Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-04
FASHIONABLE FANCIES,

WHITE and pale pink bonnets are
most worn at receptions.
BLACK velvet shoes, laced with golden
or silver cords and with an embroidery
of gold or silver thread, will be fashion
able this winter, and are novelty.
WHITE nuns cloth, white Ursuline
and white drap d'ete are made into
charming evening dresses with silver
fringe trimmings. or bands of white
silk gimps and white chenille fringe
THERE are several new combinations
of color; olive is associated with plum
and old gold, myrtle with golden brown,
deep green with drab, and garnet with
pearl-gray.
New and beautiful semi-long viS5tes
of black velvet, brocaded with fine gold
leaves, are imported. They are lined
with gold-cOlored satin sublime, and
trimmed with broad bands of black lib
Inette, sprinkled with tiny hecks of
gold.
VELVET dresses are made very plain
as far as the corsage and train are con-
cerned, but there is a fancy for having
up dark velvets, such US pale blue MORE
with the darkest green velvet, and
shrimp pink, with golden brown or with
terra Gotta red velvet.
The very fashionable Camargo bodices
are peaked in front, are extremely long,
and to them are shirred or otherwise
fastened full tunics or panniers, the
puffs often forming portion Of the
trimming in the back. When the bodice
is peaked behind, a wide Louis Quinze
scarf is added, which is usually made of
heavy MORE silk.
A NEW model for a cloak is the
"Levite," long clinging garment, gen.
orally made of cashmere, vigogne, or
cloth. The front lappels are thrown
back after the manner of soldiers cloaks
when marching. The wrap opens wide
in the neck, revealing a cravat fastened
with pin like those worn by gentle
men.
SHORT skirts are deliberately trimmed
to distinguish them from trains, which
are very plain. Satin surah short
dresses, canary yellow, salmon pink or
sky blue, have three founces of the
material edged with d'Aurillac lace, two
fingers deep, and these cover the skirt
up to the hips, where bouffant panier
is placed.
A DAINTY dress recently worn at
wedding reception was of soft pink
surah, with a garDiture of pink pond
lilies; the basque was outlined with the
flowers, and about the high neck was a
dog collar of lily leaves with one full
blown lily in front and pendants. It
was an exquisite affair, and was de-
signed bv the Wearer
NEWMARKET jackets, or handsome
surcoats of French ladies' cloth of in
visible green, trimmed with plush, are
worn over skirts of Farquharson plaided
surah, or rich broche In subdued colors.
Redingote Johns of dark green satin
| sublime are also seen. They are very
long, and are trimmed with wide bands
| of fur. The skirts worn beneath them
call foa but a simple trimming around
the bottom.
The innumerable shades and combina-
tons of colors have dissipated many old
ideas in regard to what is and what is
not becoming to different types of
beauty, fair and dark. The blonde is
not now confined to blue, the brunette to
pink and yellow, the grades are so many;
the high colors have been SO blended and
softened that there are few colors that
cannot be worn by every lady who has
intelligence and taste enough to adapt
them to her own personality.