Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-08
FASHION WRINKLES.
THE AUTUMN NOVELTIES.

THE AUTUMN NOVELTIES
ORE plush ribbons are a novelty.
CAFE BRULE is the singular name Of a new
shade of brown.
The fall openings in Washington have been re
markably brilliant.
TINY birds, swinging in golden hoops, make
charming earrings.
SOME of the newest overskirts are quite short
with bos.fdnt draperies.
MILITARY braids and new chenille braids vii
be used on WOODEN dresses.
RIBBONS are very much wider than have been
used for some seasons past.
BLACK silk stockings, with alternate open
work and plain stripes. are new.
VERY handsome onnbre plush ribbons have
satin surah on the reverse side
LINKED rings. chains and diamonds are tn.
new patterns in embossed velvets
CLOTH princesse dresses for small girls have a
quilted silk lining throughout the skirt anG
waist.
BAsQUEs of MORE silk are worn with skirts
of satin naerUeiueur that are trimmed with bands
of MORE.
LoNG, lOOse-wristed gloves, of tan-colOred,
undressed Kid are worn with elegant street cos
tunes
WHITE silk stockings. embroidered with pink
silk. are novelty.
BYRON collars. and fiat cuffs to match OF
MORE silk. are stylishly worn with camers haiI
and cashmere dresses.
WIDE girdes or cOrselets of watered silk OF
velvet are worn over both plain and plated
basques in WOODEN goods.
LOVELY fan has kate Greenaway" de-
sign painted on dark-green feathers, which are
mounted on tOrtOise-shel sticks.
WATERED SILKS are combined with cashmere
Surah, and plush in the French costumes i'm.
ported for misses and little girls.
CLOAKS are exhibited in great profusion in the
north. and are very long. Clara Belle says wear
ing mourning for sweetheart is not uncommon
in New York.
FLoRENTINE bronze, a mixture of green and
gold, mort dOre which is a new golden brown or
tarnls hed-gOld tint, and a dull red, are among
the newest cOlOrs.
STRIPED PLUSH is used for Directoire collars,
and is trimmed with white English laces that
are darned in long stitches to outline droopinp
flowers, convolvuli, lilies, etc.
MOTHER HUBBARD cloaks for little children are
now made of navy blue CLOTH with plush facngs
of old gold bronze, or red; or else they are OF
gray corduroy, with deep collar of blue or red
plush.
LIGHT twilled wOolens show very CAV con-
trasts in the stripes, such as pale blue on claret
color. the same ground color displaying olive OF
rose-tinted stripes. Many cOlors are also run
In one stripe, such as blue, yellow, olive, grey,
and red.
NEW sash ribbons are brocaded to represent
peacOcks feathers. Those showing only the
eyes of the feathers are newest and have many
threads of gold. Plush sash ribbons are very
elegant. and there are mixed mOire and plush
sashes in wide stripes. MOire sash ribbons for
children to wear with their white dresses are
chosen in very dark shades of garnet sapphire
blue, or myrtle green.
The beaded tabliers. valances and garniture
for dresses are among the handsomest trim
mings imported. These are front breadths of
black net, black satin, or Surah, and also of
white, wrought in elaborate designs with beads
OF various sizes; the black bugles nail-heads and
small faeeted beads give great variety to jet en-
br0lderieS while those done i'm white are varied
by having different shades of white in the beads.
such as pearls of different tints opals and trans
parent white jet. single embroidered breadth
costs from $40 to S125, according to its elabOr-
afeness, and this is accompanied by bands and
collars for the cOrsage.
SIDE PANELS and bands half yard wide are
shown Of very gay embroidery, done with silk
floss on a net foundation that is cut out and the
embroidery has strong edges, to be applied so
that the needle-wOrk seems to be wrought
directly on the fabric. These are without beads
but there are most remarkable beaded passe-
menteries IN colOrs and in floral designs, showing
every shade OF the flower, and these are perfectly
shaped, such as asters with petals that can be
lifted, and rounded lily bells with sWaying
pisiils. The steel beads so popular last year
have disappeared, and there are fewer gilt and
amber beads than was formerly used.
CLARA BELLE writes from New York: elm
mense quantities of striped and plaided silk
and wool novelties are displayed at these shows.
while eheviots and Atwood diagonal serees.
eaBlels-hair and cashmere stufls come in colors
TO match the grounds of the novelty goods The
broeade and moire silks and the new satins
meryeilleux; now called radZimires in variety
OF lovely shades, make the counters look bright
and gay. Some of the new shades in cheyiOts
are cadet grey, terra-cOtta brick-dust yellOwish
brown called jaunatie, and bewildering variety
OF mixtures, hair-line stripes and broken checks.
among the cheyiots, those called heather mix
lures Will probably have the greatest run of
popular favor. The lawn tennis stripes are re-
peated in fine goods in WOOL as we'll as in mixed
silk and wool, intended for the skirts of cos
tunes whose TUNES and basqueS are to be of
plain, soft and smoOth-fnshed wool goods of
the color predOninating i'm the stripes. AS for
the TUNES, they are looped high back of the hips
forming much-wrinkled apron and cocks tail
drapery in the back"
The PARIS FASHIONS FOR GLOVES have for the
nrst time in many years undergone a decided
change. Heretofore the variations from one
season to the next have been slight and hardly
perceptlble. as when the two-button gloves that
had been worn for years were replaced by three
button, and these later on divided their popu-
iarity with four and six-buttOn. True. there
are still good many Of three, four and six
button gloves worn for ordinary occasions, such
as shopping, etc; but for all dressy purposes
promenades. receptions, parties or balls-these
Older styles have to give way to the neweI,fash-
Ion The leading styles are the ''Gant de Sake"
long glove, measuring from eight to fifteen
Incnes above the wrist, without any opening or
fastening whatever. The Cant Mousquetaire."
agiove OF the same length, having an opening at
the wrist fastened with two or three buttons.
and the Cant de Beige" which is the same
style as the .'Mousquetaire." cut very broad and
without elasticity so that it can be sIippedon or
on very easily. This style is mostly confined to
use In driving or riding, and therefore comes
only in yellow, ecru, ana tan shades. The fash
tonable colors in these longer gloves are all
shades Of ec7-u, yellow, and tan. down to the
bright oak cOlors- Black also promises to be
decidedly fashionable. For parties and balls.
white and the pale-tinted opera shades in
'Mousquetaires" will be the first choice These
long gloves offer several advantages over the
older styles; they avoid the trouble of closing SO