The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-13
FASHION NOTES.

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Fancy feathers of every description are
the rage for millinery use.
Telegraph, hussar, electric aud royal are
four very popular shades of blue.
Royal cardinal jackets are very fashion
ably worn over black skirts of silk, satin
or cashmere.
Scarlet cloth, with elder down woven in
it, is light and comfortable fabric for
winter understands.
Round and oval shaped brooches are i'm
ported now that every lady is supplied
with long, slender laee-pins.
Amazone cloths embroidered or adorned
with arabesque of satouche compose the
favorite trimmings of autumn promenade
costumes.
White felt poke bennets, trimmed with
white uncut velvet, white feathers and
some gilt braid, will be worn by young
ladies.
Embroidery is much employed for dress
trimming being used in all manner of ma
terials, from fine ladies' cloths to satins and
gauzes.
Little girls wear cape paletots of red,
Hussar blue. or biscuit cloth braided with
maroon soutache and slashed at the edge
to form squares.
The leg 7of-mutton sleeves have not
proved successful. but the close coat
sleeves are now slightly cushioned at the
top to lift them above the armhole.
The oriental cloakings most fashionable
this winter are of mixed silk and worsted
in fine camels hair shawl designs and of
rich and subdued coloring.
Shaggy goods of all kinds in brown,
| fawn color, dark green, dark blue, or in
p1aids of heather mixtures are most fash
ionable of all utility fabrics.
The coming of the Jersey Lily" has
| largely increased the sale in America of
the Jersey bodice, whose popr 'arity she
long ago inaugurated in london.
Copper-colored silk and velvet combina
| ton dresses are among the most stylish of
the season. Embroidery on velvet and
multi-colored beaded gimps are the trim
| mings.
The costume for church, weddings, and
day receptions is short dress of brOcaded
repped silk combined with velvet. 1t is
worn with small visite mantle of the vel
vet, and a eapote bonnet.
Dorsay redingotes are imported, made
of black Lyons velvet and trimmed with a
| magnificent applique work of black en-
broidery and jet. They are fastened down
the front from the throat to the bottom
of the skirt with costly cordelieres and
handsome cut jet buttons in medallion de-
signs.
The huge bridal bouquet of white roses
| is now frequently replaced by large fan
| made of cardinals, white star flowers, and
stephanotis This fan depends from the
right side by gold or silver chatalaine,
but is raised and carried in the hand in
| place of the bouquet as the bride enters
church or parlor.
Handsome Venetian designslin embroid
| cry are used in floss silk for trimmin g
| cashmere dresses, the embroidery for the
| skirt front being twelve to fifteen inches
| deep. In white cashmere this trimming is
| parecularly effective, and matinees and
! Crecian house robes made UP with this
| elaborate garniture mingling with its
creamy artistic folds, are the height of ele-
| gance,
! Chine silks are shown for young girls
wear, in scattered patterns of single flow
ers on white, pale blue, or cream colored
grounds, caught up with loops of black vel
vet ribbon over short underdress of black
velvet or plain tinted satin; a corsage and
| overdress in the Louis XIV style above
| mentioned of these new silks are extreme
/ ly picturesque and pretty.
Pale pink and silver, and white and gold
pekins, with alternate stripes of satin and
MORE are very pretty and very fashionable
combinations for young ladies' evening
| dresses. These fabrics are made up with
out the admixture of any other material;
| they have short skirts, pleated paniers over
| the hips, and are bouffant in the backs
vatican effect being aimed at in the entire
| costume.
Worth is sending to America very ele-
CANT toilets of brocaded plush in silver
gray combining this fabric with the Otto
man silks in royal blue, dark green, and
| ruby. These dresses are made short, with
artistic draperies of the Ottoman silk 1 {
| the back, the plush forming the front of
the skirt arranged in traverse folds, con-
fined by clusters of loops of the silk
| fringed1with floss silk balls in shades of
gray.
Among the jackets aud coat-bodices of
masculine cut are those of cheviot made
with pointed fronts, large side pockets, and
| fastened across the front with bande-
| bourgs, la hussar These jackets open
over a vest of white or colored serge, and
J the opening in the neck is set a tour de
gore, or tucker of linen with large Byron
collar above il, embroidered in each corner;
| underneath this turn over collar is set a
eolored cravat exactly like those wern by
gentleman, and in the centre of It is set "a
scarf pin in the shape of a horseshoe or
| some other fancy device.