Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-09
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.


OSTRICH feathers in every form will be
in demand this season.
In velvet brocades very new and rich
effects are produced by combining the cut
and uncut lines in the formation of leaf
and floral designs upon a thick twilled
satin foundation.
FROM present indications, it is safe to
presume that fur trimmings will be
worn to ON enormous extent the coming
winter. From shoes to hat, every por-
ton of the costume is trimmed with
them.
A FASHIONABLE combination consists
OF mo1re-antique train and embroider-
ed sat1ng front, and bodice also enriched
with embroidery; sides paneled with
falls OF wide lace and loops of satin rib
bon.
The cloths of the season are very at
tractive In the dark, solid colors and
feather mixtures. They are used for
complete suits-dress, muff, toque hat,
and exterior coat or jacket, and also for
the braided overdresses and close-fitting
princess polonaise draped high upon one
SIDE over satin or plain velvet skirt.
PLUSH jackets are dressy garments for
young ladies, and are liked in the seal
brown shade that closely resembles seal
tur. They are made up without trim
ming. When lighter shades of tan,
ecru, corn or drab plush are used for the
jacket, dark seal brown plush forms the
collar, cuffs and pocket welts.
SICILIENNE, which has heretofore been
mainly used for cloaks, IS this winter
employed for trains, the front of the
dress being of satin or brocade and also
the bodice. The colors are such as are
only appropriate for rich inner dresses
salmon pink, old gold, cardinal, Nile.
olive, and myrtle green and mulberry
brown.
FEATHERS as trimming are rage of
the season, to the almost utter exclu-
sion of flowers, and the number massed
upon one large hat is almost incredible.
Five is the minimum; the maximum de-
ponds upon the ingenuity of the milliner
in disposing OF them. The exaggera-
tiOns INDUCED in are not confined to the
number of feathers. Theslze and shape
of some of the novelties in head-gear are
astounding, and would seemingly suit
lunatics better than sensible women.
The conventional evening dress for
young ladies consists of short trimmed
skirt, the back draped over a killed
hounce, and the front shirred or plated
above deep box-plaited hounce, which
ascends to the knees. The bodice is a
long V-shaped basque, with paniered
s1eles forming an oversklrt, and the
sleeves are shirred and plated to the ell
bow. Surah in light tints makes up
pretty IN this way trimmed with white
lace, and with alternate narrow ruf1es of
silk and lace across the lower front, in
stead of a box-plaited hounce.
THE winter walking-dress, par excel
lence, is of dark plush and consists of a
coat or half fitting jacket and plain
skirt which clears the ground. It is
distinction solely from the cost of the
material, which is from So to so per
yard. A suit, plain as it looks, is valued
at from $500 to $400, and, though fin
ished with every attention to detail, is
only becoming to somewhat tall and
very slender figures, for it has the effect
of shortening them and making them
look what is technically known as
"bunchy."
A BEAUTIFUL plaid cloth has been in
troduced in dark green, with lines of red
and fine bars of white, which is very
effective, and much used for trimming
dark green dresses and suits. The pref
test are in the Jersey form, with killed
skirts and scarf drapery of the paid;
the deep basque bodice fitting O rounded
figure like glove, the plaid appearing
IN small side pockets, and fiat coat col
lar and cuffs. soft colored elastic ma
terial is new and used for Jackets, one
stripe being elastic and the other laid in
clustered plaitlngs. 1t is intended for
Jersey costumes.