Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-09-21
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
English turban hats are all the rage
this autumn.
Pompadour is the newest of the laces
for wearing in the neck and sleeves of
evening dresses.
Black brocaded velvet and plush will
be the favOrlte trimming ard material
to be used in combination with dresses
of black silk this season.
Children's wraps for winter will still
be made in Mother Hubbard style, but
the ful|ness will be held in box pleats
rather than shirrings, and the puff will
be omitted from the shoulder.
The first importation of French bon
nets show no decided change in shapes.
Large pokes, small capotes, large Rem
brandt hats and turbans with rolling
brlms are among the new shapes. All
varieties of birds are used in trimming.
The majority of the French evening
dresses imported have small hoops at
the back and sides and immense bustles
Hoops will not be worn, however, with
street costumes, and the hustle worn
with these suits is still moderate in
size.
Diagonal rows of narrow bias rutiies
are the new trimm ing for the front of
new silk skirts.
Sicilienne and Irish poplin are COM
ing into fashion along with other repped
goods.
The long gauze wells formerly used
here, but now cut of style, are worn in
Europe, and called American wells.
Meanwhile the English mask veil Of red
tulle is adopted here.
The sty lish wraps for the first cool
days will be braided cloth jackets for
plain toilets, and ticelle- colored cloth
mantles trimmed with lace and POM
pons of the same shade for dressy toll
cts.
A great deal of dull red is seen on
the newly imported costumes, and a
touch of red is in almost all toilets,
though it may be only a copper-red
silk neckerchief, a tlamingo's breast on
the turban or terra-colta gloves.
The only beaded trimmings among
new goods are "solid" passementeries
that snow nothing but beads, but there
are many sizes and shapes, such as
bugles, fiat nail-heads, large ball, and
the smallest beads like seed pearls.
Handkerchief pouches and bags con-
tinue in fashion.
Slate. color, an ugly and unbecoming
color to either blonde or brunette. for
some reason unknown, has come into
fashion once again.
Soft feathers in white or pale-tin
colors are worn in the hair with admir-
able effect, and with full evening dress,
diamond stars, arrows and crescents,
or pins in the shape of small flowers
and leaves, are used to fasten the
plumes in place.
Sailor hats will be worn This fail,
trimmed with ribbon as deep as the
crown, drawn tightly around it, and
then tied with an upright bow at one
side. A wreath of peoples or corn
flowers, or mixture of both, is fire.
quently added with good effect.
\ season of velvet is certain proph-
ecy for the coming Fall and Winter.
Immense quantities of this rich fabric
have been imported in black and in
stylish cloth colors, in garnet in six diff
ferent shades, ranging from dark wine
color TO bright ruby color, and blueip
six shades, ranging from navy blue to
pale sky blue, and including electric
blue, peacock blue and shades of sap
phire. Myrtle green is favorite color
Castor, seal brown, prune, olive and
royal purple are all fashionable shades.
a velvet costume, which is, strictly
speaking, q carriage dress, when made
in severly simple manner, rs an cx-
cess of tlounceS or ornamentation vul-
garize the handsome fabric. An ex-
cellent model for velvet dress is made
with foundation skirt of silk, covered
with velvet half way up, and finished at
the edge o: the skirt by ruffie of vel
vet faced with silk, shirred i'll the CEN
ter and caught together in shells. The
drapery is very simple, being quite
high at the sides, and the coat basque
is fitted with exquisite care unfinished
with handsome buttons Of medium size.
For street wear, colored velvet suits
will be fashionable.