Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-21
Fashion Wrinkles.

Colored hsndkerchiefs are studies OF color
in combinations and designs.
A Robesplerre collar and Louis XVIth vest
appear with the newest jackets.
Laces of all kinds are in fashion. Even
the old black Chantilly is revived.
Three founces of equal width cover new
velvet skirts from top to bottom.
French shoe polish lightly brushed over a
rusty chip hat makes 1t look new.
The longer the besk otthe bird the more
is it sought for as hat ornament.
Three fiounces of equal width cover new
velvet skirts from top to bottom.
Pointed silk gauze jabots, reaching from
the throat TO the belt, are novel and dressy.
Bows of mixed ribbons may be stylishlY
secured by plain or artistic metal buckle.
The Jackets and ulsterettes for early fall
wear are longer than those OF the last sea-
son.
"New hay'' is one Of the late introduce
tions in coloring for cashmere and other
woolens.
Very pretty stockings are of pale-blue
spun silk embroidered with ruby in ara
besque designs.
The new English alpacas come in gray
shades and black, with softer finish than the
old time goods.
Ribbon sashes are arranged to commence
from the side piece OF the bodice and are
tied in front.
India red, bright scarlet shade, is the
most effective color for combining with the
genuine India pongee.
Obovate satin buttons of medium size in
all shades to match the new goods appear
among new trimmings.
The latest caprice in handkerchiets is for
narrow borders in combinations Of aesthetic
colors on white centres.
Ottoman reps in silk and wool, figured
and striped with velvet and plush, appear
among new fall dress goods.
Short skirts of ball toilets are made short
enough to clear the floor all around and
show the tips of the slippers.
The golden Hamburg cocks back is most
in demand for hat trimming, as 1t shows
natural shaded effects in mahogany tints.
Red and blue velvet parasols trimmed
with flowers, lace and embroidery, are car
ried in open carriages at the seaside resorts.
The Gigot, or leg of mutton sleeve, is on
many of the most elegant dresses lately i'm
ported from London, but Is not seen on
Paris dresses.
Faille has completely regained its former
pOpularity-its pliability and sOftness
adapting itself to every style of trimmings
as well as to the skirt aud bodice themselves.
The present simple and becoming style Of
hair dressing is made to look charming by
the addition of diamond pins stuck here
and there in the low chignon and amid the
fluffy waves.
Lace jackets are either tight fitting or
loose, and are lined with light silk in the
color of the lace. They have cOllarettes and
iabots, aud the lace is used very full. Among
the lace are numberof ribbon bows.
Half-high bodices are coming rapidly into
favor for evening wear. they are cut away
about three inches from the neck all round,
and are usually worn with lace or bead trans
parent sleeves, reaching TO the gloves.
Silver is now more fashionable than gold;
its frost-like delicate filigree and rich tints
accord with the profusion Of lace and white
and pale-cOlored toilets that mark the pres
ent season as one of most artistic taste.
Satin ribbon, three inches wide, is worn
tied around the waist In preference to stiff
belts. Pointed belts, outlining the lower
part of the corsage, are more stylish than
those that pass straight around the waist.
The marked features of the present style
of dress are skirts just clearing the ground
all around, paniers of various kinds, ruches
or chtcoreeS, or full ruff &c at the bottom of a
plain skirt, and scarfs forming q bow OF
loops behind.
L. is no longer good form to carry about
or read IN public cheap, paper covered
novels, and now the thing is to have a rich
and handsomely bound volume of some
standard work. 1t is needless to say that
book publishers are delighted.
Some of the latest imported pattern dress
es of white nainsook, batiste or organdie
have extremely elegant embr oidcries edg-
ing the deep flounees to the deUth of ten or
twelve inches, with narrow ruff es and bands
for trimming, and a solid embroidered piece
for the waist and sleeves. These goods are
manufactured in Swi tzerlsnd, and the ex-
enisite designs wrought upon them resem-
BILE very closely the finest patterns of Honi-
ton, Irish point, guipure, old Venetian point,
cart wheel. open work, and great variety
Of purely floral designs.
Bodies are now worn very tight fitting,
and the French stretch the material
we'll on the cross before beginning to cut
out, and in cutting allow the lining to be
slightly pulled, so that when on the outside
stretches to it and insures better fit. An
experienced eye can tell French cut bodice
at once, the front side pieces being always
on the cross. In dress cutting and fitting,
as in everything else, there are failures and
these little matters. and 'trying again"
brings a sure reward In success.
The latest swell thing in weddings intro.
duced in England is to dispense with brides
maids, and substitute for them a page In
fancy costume. At the marriage of Mr..
Douglas James Hamilton, only son OF Lord
Claud Hamilton, and the lady Margaret
Hely- Hutchinson, youngest daughter Of the
late Earl of DOnoughmore, which was cele-
brated few days ago, Lord Suirdale acted
as page, being dressed in yellow satin bro
cade, with stockings and shoes OF the same
color, and an old gold colored satin hat with
yellow feather The bride wore a short
dress of cream figured satin, with lace apron
and ruffies, and over a wreath of orange
blossoms spotted lace veil
or women's dress. the Christian at Work
SAYS: sit is too elaborate. II is not con-
ceived in the interests Of health, cleanliness,
or comfort, for it contains innumerable
tucks, frills, and gathers, which are the
most perfect dust and dirt collectors
known. For all this the sewing machine is
mostly responsible. 1t has done more than
any other agency to secure the present elab-
Grafton so conspicuous in women's dress.
There is no good reason why women should
not order their dresses Just as gentlemen or
we come back to an age of simplicity, and
der their suits; but this will not be done till
when Women's dress is confined to as few
styles and gathers as characterize gentle
mems suits. Perhaps this will never be-"
The fashionable bracelet is a six-coil SER
pent of silver. with plant scales wonder
fully welded; the chased head has ruby
eyes. Another style consists Of a spiral
stem OF Nineveh designs. terminate with
cones and scales of the fr-apple. A brace
let of the same style of antiquity, Of welded
scales, is finished at each end with pine
cone ornament Of dead silver. Some
bracelets that simply encircle the arm once
are completed with two chased WINGS
wheel-like figure with serrated projections
four wings; rosette ornaments; bulls or
tigers heads or embattled turrets around
each edge, fastened by pine cone orns-
ment.
With the revival of old-fashioned cos
tunes for children has come In the pretty
and sensible custom of giving them old
fashioned names, and calling them thereby
in full, instead Of the fancy and silly con-
fractions Of real names which have been so
familiar in late years. 1t is no longer con-
slider d good form to chrIsten little girls
Minnie, Carrie, Nita, Winnie, Hattie, Daisie,
Klttle, Tootsie and the like. In lieu Of these
are now heard such fine and sweet-sound-
ing names as Margaret. Elizabeth, Eleanor,
Katherine, Jane, Harriet, Frances,
Dorothes, Caroline, Rosalind, Martha, and
others Ike them, and very pretty the effect
is when they are pronounced in full, as
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