Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-30
FASHIONABLE GOSSIP.

FASHIONABLE GOSSIP.
Tea gowns preserve the princess form.
The Lamballe is the leading summer
ficlu.
In London parasols get larger and
larger.
Red mitts give a brilliant effect to a
black costume.
French washerwomen use perfumes
for muslin dresses.
The fashion of wearing flowers, either !
natural or artificial, never goes out.
Cascades of lace down the front of the
corsage appear in many dressy suits.
Gray, which has so long been out of
favor in Paris, is revived this summer.
Lace mitts are more fashionable than
they have ever been since their revival.
Black velvet, with some narrow Breton
lace, will look best with silver-gray silk.
Canton Grape is not worn in mourning,
except in light OF mplimentary mourn
ing.
A new and inexpensive lawn tennis
apron is Of oatmeal cloth, cut to a square
of the width.
1t is the fashion at present IN Paris for
brunettes and medium blondes to dye
their hair blue-black.
The rich Italian blue, occasionally seen
in old paintings is being reproduced in
new furniture coverings.
Carnation stalk is a new tint OF green
that only blondes can wear, and is not
particularly Lecoming to them.
Bracelets of ribbon for the wrist, and
tied in loops, is the latest Partisan style.
old gold, coral and black are the favorite
colors.
Waterproofs for autumn will be cut
like the gowns Of monks, and the cape
trimmed with shells, like those of the
old palmers.
The proper New York attitude for
walking is assumed by STOPPING the
shoulders, curving the back and setting
the arms akimbo.
Flaring "stand up" collars, with lace
ruffies within them, have been revived
by the ladies of the Sara Bernhardt and
Modjeska type of tournure.
Charity visiting costumes in England
consist of a plain, straight skirt of dark
blue flannel, and jacket bodice of the
same, made and finished in tailor
style"
Reticules, just like those carried by our
grandmothers, are revived, and carried
on the arm at the elbow, not swung to
the belt as side pockets were last year.
At late English wedding a three-yea
old brother was dressed in a light blue
velvet and satin suit, in the style Of
Charles l, and carried the train of the
bride.
The large Louis XIII collar of cambria
is to be worn. 1t is trimmed with a deer
border of embroidery OF old lace, anC
deep cuffs to match, which are laid ovel
the dress sleeves.
Nine. Marie Roze- Mapleson lately wor,
at dinner party in London, dress o
mingled black silk and vermillion silk
trimmed with fringes of ruby beads anC
ornaments of diamonds
Among the large bonnets adopted b.
fashion is in new shapes the religious
bonnet, with round crown, not yer.
high, and brim turned up on each side
and for trimming merely cord.
A fabric of supreme elegance is th
) silk cloth in seal-color, nearly who'll
q covered with an embroidery, worke
+ with gold cord almost as fine as hail
and mixed with fine gold loops and yer
f small gold spangles.
+ Just at present, nuns yelling is tn
fabric for universal wear. 1t is th
e favorite goods of the season, and whe
, combined with rich silk, such as Sura
y marveilleux, undoubtedly composes on
: of the most charming toilettes.
Instead of the elastic band and butte
4 used hitherto for closing the paraso
there is now circle of cord, ivory, ce
5 luloid, black buffalo, or imitation shell
g whatever matches OF contrasts with tn
prevailing color or colors of the paraso
1 Pretty little ornaments, used for finish
t ing the ends of bows and sashes, al
: made at home by ladies Of ingenuity
. They first make tiny cylinders of sti
S pasteboard, which they cover with sill
S and afterward ornament with beads.
n Pleasant July Reading.