The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-05
LATEST NOTES ABOUT FASHIONS


Red hats red feathers, red gloves, and rod stock
| lngs are worn by the million,
Flowers are now but little worn In the corsage In
dcm-tollct being replaced by knots Of ribbon In
hues contrasting with that OF the dress.
Greclan lynx, long. haired, light. coored fur Of
yellowlsh tlnRe, viii he very fashionable fur FOL
trimming winter cloaks and costumes.
For dinner or ball. room wear brocadcl MORE
antiques very fashionable. In white these
superb fabrics are very handsome for bridal dresses
Large Vandyke collars. with deep cuffs TO match,
made OF lch lace aud Inserting, are worn over street
Jackets OF black and other Coufed yclvets.
Tucked sleeves fitted very closely to the arms are
seen upon number OF Imported dresses OF artistic,
aesthetic make. The fabric must DO soft aud pablt
when this style OF sleeve Is adopted,
Brocaded or pladed skirts are good deal worn AT
present with close. fitting Jersey basqucs OF plain
| velvet In black, dark green, dark blue or wine
color and trimmed with passcmGnterle OF gold aud
| irldescent beads.
Ladies' will do well this season TO look up thcl,
heifooms In the shape OF fancy buckles and clasps,
| as ornaments Of this description exceedingly
fashionable Buckles, both little and large OF gold,
| silver, Jet, pearl, OF bronze are worn upon tn,
dress, often In place OF buttons. An Imported cos
i tune OF mahogany red, satin and plush, exhibited
this week, was fastened down tho entire front aud
upol the backs OF tho close cut sleeves with buckles
and straps exactly resembling those which fasten a
| skate.
| Among the most costly materials for elegant winter
toilets are brocades and brocntecS, with brilliantly
cooIed exotlcs on dark grounds; ottoman Silks In al
| the hgh-art shades; iampns, having plain grounds
brocaded with stripes covered with flowers; magnlh.
cent Indian tissues, woven with threads Of real gold
or silver, and danasks, with huge velvet flowers
satin grounds; these In delicate evening tints, or IN
the fashionable colors OF olive, electric blue, bronze
Egyptian red golden brown royal purple, teria-cUtta,
| and the endless shades OF green.
| Soft Roman painted surahs arc much employed foi
| Killed and box-plated skirts and FOR thinning cos
tunes OF hno cloth or vlgogne Velvet or plush Is
often combined with these plalds: for Instance 4
| skirt OF dark ruby vlgogne Is trimmed around the
lower half with killing OF ruby velvet, with straight
pieces OF the plaid set between the paits Above this
| g1puUV LOutS XIV uufTst of the plnlt which
shows rich coors OF olive, ruby, and pale yellow.
Tho bodice Is made In the shape OF n Hungarian
Jacket aud Is OF dark ruby velvet embroidered In silk
| q shade darker.
In OF the fashionable stores displayed large
coaks, presumably for travelling wear, that made
of Tartan piaids OF unusual size. These have long
ribbon streamers hanging down the back, and often
depending from tho sleeves well the throat,
The streamers are sometimes OF ono color only;
oftener they are of two three, repeating those
most prominent In the plaid. No more useless ap-
pendages could be added TO travelling wrap tags
and ends have speciality for catching at the most n
convenient times, and are given to flying about In
wind and RAIN to the great discomfort OF the wearer
Killings. louncinSs, and panes, painters laid In
soft folds the hips and carried back to form fun
drapery OF the tournure, wrinkcd apron tunics.
Grecian drapery, fully trimmed plastron aud tab.
Hers, high standing fraises, guimpeS sblrrings and
puiings, rich fabrics and high cUlors each and
all fashions still to be followed the coming winter
Yet one can turn away from all of these and adopt
Quakergray gown devoid of single vestige OF trim
ming or adornment OF any kind whatever. She may
fashion II IN rigid, unbrOken lines from throat
skirt border: and provided II Is perfect In 1T and has
that certain Understandable air OF finish aud art about
1t which belongs TO any successful dress, however
plain or however elaborate 1t VIII pass muster In the
ranks of fashion without unfavorablc comment.
very charming evening toilet for young lady is
made OF white corded silk and crepe lSSs. The I'M
derskirt OF the silk Is arranged IN soft pOyS and
shirrlngs alternating, finishing ut the bottom with
| box pleated frlnged ruching. The tunic of creps
lSSe is loosely tied at the back ending In wide sases
which fall over the skirt. The bodice OF white crepe
iSSe, over satin, is gathered I'm at the waist under
white satin belt, with long loops and ends fall
ing from the left side. The bodice is cut out heart
shape In the neck, and vailed with folds of crepe
lsSc, bouquet OF llles-of-the- valley being set
one side. There Is high standing frdise about the
neck apcring narrowly as 1t reaches the sides of the
silk finished with crepe liSSe ilnting, and white
| satin bows arc set upon each shoulder. Dropping
clusters of the lhevalcy arc worn In the
hair, and long white gloves OF undresSed kid are
worn which reach several inches abave the elbow.
| Winter hats, In new shapes aud novel garntures,
are rapidly appearing and most Wild and grotesque
many OF the 90 latest ''-ndced, at first glance
at the show cases which exhibiting the rep
resentatiye styles OF both Paris and London 1t would
appear that the bizarre and outr6 Will be the marked
feature OF all our winter chapeaux. They are larger
than ever the higher. the brlms broader,
and the dents aud smashes In the latter something
amazing to behold. Among these grOtesque shapes IL
| an old-fashiOnoI model revived, known MS tn,
spoon " bonnet, so amnslngly caricaturcd by iccCh
To understand how this model looks take poke bon.
net put 1t your friends head, and then compress
the sides of the harng brim between hands Until
1t assumes the appearance OF dfashioned gable
| roof, and you have the fac-simile Of the ''spOOn y
bonnet Its shape VIII, no doubt, have great at
traction for those who always the lookout fol
tho oddities OF fashion. a second shape In move
head coverings Is compromise between the Dlrectoir
and the CabriolctwOs shapes long In popular favor
The brim is open and prorudlng and is lined viii
satin plcated up In fan-saped cOquilles with smaI
old style curtain In the back and the crown cntre
covered with loops OF satin Ribbon laid one over III
other like the shingles to the roof Of house. Yer,
dressy bonnets arc trimmed with shaded flowers .
velvet or chenille both inside and out. Dark red an,
| old-gol tinls are still the shades preferred.