Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-15
FASHION WRINKLES.
THE FALL OPENINGS.

THE FALL OPENINGS.
FROST and fall fashions go together.
The openings have been well attended this
bright weather.
WORTH fastens his long winter oloaks with
elaborate frogs and cords.
Lone tan-colored gloves are stu worn with
white opera or evening toilets.
GILT, pearl, steel and mock-ruby buckles are
Ill fashionably worn on dresses and hats.
The advertisements in THE STAR Of the dr.
goods and millinery houses are very attractive
A FANCY button OF enamel and gold is in the
shape of a camel, and new bonnet ornament is
golden and bronze wish-bone.
SHORT princess dresses are worn upon the
street, but are so covered with innumerable
shirrings. sashes and other drapings as to quite
disguise the original shape OF this simple dress.
THE handsomest fringes for evening are very
deep, beaded by crystal tinted network the
color of the toilette. A beautiful evening dress
OF salmon satin and MORE silk was recently i'm
ported with crystal fringe in salmon beads
over twelve inches deep edging the basque
Pale pink and blue-crystal fringes are sold for
rose-plnk and sky-blue dresses
THERE is a special fancy just now for fresh
water pearls. These are found in the pond and
river mussels which school children throughout
the country often amuse themselves in catching
forever fancying they are edible CLANS Fresh
water pearls have been used in jewelry but a
few years though perfect specimens of fine
luster are as valuable as oyster pearls.
THE latest fancy in coiffures is to form a por-
ton of the hair into French twist, and upon
the crown of the head and on each side of this
twist TO arrange the rest of the hair in Japanese
knots run through with jewelled pins Low in
the neck. behind each ear. are three or four
zephyr curls about four inches long. These
curis, however, are often omitted in dressing
the hair i'm this style.
ROI DE ROME collars and deep cuffs made of
dark cOlored or black feathers are novel and
stylish. A handsome set is made Of ravens
feathers, with band of deep red and black
notified feathers placed around the edge for
border. Another set is made of dark peacock
green feathers laid closely one over the other,
with border of peacock's eyes cut out around
the edges into sharp points.
WORTH is represented by a robe of royal pur-
pie velvet, with oyerdress formed of sash dra-
peries, arranged in folds across the front, over
sides and on the train, of golden-hued SATIN
deliberately decorated with raised pansies of pur-
pie velvet, with richly celored hearts The edge
OF skirt is finished with puffs and fris of cream
lace and bows and knots of gold satin ribbon
Also in a walking costume Of plush, with over
drapery covered with peacOcks eyes. The up
per garment is long coat, with wide backs of
plush, garnished with very large and handsome
steel buttons.
made exactly like an ulster in front with long
slashed coat-tails in the back resembling fro OK
coat. They are worn very long so as to COM
peteiy cover the figure. '.NOah's Ark coats is
another English name given to these comfort
able and stylish wraps The long skirts are lined
with silk; they are tailor made" and handsome
large buttons with many rows of machine
stitching form the only trimming. The flaps
over the hips cover no pockets. Upon some of
them, however. is seen tiny breast pocket,
and very small handkerchiefs, often of white
silk with tartan borders, are conspicuousy
thrust therein.
FAvoRrTE walking dresses for the street this
fall are of dark rupy or hunters green yigogne
or flannel, with short skirt plated perpendicu-
larry, and coachman's redingote OF Grecian
tunic and marquise coat with cutaway front and
vest, pockets and pelerine of velvet or plush of
color to match To this is added q TyrOlean
PEASANTS hat of French felt, with soft, furry
border, and trimmed with long ostrich plumes.
Carlisle caps are also worn, made Of notified
feathers and adorned with the wing or head of
alright bird A Byron collar of French linen
embroidered In the corners. and fine linen
handkerchief with ruby or deep green border
completes the tout ensemble.
some FIFTY LADIES' more or less were en-
gagged in trying on hats and bonnets at openings
last week, and thus gave expression to their
ideas Charming! lovely! sweet SNOWY! fan
tastic Frenchy immense outre! antique. fas-
CtudtiUS. teTTlHc! nOfrlO! picturesque! ugly!
grand, sublime! artistic! modest asthetic
novel! becomingi large! small odd! pretty !
stylish! raksh! miguel too tool queeri Won
derful! delicious cOnfectioni characteristic
swell! hightOnedi thin! positively intense! ut
terly utter! jollyi and strikingly nObby and
with this knowledge of the numerous shapes
and effects one need only have little additional
information upon the manner of garnishing to
become thoroughly posted in matters of MILL
nery. but the simplicity of unsophisticated minds
will find the fact most difficult to realize that in
astock recently examined no two were trimmed
exactly alike. nor were they in the same colOrs
nor combinations.
A NEW YORK firm have introduced new
feature in dressmaking-in corsages with num-
bers OF seams stitched on the outside, the
edges being turned in and OVERLAND as in the
seams OF gentlemens kid gloves. The skirts Of
stitched on each SIDE and are allowed to fall
giving fulness to the ruffe that finishes them
As in al evening robe of blue satin and brocade
the cOrsage and oyerdress, also train are of
serge faced fabric. embossed with large velvet
flowers in darker blue than the ground. The
sleeves are composed of satin and lace and the
pompadour front of corsage is filed in with the
rich lace The underskirt is of blue satin in
moonlight blue. with pleatS an inch and a half
wide stitched from waist line down to ruffle
which is formed by the fullness Of the discon-
tinued pleats This ruffe is scalloped and edged
with lace panier of plain blue satin is draped
over the hill and finishes peculiar and pretty
toilette.