Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
QUAINT FRENCH FASHIONS.
View of the Millinery and Costume.
Affected by Fashionable Parisians.

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Paris Letter to London TelegrapA.
The instance of the greatest eccentric
ity have met with lately is the wearing
of muslin sun-bonnets in the Paris streets.
The foundation is light blue, pale straw
berry tint or ecru, and the trimming.
spiral ruchings of white or tinted lace.
They are more in their places at such a
garden party as was given the other day
by lady OF fashion, when, with calico
gowns, they formed the reqlementaire
costume-well in keeping with the menu,
composed of fried eggs, n1atelOte, fricdn-
dedu, and JfOnlGge q la crene-hOmely
viands served at little round tables, with
affectation of rustic simplicity.
The new Henry ii. hats and their pre-
decessors, the Girondins, have nothing
0DJectl0nably eXtraVagant about them
If only they were a little more becoming
The stiffness of the brim is very much
against them. Such as they are, they re-
present very important phase Of milIi-
merry fashions, but they cannot be COM
pared to the feminine prettiness of the
cap0te. Wings are more in favor than
ever for their adOrnment, and stiff feath-
ers mixed with the light plumage of the
Tyre bird or secretary. Gray hats have
white, dark blue, pale yellow, brown and
fawn, tiamingo pink, black, iron gray or
dove cOlOred wings. Even for bonnets
flowers are being superseded by feathers
the cockatoo reappears upon the scene
for his white, pale pink and lemon hues
suit the prevailing taste, and the plumas-
slers do not hesitate to emulate the in
yentlve powers of the Chinese, and to Gre
ate birds out of their own fancy.
Yellow only appears parentheticallv on
the gowns, and then in its palest shades,
There is primrose in the figuring of blue
Satlns, sulphur and maize among the dull
green's and bright fawns of the Woolens
and little golden yellow in the plaids of
the zephyr and the blurred lines of the
Limousine cloths. The passing fancy for
gray does not exclude fawn from the field,
the latter, indeed, increasing in vogue as
thln materials take the place Of cashmere
and serge cloth, and lace grows more
seasonable than the braiding in silver.
Fawn is the prevailing hue in many of
the new canvas plaids, and large faWn
spots, shaded into spheres or moons in
their third quarter, are StreWn over
whitey-broWn or flax blue musIins and
mouseline-de-laines Blue holds its own
against all competitors, especially as
foundation for sateens and Veilings. and
strawberry red and scarlet promise to be
IN great request for country and seaside
gowns.
Some preference is shown for white
over light colors, both for elegant after
noon gowns and full dress, although not
to their exclusion. For the former. We
cugna cloth, white yelling, mousseline-
de-laine muslin, Surah, tafietas and sin
gap1e-all of Which are used plain or
Inquired, alone or combined with small
amount OF color; for the latter, muslin
linen, thin Oriental and soft. rich corded
Lyons silks. To these may be AIDED fhe
skirts made of white lace aud elnhr0iderYT
and the latest fashionable revival. snoffed
Swiss muslin, The 'Uowes Yachting COS
tume, as produced by Redfern. i'm white
and blue, has met with much sUccess
here. Deep blue cloth, almost concesleJ
beneath horizontal rows Of white braid
sewn very neag tVgetner. Compose the
slElfJp QYer which Is draped white tunio,
tne wh1te sailor bodice being trimmed
with blue; A Portuguese royalty travel
lng ~ 4taly wore white cashmere dress
and black velvet collar.
eI seFeFaI frehch women of fashion man.
nest very decided taste for simply
Liau9 evening gowns of thick white cord
eo slik merely decorated with some good
lace or white passemen enterfe. Many Of the
newest PDmpadour silks have white
grounds. Arab, Persian and Tunisian
muslins worked with colored silks and
gold are in high favor to drape over white
silk gowns. When color is preferred to
white the tints chosen for the last enter.
tainmeDts of the Partisan season were for
the most part aurora pink, HBIelI de
Roy,n1 gold color kIn dalaask more esneci-
ally terra Gotta, Iceland skv-blue. pearl
gray, apricot (trimmed with crimson
primrose and lilac or Wisterfa. as if Is
sometimes called now J, ornamented with
damask roses. ="