Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-09
DAME FASHIONS SLATE.

The new seafoam green combines
beautifully with pink.
DRESSES are now fastened at the back.
and they are so ugly.
SEA-FoAM green is favorite evening
color. 1t is tint of blue green like the
crested wave and combines beautifully
with pink.
The new shade of red is a brickish
tint resembling the color of iron rust. It
is used in combination with black for
evening. f.#.
BEAUTIFUL dresses of pale blue satin
are trimmed with ruf1es and bands of
white Grape de chine, embroidered with
daisies and leaves in blue silk.
The jaunty peasant dresses are exceed
ingly pretty for children made of craig
iarar tweed and trimmed with plush or
gray plaids.
ENGLISH crepe doubled over silk is
the material used for deep mourning
bonnets in the winter and without the
interlining of silk in the summer.
HANDsCREENs, which may also be used
for fans, are of white satin embroidered
in delicate chenille, with moss rosebuds
and forget-me-not, and a golden butter
fly which hovers near.
AFTER black, which bids fair never to
go out of fashion, the favorite colors for
street costumes are dark green's, garnets,
violet, lapis blue, seal brown, copper red,
or amber red, and all dark shades of red.
THINK of such matronly stuff as black
satin worn at balls by young people.
Yet such we are assured is the case at
Paris, and dress trimmed with black
lace woven with gold is thought elegant
and in the best taste, even for debut
011tes
ALTHOUGH it is predicted that the
Charlotte Corday cloak now so much
worn by young ladies and girls will be
repeated in light shades of color for
spring wraps, let us hope that something
with less sanguinary name will be
adopted.
A NEW linen collar for ladies is worn
standing all round, that is, without points
turned over in front. It meets at the
collar button, but slopes open thence up
ward, the tops being an inch apart. The
whole collar flares out slightly, and is
embroidered. or else hemstitched all
round or down to the button in front
DURING thepresent season Paris dress
makers steal from all the great masters
Raphael, Veronese, Rubens and Van
Dyck, and they borrow from all lands.
Charles TX. dresses, Chinese shoes, Re-
gency headdresses, Directoire hats and
Oriental stuffs are mixed together by
them III salads, carnival of coIors and
stuffs.
NEXT in popularity to the rich seal
dolmans and sacques are the shirred Wis
ties and pelisses of satin or Hindoo cash
mere These are handsomely lined with
watered silk, old gold or crimson satin
or plush, and are variously trimmed
with silver pointed beaver, Canadian sa-
bic OF blue fox. To tall, slender ladies
this wrap is eminently becoming.
PAINTINGS on hat brins are the newest
freaks of fashion across the Channel, so
says an English journal. The Comtesse
de Paris was the first to have her coat of
al ms painted on her bonnet and strings.
and now several of the huge Velasquez-
| shaped black felt hats are deliberately
ornamented with flowers, buds and but
teshies, painted by some of the best Par
isian artists.
ALTHOUGH 1oasse abroad, some newly
imported Jerseys are exhibited in New
York which are exceedingly handsome.
| They are made with a rich embroidery
which is thickly covered self-colored or
irridescent beads, which removes the
plain appearance of the bo1ice and also
gives it an oriental look. One Of the
most attractive of these is in black, en-
broidered in small silk stars covered
with jet. The effect is very fine.
A deep jet fringe is also arranged round
the bottom of the jersey, headed by a
band of beaded applique work. Some
times and mostly when there is no en-
broidery on the bodice, there are collars,
cuffs and reUers of beaded velvet added;
and again, another style is jersey of
dark marine blue, or ruby or bronze with
collar, cuffs and shoulder cape of orient
al brocade or of some color or fabric con-
trasting with the material of the Jersey.
In this case the balayeuse at the foot of
the dress skirt matches the trimmings
that adorn the waist.