Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-20
LADIES, DEPARTMENT,



Bridesmaids appear for the most part
in bonnets.
Black matelasse is much used in
! mourning dress.
Sicilienne warmly wadded is chosen
for redingotes.
The hair may be arranged either
high or low, as suits the face.
Heavy ribbed silk is the most elegant
material for wraps for old ladies.
| Myrtle, white roses, lilies and lilacs
divide favor with orange blossoms as
bridal flowers.
The. adoption of velvet for evening
dress has lef to it's being used largely
for bridal toilets.
| Lace ruches, high in the throat, re-
main the favorite lingerie of ladies with
long, slender necks.
Full and bouffant trimmings, ruches.
shells, and puffs, adorn the bottom of
phlltS.
Black lace ruches and cascades and
black lace draperies for skirts are much
in favor for elderly ladies.
The most fashionable slippers have
very short toes, and straps high on
the instep, which tie with very broad
ribbon.
Rag-carpet bonnets appear among
the late styles. The plush in this style
of goods is mostly used for the small
bonnets.
The most stylish round hats are tip
tilted over the forehead, the Langtry
and the odd-looking Phrygian cap being
favorites.
Kilt and box-plaited velvet skirts are
worn, although the plain skirt with
heavy ruche at the bottom is more gen.
orally accepted.
Surah satins, with grounds of pale
primrose, brocaded with four-o-clocks,
are much used for matinees, made up
in Louis XIV. style.
The regular brooch is again in style.
In these round pins flowers are initiated
both as regards color and shape, in
tinted gold and enameled metals.
The new shakes of blue. electric, CO
bait, royal, drake's neck, sapphire, hus-
sar, gentian, and Presbyterian are all
to be found in gloves and hosiery.
Wide, straightforward sailor hats
OF plush or velvet, having the crowns
completely covered with short, fluffy
ostrich tips, are very much worn by
young girls in their teens.
The plain waists and sleeves of dresses.
which have been so long admired
and universally adopted, have given
way to immense frills. shirrings and
puffs.
The ruffs which are so generally
worn at present were in fashion in the
time of Henry III. They were then
an adjunct to masculine dress; they
now hold their place i'll u lady's ward
robe.
Little girls velvet costumes are
made with very full plain skirts ganged
deep over the hips and blouse waist.
These waists are fastened down the
front with straps and buckles.
Lace jabots are worn around the
neck and down the front to the bottom
Of the bodice. They are caught at the
neck with diamond pin, and to the
left is clustered huge corsage boquet
Pale women of small stature, if they
10 not wish to appear absurd, should
avoid flashing diamonds and wear
pearls, turquoise, opals, green chalce-
lony, amethysts or even amber, any of
which as ornaments will be found far
more becoming.
A very pretty walking dress is made
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WOOL The skirts are ottached to
Jersey bodice, the front of which is
braided in military style in raised de-
sign, which is broad just below the
,hroat and then narrowing gradually
Until it reaches a point just below the
waist. Here it meets with q wide de-
'ign in the braiding, which extends
from hip to hip. The effect is very be-
coming to slender figures. The bodice
buttons down the back. The close
sleeves are braided nearly to the elbow. |
rhe skirt is edged with wide ruche,
tbove which are broad, upright box
,laits long enough to reach to the scarf
t twill, which is draped just beneath
he braiding above described.
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