Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-03
FALL AND WINTER FASHIONS.


RIBBoNs have become real works of art.
HE new felt skirts are very handsome.
OLD-FASHToNED side-combs are again
worn. -''t
"A MODIFIED s'poke is remarkably
becoming to young. round faces. "'a
SOME OF the new gloves have the tops
hnlshed with puffs of satin, running
either lengthwise or around the arm.
PEARL and mauve are the prevailing
coiors III the Persian brocades shown for
opera dresses. ~
I CHENILLE surcots should be made for
sllght figures only, as that material al
ways makes the figure larger.
! WHOLE cloaks are now made of
chenille, which, for this purpose, is very
thlck, and sometimes powdered with gold
or steel. H..
A GOOD way for ladies to employ their
ola worn laces this winter will be on the
large collars and fchus which will be
worn.
IHE most novel freak in finishing
basque is to cut the lower edge into
leaves, and to insert pleating between
the leaves.
A DIRECTOIRE hat, covered with blue.
red and chenille, and trimmed with feath-
ers, matching the chenille, is the most
amazing thing yet invented to wear on
the head. 49,.
SOME OF the most elegant ball dresses
III preparation for the coming winter are
OF black tulle, embroidered with gold,
amber and lridescent beads, and have a
most dazzling effect. +.
BUTTERFLY bows and rosettes Of satin
ribbon, with dropping ends to fall on the
low couture, are worn by young ladies
in preference TO the broad Alsacian
bows. .p
New breakfast caps are fanchons of
null, OF else butterfly bows held by two
pretty rosettes of loose loops of satin rib
bon. The gold dashed India muslins are
also used for caps. at
FALL skirts for street dresses have the
side-breadths shirred lengthwise, or are
trimmed with an apron of brocade or Pc
kin velvet. The back breadths form two
great plaits. .r
The new shoe buckles are beautifully
chased and encrl1sted. One of the ia
vorite designs is a star, and another is
the pretty hook and eye, now so fashion
able for dresses, in cut steel.
LARGE sleeves are the universal fea-
ture OF new wraps. Dolmans are called
visites, and for the fall months are of
light goods, lined with satin of some rich
color and trimmed deliberately.
| SLIPPERS for fall dress are made CT
white or black satin, or of white or black
French kid, with long French heels; and
the approved trimming is what is called
the horseshoe bow, curving around the
instep.
WORTH is using heavy Sicilienne silk
as drapery to be worn over velvet skirts
this winter. This is decidedly bad
year for fat women, for the draperies are
SO heavy and the tight dresses so close
fitting that there is nothing in which
| they look well. .u II
Low-THRoArED linen collars, with a
point each side and Haring behind, are
worn by young ladies' High linen
collars are worn very close indeed, and
are made quite straight, with stud
button at the top of the collar and a
second stud lower down.
The peasant gown, with an apron
front, and a polonaise Of almost any cut
that any one chooses, is the street eos
tune which seems to suit the fancy of
the million better than anything. The
secret of this is that any one can cut and
fit the gown.
The dressmakers seem to be striving
hard after hounce or some kind of skirt
trimming that cannot be brushed or
cleaned in any other way and which will
take endless time to make. The last
complication that they have produced
has fat double plaits with seven narrow
plaits between each pair of them. The
hounce is faced, and turned up on each
plait to show the facing, and the plaits
are drawn together at the bottom by four
rows of gatherings.
/ AMONG the many shapes to be seen
the greatest novelty for ordinary wear
are the grey knock-about felts or plush
hats. The shape is modified capote,
with the felt folded carelessly and loose
ly over the crown, a brim formed of feath-
ers or plush, with clusters of ostrich tips
in any shade or color preferred nesting
at the side. Nothing more chic has
been seen this year, and if plain felts are
pronounced old-fashioned, the 'sknock-
about will speedily revive ones interest
in so pretty a rival of the thick pushes
aud beavers. sa