Scotch plaid and cheviot cloths,
are the materials used for young girls in
their teens younger girls are more richly
clad in silk, velvet, and plush, Large felt
round hats are much worn by girls of all
ages feathers are used for trimming,
especially on little girls hats. Ladies bon
nets are of shapes SO numerous and varied
as to defy description, Velvet is less used
than plush, which is the favorite material,
combined with satin. - [Cou. Harper's
Bazaar.