The Penn's Grove record., 1882-05-27
Gossiping Reports of Fashion
able Foibles for the FAIR.

GoSsiping Reports OF rasnlOn-
able Foibles for the Fair.
Thus far, this season, there seems to
be no style of dress which seems to be
the leading one, so that one may wear
what accords with her particular style
or fancy. This is best seen by study
ing the representative toilets which
come fresh from Paris, OF from the
hands of our American modistes. To
be in fashion, then, seems to be an
easy matter. One moment we notice
a costume severely plain, with narrow
skirt and long, straight sc sh or pelisse,
worn above it with but little draping,
and at the next attention Is attracted
to a toilet resplendent in shirrings,
~pufings, and ~plaitings, with wide
panniers and full scarf drsperies so
voluminous as to defy all artistic
boundary lines. The little cap bonnet
is quite as much the vogue as the large
Gainsborough hat. A short visite,
dolman, coat, cape or basque, is as fash
ionable as the long clinging mantle.
It is crinoline or no %crinoline as you
please. You can wear your hair high
or low, pulled, waved, braided, banged
or Montague, cut short, or eombed
down fiat over the temples a la Mrs.
Hayes, and be still in fashion. Every
thing seasonable that n is likely to
have in her possession can, just at
present, be worn without the fear of
special notice, except perhaps q one
button glove. There is a larger choice
in hats than bonnets. Some of the
most important are covered like the
bonnets, with beads, the beaded lace
falling softly over the face They are
often bent into three cornered form.
The Marlborough is a large fiat shape,
worn slightly on one side of the head,
and is singularly becoming it is made
in lace and Tuscan straw, and is
trimmed with long shaded feathers,
Much OF the split shiny straw is used,
especially in the C~srlingford, which
has a square crown. The new straw
bonnets are light in weight, the braids
are narrow, fine, and shine like satin.
Besides cream, white and ecru, they
are dyed green, garnet, black and blue,
and in many instances the straw will
match the costume in color. The
newest wells are real lace, with bor-
ders all in one piece, and others have
straight borders and spots. A pretty
style of bonnet has a row of flowers in
front, and another forming a curtain,
over which falls jetted lace. Both
rows are placed underneath the straw.
Large steel, Jet, and iridescent beads
are now dotted over the flat crowned
bonnets, which have a cluster offeath-
ers and an aigrette on the left side.
Moire ribbon is used mostly for bon
nets. There is a pretty new watered
ribbon, which has single rosebuds
scattered all over, or else a narrow
bordering of them on both sides.
For young girls of fourteen or fifteen,
pleated skirts, either in killing or box
plating ARE used for general occasions,
and fiounces and b~oui1ones for party
dresses. A costume of silver grey
wooden material has the skirt covered
with two wide yleatings, the long
polonaise being open front and turned
back with grenat MORE revers to a
little below the waist. The polonaise
is double breasted, with two rows of
silver buttons, a narrow scarf of grey
surah being loosely draped on the
hips and fixed in front with a MORE
bow. The upper part of the corsage is
cut out square and filled with a plai-
ted chemisette of suran facIngs and
collar of grenat MORE completed the
costume. For little girls under thir-
teen the polonaise and redingote are
found to suit better than anything
else. The back drapery is often sus-
tanned by a small tournure made of
whalebone to draw the dress behind,
and to make the front hang well. 1t
is not very comfortable for children,
and if used at all should be small.
Kilt skirts are still popular because
they show most materials to the best
advantage there are so many striped
goods which would be inadmissible
were it not for the toning down of
tints> by the use of kilt plaitings,
which conceal the brilliancy of the
coloring, and add to the pictures
queness of the whole by showing
brilliant dashes of color, without
making the costume at all conspi-
cuous.
Jumbo Souvenior," is the name of
a new bracelet brought out for young
people. 1t is of the snake pattern,
coiling two or three times round the
arm, and is made of the hair of ele-
plants tails, braided in a light open
tress, finished off at n end with a
snakes head in silver, with emerald
or ruby eyes, and at the other with
silver tail. From the tail is suspended
a miniature silver elephant, and it is
this ornament which gives the name
to this bracelet.