Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-18
FINE DRESSES.
SOME PASSION NOTES FOR TIE
LADIES.
Winter in and Out of Doors
The Latest Novelties.

I
and attention, the preparation of the COM
plete wardrobe for the winter is receiving
its proper share Of careful thought and
| deliberation. There is everything to be
considered, and the length of the purse is
the only thing which limits the wardrobe
OF fashionable belle. The requisite dress
patterns, the novelties Of the season, and
all the beautiful things, small and great,
are without end, and the temptations to
extravaganza in the way of needless but
lovely things are almost resistless In the
preparation of a complete wardrobe street
costumes and hats take a most prominent
place, and receive as much attention as the
more elaborate and snowy reception and
evening toilets Dresses with long outside
garments of the same material, braided
with fine braid in great variety of pat
terms, simple aud intricate, are very pretty
and exceedingly stylish for street costumes.
The material is generally cashmere or lady's
cloth, and the fashionable colors for these
suits are dark and rich, seal brown
and olive green being most worn.
The front breadth OF the skirt is made
gored, and covered almost entirely with
patterns in fine braid.
THE PYRAMIDAL DESIGNS
And designs of the Grecian order have so
far met with most favor. The back of the
skirt is usually trimmed around the bot.
tom with two or three narrow plaitings,
and is made with or without drapery to
suit the fancy of the wearer when dra-
perry is worn it has deep braided border
to correspond with the pattern used on the
front of the dress. The basque is made
very tight lifting and ornamented with
braid. The long outside garment is made
in the form of a pelisse, with the front left
open to the waist to display the braided
skirt. Around the bottom of the garment
| and down both sides of the front is very
deep braided border. Often the border
| around the bottom measures nearly foot
deep, and the border on each side of the
front is about half that width. The sleeves
and the lapels of the pockets are orna.
mented In the same way. Sometimes the
outside garment Is made in the long dol.
man form, but tie tight fitting garments
are generally preferred, especially for young
ladies'. The hats worn with these suits
are usually turbsns of velvet of the same
shade as the dress. Some of them have
very low crowns, with heavy rolled brims
of velvet, and Others have higher crowns
with plain brims. They are always dec
GRATED with birds feathers of some de-
scription, either with bright plumage, to
enliven the dark color, or with the pale
doves which contrast so prettily with the
deep green and blue velvets.
SILK AND VELVET COSTUMES
Are also worn on the street, some of dark
and some of brighter shades. A very pretty
one is made of heavy silk and velvet of
beautiful amethyst purple. The skirt is of
silk, with the front laid in deep side plaits
from top to bottom, and the back is made
OF graduated rows of side plating, the first
row being about ten inches deep. The
basque IS of plain velvet of the same shade.
made quite short on the hips and pointed
both front and back. The sleeves are long
and tight, and loose-wristed gloves, which
reach the elbow, are pulled over them.
Caught under the basque in the back is a
wide sash OF silk with two bouffsnt loops
and long ends. The hat is close turban
with round crown and fiat brim of
twisted velvet. On the left side is large
brown bird, with the head dropping over
the edge of the brim very near the front Of
the hat. The feathers in the wings and tail
are shaded from dark brown to a delicate
creamy white, and tiny tuft of white festh-
ers ornaments the head. This style of bird
presents a striking contrast to the brill
Iantly-plumaged ones which are so much
Worn, and, as it is not easily soiled, it is
for some reasons preferable to the white
birds, which come next in favor. Imperial
hlne which 70 -
season, will be even more popular this win
ter. 1t is one of the loveIiest shades of a
lovely color, and to some is extremely be-
coming, while to others no color could be
imagined which would be more unbe-
coming.
VERY STYLISH DRESS
OF this color has full skirt of silk laid in
wide double box-plaits all the way round.
The upper part Of the dress is of velvet.
1t is made short, straight basque in front,
and at each side is a long, wide tablet lined
with silk. Across these eblets in the
back, caught nearly to thewaist line, is
looped full bouffant drapery of silk, so ar
ranged as to form a number of loose fall
pulls. The buttons are small balls of
beautifully-shaded white pearl, and there
is scarcely hairs breadth between them.
The sleeves are made to fit the arm per-
tectly, and button almost to the elbow on
the outside seam with the same white but
tons that are used on the front. This is a
very rich and elegant costume, and one
suitable for almost any occasion. Trains
and demI-trains are always worn to some
extent for receptions and evening toilets,
although they have been worn less the past
year or two than ever before. This season
they will be more popular, and some of the
new trained dresses are exquisite. Trains
are difficult things to manage, but when
they are well managed they undoubtedly
lend dignity and grace to the carriage.
Toey are q decided inconvenience in O
crowded ball room, and for ordinary wear
are very inappropriate, but for small, ele-
CANT parties and receptions there is quite
as much to be said In their favor as against
them. A very elegant reception costume,
and rather an odd one, is of rich brown
velvet and surah satin OF little lighter
shade. The back of the dress is made
with yoke of brown velvet, and from
this, falling in rich heavy folds, is Wat
tesu plat, sweeping the floor in long
round train. By the way, none but
TALL, sLENDEB LADIES
Should ever think of indulging in Vatican
plaits. The front and sides of the skirt
are Of satin and cut gored, and the bottom
IS ornamented with three narrow ruflies.
From the rutfles to the waist the skirt is a
mass of embroidery in silk shaded from the
most delicate brown TO the deepest. The
design, if design it may be called, is one of
wild flowers and grasses, with small birds
and large butterflies scattered at irregular
intervals over the whole. The idea is a
good one, and, well carried out, makes
beautiful pattern of embroidery. The
front of the basque of this toilet is made
of velvet, tight.hEtiug, with deep, sharp
point in the center. The buttons are small
lizards of some brown metal, with lines of
gilt and golden eyes. The sleeves are of
velvet, made long and tight, with two
small puffs set in at the shoulder. Around
the neck "a z stiff Elijah rff Of ,,.l,-nt