The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26
Fashion Items.

Inflated skirts are looming up.
Persian mauve is color which keeps
its favor in the world of fashion.
Pink silk stockings and low-cut patent
leather shoes are considered to be in
high style with archery costumes.
Young ladies in Paris dress almost
entirely in white costumes. When color
is worn it is seen upon the sash, or in
the floral garniture.
French evening dresses of soft white
Victoria silk are sometimes arranged
with graceful scarf drapery of the silk
crossing the bodice diagonally, and then
forming panier at one side, while at
the other side brighter material of striped
gauze, spangled tulle, or lace is also
draped a panier.
Of all the modes of bonnets introduced
in the beginning of the season, the
one which has proved the most popular
IS the trim little French bonnet of last
year, in various notifications; the capote,
the jaunty little princess, and = shape
much resembling the Marie Staurt bon
net, but not SO pronounced in its pointed
dent upon the brim.
Cashmere pattern bands are quite in
favor, and are likely to be more so as
the autumn approaches. Most of these
imported Indian trimmings, with dress
fabric en- suite, are of sufficiently high
price TO add considerable value to the
possession of toilet of this kind. These
rich Oriental trimmings are employed
only on dark dresses, or those of neutral
| tint.
Black failles, satins, poplins, watered
silk, and also thinner Materials such as
grenadines, silk gauzes and tulle. are
all in high fashion. Black silk skirts
covered with grenadine plisseS and bouH-
tonnes, and accompanied by silk or satin
casaques or Jacquettes trimmed with
black Spanish lace and jet, make thor
oughly elegant toilets, enabling the
wearer to vary them by colored trim
mings and floral garniture if desired.
Painted lace is very much employed
on light dresses of one or more colors,
such as pale blue merveilleux and pale
pink More; the painted lace, colored to
correspond with these two shades,
would, however, only be used to trim
tfie principal portions of the dress-the
sleeves, bodice and edgings to the
| drapery. The flounces, panels, or any
thing requiring large amount of gar
niture, would be of the same lace with
the designs left uncovered.
The short skirts for the summer are
trimmed at the edge with volumnous
ruches, chicorees, shell plaits, coquilles
and the like, either of the same or a
different material, Many skirts are
trimmed nearly to the waist all around
alike, or have different arrangements
for the front and back, separated by
panels. Those trimmed all around are
invariably accompanied by the Spanish
scarf tied at the back and draped at the
extreme edge of the pointed bodice, or
just under the basque which fall over the
skirt.
Sleeves are excessively short, and
gloves correspondingly long. Dress skirts
are shrinking upward, being short enough
all around to display the handsome tint
ed and embroidered stocking, as well as
the shoe. Boots are seldom worn with
evening dress, and satin is the favorite
material for the very fashionable Beatrice
sandals many of which have floral de-
signs painted on the front, and occasion
ally along the sides as well. A pretty
foot looks far better with a flat decora.
tion than to be heaped up with bows,
rosettes, and huge buckles. But when
there is little or no instep, and the foot
has no arch, the addition of these loops
and clasps is, of course, an improve
ment.-N. Y. Evening Post.