The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-11
THE DAILY STAR
FASHIONS FANClES,
As Noted by One Who Knows as
Well as Sees.
Some Mention of Late MetrOpOl-
itan Styles.

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obtained at such reasonable prices, and
make such warm Innings, that it is quite
natural they should have come into gen.
eral use. In consequence of this, very
fashionable ladiesdo not employ fur IL
nings as much as they did last year. but
rather prefer garments lined with satin
and wadded silk. Bright colors are much
favored for this purpose. A garment,
for instance, of black ''drab Thibet' may
be trimmed with black fox, and lined
with "button dor" colored surah. As it
closes all the way down the front, the
lining only shows on the outside of the
button-holes and in the sleeves.
Double and triple collars are not only
used for confections. but for suits also.
They are most becoming TO slender
figures. Sometimes the upper part OF
the waist consists of kind of inserted
putting of faille or satin, which trims the
square opening in the neck, and the dou-
bic collar is placed around this opening,
producing very good effect. Collars
hold very prominent part in the pre-
sent fashions, and there are many kinds
to be seen. There are jet collars. "Maza-
rim" collars made of plated black and
white lace, the large "Anne d'Autriehe' =
collar, of handsome guipure or "point a
Paiguille" lace, and many other styles OF
batiste and muslin trimmed with lace.
Babies collars fall below the shoulders,
and are made of very handsome
laces Babies suits are also mech
trimmed with guipure and bretonne lace.
For very young children, white cache.
mire and "armure" are generally adopted
for dresses. They are cut in English
shape, then little above the border is
a plated drapery bordered with bertonne
lace and fastened in the middle by loops
of white satin ribbon. For little boys,
many suits are made Of garnet-colored,
Blue and green velvet. with satin pipings
and large lace collars and cuffs. The
cravats worn with these suits are of
bright-colored surah. For little boy
from five to six years OF age the suit is
generally made in a jacket and plated
vest, trimmed with lace placed on plain.
Little girls continue to wear Directoire
capotes of gray or white felt, lined with
satin and trimmed with ribbon. The
large hat raised on the side and the
"toque" are worn both by little girls and
boys.
Ivory-white vigogne or Indian cache
mire toilets are in vogue. These suits
are worn for small dinners and house
wear. The long garments reaching to
the feet, make this style of toilet very
easy to wear for half-dressy purposes.
White wooden dresses are often trimmed
with lace plaitings A very suitable way
of making one of these dresses is to have
the skirt wholly plated, and the long
"redingote" half open over it. The lat
ter is Of the same cachemire as the skirt,
lined with white silk, and trimmed with
q broad band of white silk and chenille
embroidery. There is often a tull lace
trimming down the front Of the redin-
cote. Bonnets for full dress are often
composed of coifure covered with jet
with plumes and ''aigrettes" on the side
The borders have large beads in the
eolors of the bonnet. The cachemere
designs continue in vogue, and when
che designs are not resorted to the com
bination of coloring is used. A beauti.
full capote Just completed is Of bronze
colored satin, bordered with galloon Of
cachemire beads The only trimming on
the outside of the bonnet consists of a
combination Of feathers in green, red,
yellow and pink. Young ladies wear
very small capotes in dark velvet, such
as plum-color, lined with light blue
shirred satin. On the crown is a large
,plum-colored double satin bow, and the
same colored strings are fastened on the
side. Striped India shawls are now made
in visite-shaped garments. They are
trimmed with fur, handsome silk fringe,
or chenille. This is a suitable style fol
stout figures, as the stripes make the
form appear slighter. Sometimes
these visites have large collars trimmed
with fringe, and sometimes the back is
cut bias; when made in this manner they
are more suitable for tall, slight figures.
Spanish mantles are very generally used
In Paris. They are much worn at the
theater, and are generally favored by
elderly ladies. When they are white
they are draped in the back and fas
tened by gilt pins, and trimmed with 8
red Or pink rose. The black lace man
ties are fastened near the ears by mean,
of two dark pins, and are the kind worr
by elderly ladies. There are not many
watches and chatelaines worn at present
but there are used to replace these small
platina chains-frem which depend a sill
Yer smelling bottle in Louis XIV o
Renaissance" style. There are ais,
golden bottles worn, handsomely chased
which hang from the waist.
Ballsare now given in England wher
the ladies all wear dresses in the sam
color. The color to be worn is selecte
BY the hostess, and is mentioned on tn
cards of invitation. The use of this on
color is not nearly as monotonous a
might be supposed, as there are SO man
shades to each color that there ar
scarcely two toilets alike. Among th
trimmings for ball dresses are embroid
cries Of transparent beads, in limitation
Of pearls, on gauze ground. The sam
embroideries are made with light-colore,