Ellsworth American., 1883-12-20
New York Fashions.
DREssLIKE CLOAKs ;-BUNCHINGs Opera
ToILETTEs ARRANGING THE HAIR
JEwELRY ;-GLovEs; DECEMBER NOTES.

DRESSLIkE CLOAKS ;-BUNCHINGS OPERA
ToILETTEs ARRANGING THE HAIR 8
JEwELRY ;-GLOvEs -DECEMBER NOTES.
The complexion taken on by newly i'm
ported cloaks gives broad hint of the way
we are travelling. A way of putting and
bunchlng. Dresses are puffed and punched,
and cloaks to he worn over them must take
character therefrom. Many are fitted in to
the waist, apparently to show off increasing
complications below, while skirt-like plait-
ings and combinations, not only of material
but colors. render these new garments dress
like in the extreme. In dresses, the chosen
field for bunchings and puffings is the upper
half of the skirt, and here such fantastic
tricks are played as might put the Heather
Chinee to the blush, for slender bellies a
seasonable refuge, but for the plump caus-
ing horrid complications. Bunching in the
first degree is an affair Of magnitude. The
catching up Of four or FIVE breadths of train
in single or double pouf at the back is a
feature, yet train is BY no means necessary
for bunch. Far from it, and numerous
short costumes show putfings on the upper
half of skirts that to say the least result in
ton is that the adoption Of these styles is
not obligatory. Even the sober minded,
however, are beginning to wonder if their
drapery stands out enough in the back, and
call in bustles to their aid the newest and
best invention being the Novelty Flexible
hustle, which is the most graceful of its kind
and one that does not get out of shape.
Ordinary mortals
AT THE OPERA
must roast that the half-clad fashionable may
be comfortable. There especially one sees
lovely brocaded dolmans, where white or
delicate colors vie with red or Haunting vel
low. Beauty when divested Of them shows
occasionally bare shoulders, while bare arms
or arms covered only BY kid are common
sights. Flowers are extremely popular,
Alol!I u SIo"lHS oouiutl ~ NOZtH W Hloie
roses to delicate spray or bud, while in the
manner Of wearing there is an equal liberty;
some being set high On the shoulder, others
at the waist, at the throat, or elsewhere.
Heads are in equal diversity The high
cotfure is gaining on the low, but the low is
still in high vogue. and shows not the least
sign of going Yet the high is not very
high, characterized rather by moderation;
a small coil few putfngs etc, set well
back from the forehead, while two or three
occasional curl, may dangle. Only occa-
sional, however, and always short. In
FRONT PIECES
a very Tower Of Babel diversity reigns.
Bellies peep forth like Skye terriers, or calm
ly gaze from serpentne surroundings of
rroere rosUr locks; the bushiest of bushes
stand upright over the foreheads Of others,
while a few struggling frizzes may form
sole adornment. On a moist day, ones own
hair may be bound down by an invisible
net, or if one has bought i front piece Of
genuine curlel hair, she may fling i to the
breeze assured it will curl all tie tighter.
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the lace pin i as Babel-like in designs as
the front pieces, and used with an equal
lack of rule. 1t catches the lace which GOV
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the same facility holds in position her grand
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nfoo'"es' '"o"sh not popular are P'aceu
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"' Ho'e eau "e u''''Aeu PFoN'"e0 with
pm bracelets jingle over 'ohs gloves anu
S''eN are a. ''"E 1s ever, y" more ca"
'e sa'u' N'"ce feacn'hS 10 'he shoulder 'heV
"a" 80 ''' "'S"sf nU' one sees a ue'ei-
"''I'a''oh 70 'lo" pretty arm ana though
o't must nave certain Nlfe'ch o' kid.