The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-07
FASHION NOTES.

Roman striped silks are used for full
| dress occasions.
Langtry bonnets, gloves, and slippers
will be the rage.
| Gilt and amber beads border new French
/ hats and bonnets.
Velvets bid fair to be more used for
bonnet trimmings than plush.
Black wool dresses remain the favorites
of American women for ordinary wear.
1t is said that the plush jackets now so
much worn will be only passing fashion.
Collars and cuffs of ficelle lace are in
high favor, as they look well and never
wear out.
The handsome quilted satin petit
coats have elder down instead of cotton
for wadding.
Soutache embroidery is the correct trim
ming for black cashmere and drap d'ete
dresses.
Tubular braids are effectively mingled
with fiat soutache in embroideres on dress
es and wraps.
Gold soutache and gilt buttons appear to
be the favorite trimmings for dressY blue
flannel suits.
Crochet buttons never go out of fashion.
but fancy metal and composition buttons
are in high favor.
Drap dete and Henrietta cloth are used
for handsome and dressy suits out of
mourning well as in mourning.
White underskirts are completely super
seeded nowadays by colored flannel bal
morals and petticoats of colored quilted
satin.
Ruby, very dark plum color and golden
brown are the shades most in vogue for
velvet costumes for the or0TnapaHa
Plaids of every observation-disclosures
Tartan, Oriental, and SWISS, in every shade
and siZe-are worn for silks, with over
jackets of velvet or plush in monochrome
color
Dark myrtle green and royal blue redin-
gotes of fine ladies' cloth, with shoulder
capes and rever cuffs of plush or velvet
shade darker than the cloth, are much worn
over plain skirts of silk or cashmere,
trimmed around the bottom with chicoree
ruching.
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Ingenious young ladies are making their |
own capes, muffs or cuffs, by sewing to- /
gether fancy feathers from the wings and |
breasts of native birds and chickens throats |
They fasten these feathers to thin silk or
muslin, line the muff and cape with satin,
and edge with bordering of feathers ar
ranged as fringe.
Blue velvet or cloth coats and casaQuins
are new and then seen trimmed with mar
row gold braid. in fine arabesque patterns
This bright and conspicuous trimming is
very sparingly used, and should only be
when the coat accompanies a
skirt of a like color. There is a great i'm
provement in the manufacture of this kind
of trimming. GOOD qualities do not tar
nish, and are guaranteed to resist the ac-
ton of salt water or a salty atmosphere.
The fashion of framing the front breadth
Of skirt gives great scope to the employ
nent of an inconsiderable quantity of
handsome material. and many short
engths" of rich brocade, velvet, or satin
nay be most advantageously used in this
manner, The bodice is often of the same
material as the panels; but where this can
lot be accomplished, a portion can be
as trimmings, such as revers, |
Dlastrons, or peferine and cuffs.
For dancing toilets are imported very
beautiful transparent silk muslins of ex-
Iuisite texture and finish with single large
lowers, such as roses and carnations, |
lropped upon pale-tinted grounds. One
PATTERN in these fabrics shows pale tea
oSe 9eiIo" ground Drocadeu with pale
link aZaleas and foliage, and a second
pattern, already made up in Vatican style,
las ground work on pale blue, scattered
yer with blush-roses and sweet-pea
lossems. The dress is made up over pale
lue surah
The latest styles in Vienna fans show
cures and designs formed of the neck
lumage of tropical birds. These very
ne and brilliant little feathers are formed ,
sually into flowers and birds, though a :
ew make more elaborate display of Gu ,
ids, shepherdesses, and other waite au
esigns. These birds and flowers are laid
pom large feathers of dark green black,
r cream color they forming the outline
the fan, and also making a rich back .
round to the mosaic-like figures formed {
Y the smaller feathers.