Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-02-11
FASHION WRINKLES.
TIE srPING HATs-X0 CrIPs-TUE NEW COLoRS
IN sATEENs-THE NEW PERCiLEs, ETC.

iHk new SaIeenS snow III Snafie5 OF coiOFs.
TIE masculine style Of dress for women is at
an end
NEW BROOCHES have an open frame work
around medal.
FEATnERs trim ball dresses. but flowers seem
to be preferred.
THE LONDON Wren is a new form of poke
bonnet seen in New York.
DoMISos OF all colors, especially red are in
high favor for fancy parties.
The prettiest of all the darned Iaces are those
called Oriental or Nauresque
SMALL and large figures and flowers are equal
ly fashionable in dress goods
A WREATH of roses around the bottom of the
skirt OF a dancing dress is pretty.
MoIEE PENN in narrow stripes of satin on a
MORE surface is pretty novelty.
TIE new cambrics come i'm similar colors and
patterns to the percaIes and sateens.
MANY small capOte bOnnets are seen among
the first openings offspring millinery.
STRAW hats and bonnets will be worn almost
to the exclusion of chip this spring.
THE new hatstes follow the colorings and de-
signs of the new sateens and percales.
No CHIP HATS and bonnets appear as yet
among mpOrtations of spring millinery.
THE passion flower is fayorite design in
printed sateens, percaes and canbrics.
THE demand for machine made lace for mus
lin evening dresses can hardly be supplied.
The new cotton printed stuffs, sateens and
percales are used more than silk for fancy cos
tunes.
PURE white. without any yellow or ccru tinge
will be more fashionable than the creams and
eerus.
SWANS down and ostrich tips are combined
70 or sh,t
cloaks
New MORE silks have large satin flowers on
MORE ground, or vice versa, MORE flowers ON
satin ground
The iarge-fowered and large figured sa-
teens will be utilized during the fancy ball
season as dOminOs.
GRAY PINK, or ashes of roses, with more rose
than ashes in the combination. appears anon q
the new esthetic colOrs.
FLOWERS as large as life, sometimes larger,
and in the most vivid colOrs. appear ON the
grounds of some of the new sateens.
SOME of the street costumes on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue promenade have been very "stun-
ming on the pleasant afternoons this week
The NEW COLORs are copied from natures
own tints in foliage and flowers and are by no
means confined to sicky green's and dirty yell
lows.
SOME of the new sateens have grounds in al!
shades of color, white and black, over which
are flying t1ocks Of large birds, carrier pigeons.
falcons and swallows.
FURNITURE COVERINGS etc. are being made
In handsome patterns On ramie goods. indeed,
ramie in the manufactured state can scarcely be
distinguished from linen.
NOVELTY in ornaments for evening wear is
flowers OF gold, silver or steel filagree They
are worn in the hair. on the corsage and loop
ing the sash or skirt draperies
some beautiful plush goods elaborate en-
oroidery almost covering the plush. are in the
marketfor sofa cushions. Sometimes tables are
covered with the same elegant goods.
BURANO LACE comes in clusters of large dots
embroidered i'll satin stitch on strong silk net.
The edges are formed of clustered dots or but
ton-hole stitched scallOps or points.
ACCORDING to Hmper's Bazar. Spanish and
Japanese costumes and the French and Ameri-
can dress of the latter part of the last century
are the most popular dresses for fancy balls
In PARIS young girls do not wear low-necked
dresses even to balls. Sometimes the bodice is
open in a square, an oval or in triangular shane
in front, while the shoulders are generally COW.
cred.
SOME of the new dress cashmeres are plai6ed
or barred in almost invisible lines of a lighter
shade than the ground color; for instance. bot
tie green with hunters green, and dark bronze
with gray bronze.
FOREIGN novelty is bodice of unglazed
Kid or deer skins, either plain or embroidered,
perfectly moulding the figure Titled ladies
have their crest and arms embroidered upon the
left side OF the bodice.
You Do NOT have to 90 away from Washington
to get what you want. The leading dry goods,
lace, and glove aud hosiery houses here have
the latest and best and at prices as low if not
lower, than in New York.
PINK, with decided tint. that known as
shrimp pink" is much in favor for evening
bonnets and for facings. 1t is specially liked in
connection with bonnetS or hats of bronze green
dark green or dark blue.
HERE are some of the colors of the solid
sateens for skirts: Shades of blue, from water
to navy; red. from pale rose to deep crimson
and bright scarlet; purple from violet to mauye;
olives, yellOws and browns
RIBBED plush in wide shaded stripes of two
colors, is employed for making up very comfort
able as well as elegant pelisses and visites but
the stripes should be chases of quiet and not too
markedly contrasting colOrs.
The liyeliest and purest shades Of rose. pink.
blue, mauve, maize, and other light colors are
seen in spring sateens in addition to the grays.
prohZes, owes, hunters green, maroon, navy
ana tufqu0is blues, black and white.
''WATTEAU' buttons are used on mautles and
costumes; they are never alike their patterns
being constantly varied Some are of white
pearl and black enamel. set with TURQUOISE OF
iapsis lasuii. with steel spangles; others are
OF blue enamel, with designs in gold or silver
NEW tea gowns are simple in STYLE but of
rich materials, as for instance the Doruillette in
dark or black plush, opening over a tablier of
yellow lace, mounted on light coIored satin and
WIN j large jabot OF old Alencon lace in front.
Full "REATHs of large flowers With or with
out leaves are now worn about the neck On
Hills OF lace A spray or cluster of buds form
nnish III 'front.' The garnitures should be made
In sha2e OF the neck OF c0rsage, round, square
Or POmpadour.
A PRETTY bonnet for a young lady is of claret
plush putting of plush surrounds the edge
of the brm, and the crown is covered plainly
with plush. bow Of plush is lined with pink
satin, and IN front is arranged birds wing Of
shaded red feathers
SOME of the new percales have grounds of
navy blue and others of turquois, on which in
white are large and small dots. sincIy and in