Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-05
FASHION WRINKLES.
THE PAIL TIEa

6kLDBR ROSES on small tulie wells for brides.
hUFFs Of velvet will be the fashion this win
ter
FEATHER HEADDREssBs are adopted by fash
l0nable matrens.
FROST GRASSES adorn some of the latest i'm
sorted bebe bonnets.
THE CANHARD, or French refugee cloak, is
considered very stylish
THE big sunflower still holds It's own In the
esthetic world of fashion.
IMMENSE white satin bows are worn at the
belt with white evening dresses.
LARGE Alsatian bows Of MORE silk are worn
upon the head both by young and elderly ladies,
the latter choosing black alone.
THE STARS columns are Respondent with the
advertisements of the leading dry goods. lace
and novelty houses. Read them.
RED plush bonnets adorned with flaming red
buckiers, are the choice of few eccentric
ladies.
CoRONET WREATHs OF pure white or gay-col-
oTed flowers will be very fashionably worn with
full evening toilette, With the hair arrangeda Ia
Josephine
REAL SILVER and also fine steel buttons are
displayed. cut in facets which sparkle like dia-
monds and lock exceedingly rich upon street
Jackets of embossed velvet.
delicately embroidered in fine pink flowers, are
phanie sandals of plain black satin, fastened with
tiny silver clasps.
SCARFs. sashes and revers are made of the
new striped and plaided fabrics in silk and wool.
In dresses of monochrome color the panel
facings, eamisOle, pecrine and cuffs are fire.
quently made of these bright materials.
A LATE French caprice is to wear earrings
made of real Brazilian beetles. Another style is
that Of a tiny bird about an inch long made of
fine beautiful feathers dyed crimson and green.
The eyes of the bird are formed of diamonds.
GLOVES, no matter how long, that button up
the arm are no longer considered in best style.
Two or three buttons at the wrist only are
allowable. The remainder of the glove is in a
solid piece fitting loosely over the arm.
The "REDINGoTE JOHN" or the coachman's
redingote, as it is otherwise called, is very
fashionable early fall wrap. 1t is tabernacle,
and has a coachman cape of the same material,
with long cOat-tails, after the style of a coach
mans Overcoat. Later on this cape will be
changed for one of fur or plush.
PRETTY HAND SCREENS or other house orna-
ments are made of the large oval straw fans for
sale everywhere during the past summer. Clus-
tiers of bright flowers. ferns and bits of wood
moss are arranged as frieze around the edge of
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satin ribbon. Two of these fans tied together
make very pretty mantel ornament.
UNDER JACKETS made of what is called cha
mOis leather are now very much worn by ladies,
or will be when the weather gets cooler. They
are made to fit tightly to the body so as to be
worn beneath the dress The sleeves are long,
and the body extends a short distance below the
waist. They are said to be very comfortable to
the wearer, and for outdoor wear are almost
equal in warmth to an ordinary cloth sacque.
some of the novel and elegant house dresses
Of tinted surah have deep, pointed yokes made
wholly Of rich openwork lace, underneath
which is set lining Of surah matching that of
which the dress is made. A very handsome
Grecian robe of peach-blOsSOm surah has yoke
of cream white Venetian lace, with duchesse
point medallions at each point, front and back.
Underneath this lace yoke is lining Of pale
pink satin, which shows plainly through the
meshes of the delicate lace.
The DANCING portion of society are again de-
lighted at the number Of superb imported tot
lets made short. They are, as general thing,
very much trimmed with lace, are all very
bOuffant about the hips, and most Of them have
Louis XIV. bOdices with delicately SHRED plas-
irons, terminating in sharp point in front;
elbow sleeves and immense sashes in the back
Eight out of every ten Of these dresses are made
either of MORE silk satin, or are at least COM
posed in part of this exceedingly fashionable
material.
THE NEWEST BAsoUEs have Vatican pleat in
the back, instead of the two double box pleats,
which are still more used than any other ar
rangement, though they are no longer new
This Vatican effect is precisely like that Just
described for over-skirts, but is, Of course,
shorter. The two middle forms Of the back
make this pleat with its shortest part at its CEN
ter seam contrasting facing showing i'm the
folds and the long sides, loaded in each pointed
end, fall over upon the side forms.
THE NEW MOTHER HUBBARD wrappers for
ladies are most comfortable garments when made
of soft sleazy fannels, and are very dressy when
fine eamtPs hair cloth or Surah satin is used
These are shaped precisely like the Mother Hub
bard cloaks worn by little girls, with the full
straight breadths of the front and back gathered
to yoke, or else shirred at the neck to form
. square yoke The full shirring below the plain
yoke is preferred by most ladies, as it gives
greater fullness and the garment will then en-
tirely conceal the outlines Of the figures.
GATHERED f1ounces are fashionable again for
rich stuffs. such as satin and velvet For in
stance, satin is doubled and gathered in f1ounces
six inches deep when finished, and put on lap
ping IN full bunchy clusters at the foot of front
oreadths OF satin or velvet skirts. Bias gathered
nounces of black velvet trim the back OF some
OF WOrth's skirts from top to bottom. Other
velvet fOunces are doubled and bOx-pleated.
trasting color, as chocolate with shrimp pink. or
dark blue or green with the new teEra-cOtta red.
HANDSOME RECEPTION TOILET recently worn
In New York was Of deep hunters green surah.
with long panels faced with canary-cOlOred
satin The bodice trimmings were faced to cor
respond. including a dainty shoulder cape fas-
tened with rich gold clasp set with emerads.
The crown of the poke bonnet worn with this
dress was covered with smooth Yenetian-green
feathers, and the brim of drawn satin was of
the darkest green, with face trimmings of
canary -cOlOred satin Outside the bonnet was
adorned with deep green ostrich tips and Isa-
bella roses.
THERE is no change in the full dress worn in
the evening by gentlemen. 1t remains a black
broadcioth suit, with swallow-tail coat, cut low
In front, vest also cut low close-ftting trousers
and perfectly plain shirt front with standing
collar, white lawn necktie folded narrowly. and
either white enameled studs or diamond or
other gem But this must not be worn until the
six or seven o'clock dinner. Day dress consists
of a frock-coat and vest of black diagonal cloth
and gray trousers. The vest and coat are so
high that they conceal the shirt front, showing
only the dark fatty folded scarf.
A HANDSOME but exceedingly plain dress