Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03
Late Fashion Notes.

New French dresses are exceedingly
short in the skirt.
Turkey-red calico dresses for children,
made in Mother Hubbard style, and
trimmed with Medici lace, are very fash
ionably worn for morning dresses at the
seashore.
White or sprigged muslin round hats,
shirred into shape over the milliner's
reeds, and trimmed with fots of satin
ribbon and cascades of fancy lace, are
worn with light summer toilets in town
and country.
Pointed shoes of velvet, matching in
shape the laced ones of kid now seen
upon the promenade, have the toes
covered with an embroidery of gold and
silver beads. They are laced over the
instep with gold Or silver cords.
Fable is very largely employed this
season, and is usually combined with
other materials in the construction of
stylish costumes, Pompadour satin, shot
silks, MORE, silk gauze, or grenadine
being the other fabrics usually selected.
Fichus of the finest white linen, SIM
ply hemstitched around the edges, are
worn over morning toilets of foulard,
muslin, cashmere, or vigogne, by the
few women whose compilations can bear
the test of so severe a style of neck
dressing.
The coquille ruche is formed by sew
eral plaits turned each way, so as to
form box-plait in the center. The
upper and lower edges OF this ruche are
sewn together in the center, causing the
other plaits to set out in a fan or shell
shape, as the name coquille denotes.
Very young girls now tie the hair
which they draw away from the fore
head and temples very high upon the
crown of their heads, fastening it there
with a bright satin ribbon. These flow
ing locks are then left to fall with the
back hair in a wavy shower over their
shoulders.
Pale sea- green silk dresses of the most
artistic and aesthetic hue, or tint rather,
nearly covered with white lace ruff1es,
panniers, and bertha of lace to match,
draped over the bodice, are to be very
fashionably worn at summer evening
dancing parties this season.
Moire this season very seldom forms
the whole of a costume. 1t is only used
in combination with other materials,
such as satin, foulard, taffetas, lawn,
silk, or cashmere. 1t quite frequently
forms the skirt or bodice, the other por-
tons of the toilet being of a contrasting
material, Or it is frequently employed
for facings, collar, sash, pelerine, cuffs,
and vest, in the formation of new cos
tune or the renovation of one of past
season.
Many summer bonnets, following the
style of the ''Langtry" bonnet, have the
crowns completely covered with broad
loops of satin ribbon. One pretty gip-
sy bonnet in this fashion is made of
white cactus-lace straw, the brim being
covered with passementerie of white
pearl beads. the crown is covered with
broad, flat loops of cream-white satin
ribbon. Inside the bonnet is faced with
pale lilac surah, and the strings, which
tie at the left side, are of white satin,
lined with lilac
Many of the new gimps, olives, cor
delieres, and frogs, now stylishly worn
in the place of buttons to close the dress
in front, have chenille introduced into
them with pleasing effect. Some of
these have cords of two or three con-
trasting shades of color, and thus fur
nish very tasteful and elegant acces-
sorry to a plain dress of neutral tint. re-
quiring no additional co1oring to light it
up. The latest handmade tOurrageres
and passementerie loops very much re-
semble rich embroidery when laid over
velvet, satin, or cloth.
Among the innovations of modern
fashion, one of the Oldest is the wearing
of velvet throughout the summer. There
is this season an infinite variety of vel
vets-plain, openwork, plaided, striped,
beaded, moired, lowered, and a num-
Der of novel devices in dark Oriental
colorings. The plain black Lyons vel
vet is, however, the most favored. The
new English brand of velveteen, known
as the Louis" silk face pile, is finding
a very large sale in America, as it is
much used for underskirts and for chill