Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-23
FASHION NOTES,

BRASS color is a favorite shade of vel
Tow.
BULLET buttons are de riguewvon rid
ing habits.
HEAVY box plated hounces to- The knee
are much WORE.
SHORT and sllant continues to- be the
rule for riding habits.
LEE princess effect is the prevailing
style OF full dress summer dress TOILETS.
RIDUNG habits for summer are of dark
gray OF navy blue or dark brown cloth.
ORANGE blossoms and white hlaea are
the bridal flowers of the month of June.
BLACK Spanish lace sleeves are ri0ueur
with black summer toilets of ceremany.
WHITE chips are trimmed with shaded
plumes IN all tints or long wavy grasses.
PANNIER and back draperies of Sunah
silk are frequently added to faille Cos
Tunes
LATR design in gimp is of straw
berry leaves studded with pendant Jet
Strawberries.
WHITE or cream NUNS yelling and
white Sunah make aD admirable cora-
6lnatlon toIet of ceremony.
A FASHIONABLE dressing gown is made
OF white flannel, with a jacket of plaid
ssak plush of every color of the rainbow.
CHENILLE ribbons, Minged with loops
OF UNFINISHED chenille, Is one of the new
Inventions for trimmingT tuscan bonnets-
SHADED jet trimmings are new and
very expensive. They are made of dull
and polished jet, vigorously combined
MANY Of the square-cut bodices of
evening dresses have stand-up Mediei
collar Of the material, edged all around
with good-sized cut beads or pearls.
LARGE rosettes Of wlibte or pale tinted
satin ribbon, with swinging loops join
ing one rosette to the other, are set ON
the back Of white or tinted satin belts to-
form sash draperies.
THE newest throatlets are of satin.
edged ON both sldes with lace, and
worked with some small designs in silk
OF rose buds, forget-me-not, etc. They
are of black as we'll as eo1ored SATIN.
THE; " Recamier" couture is again re-
vived. but is becoming to only pretty
faces. The hair is cut quite short, part
ed In front, and curled in tiny ringlets
all over the head.
THE summer travelling dress for brides
is. of Chudda cloth of coachman's drab
or biscuit shade, made up over silk
skirt of the same color, and trimmed With
drab or biscuit Surah silk.
LARGE Spanish combs, broad and
high, are being introduced. These combs
seem to be the avant couriexs in the
fashion of wearing mantillas like the
Spanish ladies.
ELABORATE double trains and high
wired Met1iel collars of pearls or crystal
heads are adopted for bridal dresses.
when the wedding is cat home,'' in the
evening, large, and an occasion of full
ceremony.
The newest color is sort of pale red,
known in England as crushed straw
berries, and in Paris as sierra Gotta"
1t blends well with black or pale blue
velvet, but is too conspicuous to be large
ly used by itself.
The colors adopted by fashion this
summer are yellow and purple in all
shades, from deep orange to straw color,
and from dark violet to the faint lilac
tint which goes this year by the name of
heliotrope. Deep red and fire color are
also liked in small quantities.
SLEEVES for the summer dresses are
made quite shot, reaching but little
below the elbow; the gloves arelong and
have as many as twelve buttons; brace
lets are also quite indispensable, with the
present fashion, by which the wrists and
arms are SO exposed
WHITE will be enormously worn now
the fine weather has set in, and French
nainsook, Indian muslin and pique, pro-
fusely trimmed with embroidery, are the
favorite materials. Muslin mantelets,
trimmed with Breton lace, are worn with
the muslin dresses.