Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-29
THE FALL FASHIONS.

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WIDE borders will be worn on fall cos
tunes.
PLAID dresses have Byron collars and
cuffs of velvet.
BLACK and gold is the coming COM
bination in color.
GREAT prominence is given to plaids
III the new dress fabrics furnished for
autumn and winter wear.
BEAVER felt hats in the Gainsborough
and Sir Joshua Reynolds styles will be
extensively worn. I
lHE oval dot in seeded satin of several
bright colors, ON dark velvet ground, is
new idea IN silk manufacture,
THE newest round waists have the
fronts sh1rred at the shoulders and belt,
and the back cut perfectly plain.
P'RE-RAPHELITE shoulder capes, made
entirely OF black marabout feathers are
considered extremely stylish.
MARROW gathered flounces are put I'M
der the plated border of petticoats.
making sweeper like that worn on the
dress-skirt.
HIGH heeled shoes will be worn IN the
house hereafter, and the fat English
boot onl y will be seen III the street on
the feet Of fashionable people.
PLUSH will be much used during the
coming winter in lining bonnet, hoods
and cloaks. 1t is a material which is
rich-looking when fresh, but has the bad
habit OF soon becoming shabby.
HE leading color so far appears to be
the plum OF prune; it comes in four
shades. Invisible and olive green's. the
marine shades of blue and bronze, and
brown are also in favor.
The patterns on the new silks which
have just arrived are very quaint, and
partake conspicuously of Egyptian in
SEPARATION. Many of these silks are stud
ded all over with jars, lotos leaves and
heiroglyphics.
WHEN flowers are used on winter bon
nets they will be large rich roses of vel
vet, painted and shaded in natural tints,
or velvet tulips or peoples, or satin roses
or poppies, tipped with chenille, all hav-
ing leaves of shaded satin, plush or vel
vet.
JACKETS for travelling costumes are oc-
casionally made with the front cut in two
points, neOf which fastens ON the shout
der, and the other at the waist They
are not very pretty, but are a variation
from the monotony Of one and two rows
of buttons.
ANY one DESTROYS of making herself
conspicuous by appearing in something
IN which the ugliness is not likely to be
soon forgotten, can have the desire graf
flied by wearing a new mantle with
cape-lke back shirred for about foot of
it's depth in the center, so that it is
caught up in two festoons, presenting
the aspect of two punches of venerable
wrinkles.
A KIND of corselet, fitting like a sol
dier's armor of the olden time, has OBJ
tanned great favor in Paris. It is made
of brocaded velvet, buttons up closely to
the throat, has no sleeves, and falls con-
siderably below the waist. Young
American bellies are not eager to resign
all the graceful styles of Louis XIV. for
this stiff and rigid fashion, and but few
of these bodices have as yet appeared on
the street.
The fall hat, SO far as seen, IS of black
straw, In the form Of the Duchess of
Devonshire, and is ornamented with
long, rich, black ostrich plumes. The
interior of the brim is faced with black.
Derby hats are worn at the present time
by those who have them, but there is
little demand for them because of their
exceeding commences last season.
Turbans, particularly those made of
feathers, will be worn very much by
those who find them becoming.
The Bordelaise fchu is a pretty nov
city. It is made of brocaded satin de
lyon, or rich silk in oriental designs.
Sometimes plain bright colored silk is
chosen. This fchu is laced down the
front with gold cord held by jewelled
buttons and finished off at the sides in
tiny basques. It is trimmed around the
edges with very narrow rouleaux of silk
and fine yellow lace. It is pointed in
the neck, and fastened behind under a
large bow formed of number of droop-
ing loops of lace and ribbon.
FAIR followers of fashion do not seem
to contemplate that we may have some
cold weather the coming season. The
new fall bonnet is marvel of nothing,
tied together with nothing, trimmed
with nothing, and fastened to the head
with wonderful ribbon of any color
calculated to set off the loneliness of the
wearer. AS little as there is to a thing
OF this sort it requires something like
dozen yards of ribbon anda half bushel
of artificial flowers for its construction,
but it is almost sweet enough to eat
Philadelphia Times.
ENGLISH Jackets of light colored cloths,
says Harper's Bosar, with large plush
collars, cuffs, and pockets, will be the
first wraps worn when the cool days
come. The large buttons, and the
pretty Innings OF heliotrope, old gold,
pink, pale blue, or cardinal Surah, are
marked features of these jaunty jackets.
For those who prefer mantles or cloaks,
even for undress occasions, are plaid
cloth cloaks of quaint coloring, made
with the Iverness capethat is confined to
the front of the garment, and finished
with large velvet collar, and pipings OF
velvet of contrasting color