Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-10
FASHION WRINKLES.
CAT TAN. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DRESsES-sPRrNG
COSTUMES BOUFFANT AS EvER-RED THE PARIS
CpIoR-TAIIoR MADE SUITS AGAIN ETC

COSTUMES BoUFFANT AS EvER-RED THE PARIS
CoLoR-rAIIoR MADE SUITS AGAIN, ETC.
ORANGE and flame color Is the latest color
combination.
RIBBONS bid fair to be used to excess as dress
gsrntureS.
NARROW PLUSH RIBBONS are the coming fancy
for bonnet strings
SiLK POaPONs grow more and more In favor
as dress trimmings
MANY OF the new suits now being made for
Easter are Of cloth.
Cashmere Jackets complete costumes of ribbed
ottoman silk and velvet.
WHITE muslin dresses have the skirts covered
with wide fiounces of embroidery.
Tue pieated skirts with velvet ribbon borders
are on nearly all the spring suits.
PiAIDS in subdued colors are made for travel.
Ing dresses or for morning wear In the house.
GLOVES and stockings are worn to match with
evening toilets. The brown tans-not reddish
shaies-still prevail.
ANBER ornaments are on the new spring bon
nets In the shape of balls pins with round heads
slides. halrpins. and half-moOns.
NEW spring costumes are as bouffant as ever,
yet there Is contradictory report that paniers
are going out Of fashion.
STRAIGHT COATs of black sicilienne lined
with old green plush, are worn over black velvet
dresses and are trimmed with feathers
'CaT-rAILs. reeds and swamp grasses trim the
wicker basket hats that are already imported for
summer use. Heads of wheat are made into
bows for such hats
SHOULDER bows OF ribbon are very fashiona-
Bile set against the standing collar on the left
side.
RaSErTEs Of wool braid and q wide band OF
white Hercules braid trim English round hats of
felt and of braid
TIE first flowers Of the season. narcissuses.
jonquils, hyacinths, crocuses violets and lilacs.
are now fashionable for trimmin g evening bon
nets.
THE london Lancet has an article condemning
the crinOlette as Injurious to health,
EMBROIDERED musns are to be the fayorite
material for fine white dresses next summer
The red fez encircled by band of dark brown
fur-beaver or seaskin-has been adopted BY a
few young ladies'
The new Hamburgs are marvels of beauty In
open-work designs Irish point and guipure pat
terms being the favOrite styles
LETTERS from Paris say that red Is the popu-
lar color of the day. and at all public and private
entertainments ii predOminates.
SUITS Of wooden goods will be completed by
jacket Of medium length, made with fiuted
box pleats in the back, and trimmed with disks
JAYoNICA. prawn and strawberry pink are the
pale shades to be used to combine with all the
dark fashionable reds. such as claret garnet
straw berry and terra Gotta.
Tue high Bernhard collar stiffened by fine
wires. Is worn with narrow square opening
below the throat which is filled in with lace.
This Is becoming to very thin ladies.
STYLISH BAsQrEs are sharply pointed in front
and back. with very shallow side pieces. The
Shoulder seams are short and exactly in line
with the shoulder; the sleeves are close to the
arna except at the arm-hole where they are
slightly bouffant
NEW baimOral skirts have two or three steel5
inserted In the back widths to form tournure
MoFecn balmOralS are gOred perfectly plain
from side TO side, and the back breadth has two
thick box pleats tied back to them very full
SCARF TUNES braided with silver OF gold are
passed around the hips and knotted behind on
the hilt skirts that are Oh wool dresses Several
rows of the braid are sewed around the kilt
pleats nearly at the bottom.
JoNQUH and mandarin yellow. mahogany. to-
oacco and Havana brown, Turkey red French
gray. and corn-fOwer blue are the names of the
eoloIs which will be most fashionable for milli-
neTy purposes this season.
QUAKER GRAY, dove and cloud grays are the
pr1nc'i'al shades of gray which are represented
m fine wool materials for spring costumes.
with palm leaves. remain i'm favor for elegant
spring wraps for the Carriage and with evening
costumes Tor the theater
hAND-RUN Andalusian lace with figures as
heavy as those of embroidery is the fashionable
ganituIe Tor black Ottoman silk dresses
HE NArrY taiior-maae cloth suits that clean
easii! were never more appreciated than i'm the
present season OF unsettled weather They
ale worn almost as uniform at morning
church.
DARK colors are much worn by children
Their hats are dark with dark feathers. their
dresses are of corresponding shades. and their
stockings are black with dresses OF any color
Ire broad esthetic collar of embroidery and the
cuffs 10 match are the only glimpses of white
visible in their costumes
SHORT NANTES in visite shape will be chosen
for dressy wraps for the early spring. Heavy
black Ottoman silk with passenenterie aud lace
VIII be used for mantles that are to be worn
with various dresses. For the summer are
Spanish net mantleS dotted with velvet
ARTISTIC and esthetic Women are arranging
quaint demi-tOiets for themselves, from the
Cream and old-gold Syrian muslin curtains sold
AT one shilling each: each curtain is four Yards
long and one yard wide The silk work at the
base Is arranged as trimming. and the fOunda-
ton OF the dress is batiste or silk.
Sleeves that are drawn up two inches shorter
In the outside than their inside seam; these are
for day dresses; lace sleeves, or no sleeves what
ever. are worn with evening toilets but the long
gloves for full dress conceal the tapering beauty
OF the arm below the elbow.
MIXTURE Of dull brown and electric blue ia
very effective IN the thick droguet or wool
danasA OF which redingOtes, coats, basQues and
TUNES are made. The skirt Of velvet made
absolutely plain may be brown, red or blue. OF
the shade most conspicuous in the droguet. and
the large buttons are of wrought metal, bronze.
steel or gilt.
A CHARMING COSTUME for q young brunette
has pleated skirt Of brown or orange striped
terry velvet, with yellow stripes laid on the
under side Of the pleats. The bodice and tunjc
are of brown cameis hair braided with rows Of
dull gold braid The bonnet to wear with this
dress has q kid crown with brim of brown
Chenille woven with gold cord. The strings
are brown velvet ribbon. and Q brown bird
with yellow head is apparently clinging to the
left side
FoR dancing toilets are imported very beauti-
fui transparent silk muslins of exquisite texture
and finish, with single large flowers. sucb a
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