St. Landry democrat., 1880-02-14
FASHION NOTES.


able
! Square trains are no longer fash
ionable.
The s'gossamer' waterproof is the
fayorite cloak for wet weather.
Heavy stitching of garnet or gold
is shown on some black Kid gloves.
jet passementeries continue the
favorite garniture for black dresses.
Plush collars and cuffs will be much
worn on early spring dresses and wraps.
-Tulle delaine is new diaphanous,
all-wool material sold for evening dress
Deep gauntlet cuffs reaching almost
to the elbow have been revived this sea-
/ son.
Fancy dress caps remain in vogue
for both morning and evening wear for
matrOns.
Chenille scarfs, in Northumberland
shape, are very popular, both as neck
wear and for trimming bonnets.
Fine Hamburg edgings and inser-
/ tons come in sets of various widths for
pilloW-shams and other articles.
Artificial flowers in jardinieres,
pots, and gilded baskets are used this
season for household decorative pur-
poses.
For evening wear airy trifles of lace
and flowers, originated by Partisan fin
gers and termed flower bonnets, are a
| passing and pretty fancy.
Snowy costumes for little girls arc
made of the new satin-like plush, and
are so dressy that little trimming be-
! yond handsome buttons is required.
! Sleeves are made quite tight and
/ rather short; in some of the latest
models introduced they are trimmed
about the elbow instead of round the
wrists.
-Changeable silks are in great de-
mand for the strings of bonnets, and
are very well suited for this purpose.
| Some of the combinations are exceeding
ly pretty.
Silver lace, silver cord, silver
fringe, silver tassels, and silver braids
| are all much used with delicate artiti-
cial flowers in the garniture of ball
| dresses.
Artificial bouquets are worn on the
corsage both in the house and street.
Natural flowers are preferred, but it is
not every one who can afford them in
winter.
Elegant plain spun-silk hose for
use with a slipper or sandal shoes are
embroidered over the instep with fine
sprays of flowers closely intermingled
and of mixed colors.
listers are being modelled into
really elegant garments. The most
fashionable are those of light colors,
chiefly plain ones, with hoods lined with
silk, either to match or of some coed
contrasting color.
Long lace jabots extending below
the point of the corsage and buttoned
up within the bodice at the waist line,
and cropping out above and below that
point, are worn with dressy home toilets
in the evening.
The favorite slippers have three
straps across the foot, with handsome
| buckles of garnet or other colored
stones. The heel and sole are one, and
the former is placed far under the foot,
so as to give it d short appearance.
Satin cashmere is the name of a
new material recently introduced. It
is twilled. and has all the gloss of the
finest satin, although its founda-
ton is cashmere wool. At present it is
only made in black, and is somewhat
costly.
-Oyerskirts are trimmed in many
various ways. The simplest are just
folded across the front and draped be-
hind others are shirred in front, and
fall in long lappets behind; others,
again, are bridled with scarfs across
the front
The latest novelty for dresses is
bouquet ribbon loops. These are made
of twelve loops of different colored
inch-wide satin ribbon, each loop one
and half inches deep. They are made
up close together, similar to a bouquet
of flowers.
The jacket polonaise, made like
jacket in front, bids fair to be popular.
The front forms jacket and plated
tablier, with tabs fastened across.
Behind it is made like short prin-
cess dress, draped into puff in the up
per part.
Exquisite brocades for evening
dresses are in favor, and some of the
richest have pale primrose or straw-col-
ored grounds, with peacock's eyes in
natural colors and forms; others have
cream grounds and plume-like figures
in high shade of pink.
Plush underskirts, with draped
overskirts of vicuna Or fine cloth, are
much in favor at present; the casaquin
is made of either plush or of vivogne,
with plush reyers. The prettiest of these
plush skirts are cut out in large, square,
tongue-like tabs, which fall over satin
plating.
In small quantities, blue and yellow
are introduced into almost every species
of design and fabric, and the result is a
sort of an illumination, jeweled effect,
which could be obtained in no other
way. The yellows are the shades of
jonquil or gold, the buttercup yellow,
and the bright tint of the mustard at its
fullest Towering. The blues are the old
blues of pottery, the modern china blue
used in Dresden porcelain, the peacock
tints, and the amethyst blue, as distin-
guished from the turquoise. These
colors, in the minutest specks, gem the