Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-31
INTERESTING TO THE LADIES.
The Latss. EdIO.s of Dame Fashion.
Dark green is stlll IN high favor.

Dark green Is still IN high favor.
A great deal of ribbon, in bows, sashes,
ETC., will be worn on white dresses Dext
summer.
Luna dots, 1. e., crescent shaped figures,
divide favor with polka dots, on the new
spring fabrics.
Esthetic toilets are already in course OF
preparation for watering place wear during
the coming season.
Handsome chenille fringes curled, and
very dull, are used with great effect upon
msntles OF vigone, Sicilienne or satin.
The hair is dressed close to the head,
very plainly and simply, and frizzes, when
worn, are made to lie fat under chang
nets"
A costly cream white dreaded satin has
for a design q branch OF oak leaves ard
clusters Of acorn nuts in bright green and
gold.
Toques made of smooth satin like feath-
ers OF pure white are exhibited for young
girls wear. They are extremely pretty and
becoming.
Plested blouses, one plest down the back
and two in front, and plain round basques,
belted, are still the accepted waists for
ginghams, etc.
Open work embroidery, in the beautiful
iHlC pdbttIUS WHICH uEuE6 So largely dLABLS
recent importations, will be used to excess
for trimming white dresses.
Plush appIioues, leaf and flower, form
handsome borders for trimming rich
dresses. The figures ere cut out and then
veined with hand embroidery in silk orgold
thread.
Stylish and elegant travelling dresses are
made Of fine Austrian wool, IN tiny blue ard
gold checks, trimmed with panels and
bands of Russian blue velvet and French
gold buttons finely chased.
In dressing, walking and carriage cos
TUNES sent to America, Worth Is employing
the new copper color and odd terra Gotta
shades, combining them with velvet Of seal
brown, grenat, dark green or ruby.
Square or Y shaped bodices for dinner or
evening parties are ornamented, the neck
and sleeves with large roses without foliage
half hidden in lace ruchings, the skirt and
train being arranged to correspond.
The fashionable bouquet for the moment
Is made OF large double red roses Of a new
shaded variety, surrounded by fragile hot
house ferns transplsnted from the noun
tains and made doubly delicate by indoor
growth.
The newest thing in fancy work as a
present for a gentleman friend is q strip of
ribbon with his initials embroidered there
on in bright-hued silks, the ribbon to be
fastened in the lining Of his hat for the
purpose Of marking It.
The passion for ribbon oruamentati0n has
revived fashion Of fifteen years ago. A
full bow is arranged at the neck OF the
mantle or costume and stresmers left to
hang down the back, ending a. the waist or
half way below this in large loops.
French dressmakers contrive pockets for
ball dresses, hiding them beneath a large
bouquet of flowers lied with a ribbon bow
| aud hanging apparently on q flower chain,
corresponding with the rest of the flower
trimming, put around the waist.
Large pelisses are made of old fabrics re-
sembliug in color and design the very an
Client Bagdad shawls-tiny palm aud SC oil
patterns on black or red grounds. The
sleeves are in the psgoda style, and they
have plush bordering ten inches deep.
Black ball dresses are especially distin-
guished-looking in transparent stuffs-such
grenadine, gauze and tsrlatsne embrOid-
cred In silver and silver ornaments. Tufts
OF large flowers ia shrimp, coral or mas ur-
tisn red being tastefully arranged on diff
ferent parts OF the skirt and bodice.