Huntsville gazette., 1881-12-03
Fashion Notes.

= Beaded plush is imported for milli-
merry purposes.
The new plush and satin ribbons are
exceedingly elegant.
Fur-lined circulars are much reduced
in price. :.
Novel and exquisite fancies are shown
in made-up lace goods.
Velvet stripes are exhibited in black,
and very dark shades of ruby, olive,
plum, or seal brown, alternating with
those of white MORE.
Some exceedingly handsome hats in
black velvet are exhibited, faced under
meath the broad brims with pale gold
satin, and trimmed with black Spanish
lace scarfs having the snowy patterns
run through with gold threads. These
long scarfs are twisted about the crown
and then brought down and wound
about the throat in most picturesqe
manner. Besides being very becoming
to most faces, these scarfs will prove
great protection to the throat against
the first chilly winds of autumn before
the weather becomes severe enough to
call for heavy fur wrappings.
Among the countless varieties of birds
which are brought from every point OF
the globe to adorn the hats and bonnets
of the daughters of fashion, none are
more beautiful than the smaller tropical
birds which come from the West India
Islands. One large box exhibited, which
came from Trinidad, contained no less
than twenty different specimens; some
with bodies of golden yellow and wings
of bright green, others of gold and
brown, and few almost entirely COW
cred with scarlet feathers with deep or
ange-tipped wings. Two very hand
some birds were covered with mixture
of brilliant colored feathers, like fine
mosaics, and one larger bird, already
placed upon 'thalf mourning" hat,
had body and wings of raven black,
with breast and head of purest white.
Wooden plush will be much utilized
for street and travelling costumes. COM
bined with trimmings of silk plush or
fur. A stylish model for walking
dress has short skirt of wood-brown
plush, with wide hallow plaitings of the
same, the interstices being made Of silk
Iplush two shades darker. The long
Marguerite polonaise is of the woolen
fabric, with pelerine, deep pockets, cuffs
and long, Tapping side-panels of the silk
plush. Comfortable and really elegant
looking street wraps can be made of this
material at very moderate expense, as
it costs but three dollars yard and is
forty-six inches wide. 1t is much less
perishable than silk plush, whose sur
face is ruined by contact with the slight
est shower, and is therefore much more
desirable for street wear than its costly
rival, which sells at from three to thirty
five dollars yard, narrow width.
Heavy coils of hair made of two tress-
es twisted together are newer than
plaits or braids. The front hair is usu-
ally crepe, in long natural, rippling
waves, and where it is becoming it is
again parted on the side. The hair is
no longer worn brushed plainly away
from the temples, small side locks being
turned always toward the face. Con-
trary to the assertion of late writer
that our fashionable ladies fail to ap-
preciate the beauty and becomingness
of high backed combs, they are in great
demand, as the present antique modes OF
arranging the coiffrlre necessitate the
wearing of these stylish ornaments; the
Josephine coronet, for instance, beina
very popular style of dressing the hair,
which calls for the Spanish comb OF
gold, silver or tortoise shell as finish
to this graceful and stately structure
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