Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-01
N. Y. sun.

FASHION NOTES.
Y. Y. Sun.
Velvet is all the rage.
Hosiery is very cheap this fall.
The tavorite bslmoral skirt ia black.
Wool costumes are the correct street
wear.
Steel soutache appears among metallic
brsids.
Paris affects English fashions at the
Blouse effects on tight waists remain
in favor.
There is return OF favor to olinging
dress draperies.
The "Stsr" kid glove is the latest
fancy Of fashion.
Steel soutaohe on gray velvet is con-
sidered very chic.
Russian green combines with black,
gray, or deep red.
Silk costumes are RELOCATED to house
and carriage wear.
Black stockings remain the first fsvorites
OF faehionaDle women.
Silk fiounces are vandyked, scalloped,
and sometimes pinked.
Brides on the Continent no longer wear
gloves at the ceremony.
The name Fedora is given to a very
handsome new long pelsse.
Basques, as q rule, are short, and are
pointed both back and front.
The silks, satins, and brocsdes OF this
season are dazzllngly beautiful.
Balmoral skirts are wider, but the
yoke about the hips is invsriable.
1t is again fashionable to wear fancy
pin in the bonnet bow under the chin.
A Partisan costume OF pigeon gray is
trimmed with the plumage of the blue
jay.
OF all the forms OF the feminine waist
coat that Of fur bids fair to be must pop
ular.
Partisan dressmakers discard all sleeves
except the close coat sleeve for street cos
tunes.
velveteen lie an exploded name all
velvet pile stutfs take the general name
OF velvet.
Colored flannel skirts edged with
wooden lace are preferred to white ones or
bslmorals.
The sabot sleeve, full its whole length,
and so popular in England is gaining
favor here.
A new department for fine and deoora-
tive glassware and bisque is Just opened
at Ridley's.
Waistcoats Of all kinds, superimposed
on the bodice or corsage, grow more and
more popular.
Parisians are combining velvet with
Viotorienne, Sicilienne and Bengaline for
carriage costumes.
Fedora waistcoats are sometimes made
Of black and white Spanish lace or
Bsourial lace scarfs.
Silk cardigan jackets will be worn
| under dressy oloaks for extra warmth al
the season advances.
The jersey is condemned by the Prip
CESS of Wales. but it enjoys high favor il
Paris and in New York.
Tucks are used to excess by som,
dressmakers, even velvet tlounces beine
| trimmed with two or three tucks.
| All, or nearly all, basques have waist
| coats. These are of soft silk or satin OIL
heavy cloth and velvet costumes.
Some of the new green's oombin,
beautifully with other colors, and ar,
becoming alike to the dark and the fair
Velvet founoes have deep hens, which
| are 20 heavily stitched as to BIZ plainl,
visible even when the hounees are thickly
| plested.
Velvet dresses are full, but In the NOR,
| elegant costumes they are made 80 b,
extra bresdths Of the material and not b.
| founces.
Imported cloth suits are elaborated,
made OF several contrasting materials
such as cloth and velvet, cloth and satin
or Sicilienne.
| Flat gold braid, put on in embroidery
or in rows, forms the decor alive effect OF
many handsome tailor made cloth ant
velvet dresses. ..---
| Moss green in the cloth com bines 7 i'll
| golden brown velvet, in the velvet with
pale blue, aud all of the grays exeep
| Russian and slate.
The Breton waistcoat, profusely crs
broidered, and frequently ornsmentt
with coins and medals, is worn in Pari
by women of taste.
Astrakhan is very much in vogue; ever
large Astrakhan collars lined with rec
plush are being made to be worn III
against the ears in the Russian fashion
The majority Of imported Paris dresser
are very much trimmed, but the plain
youthful costumes Of the English anc
American artists are much more admira
BILE and admired.
Flounees of Oriental and Esourisl lac,
adorn the fronts OF handsome dinner apt
reception dresses, and these flounoes ar,
soantily plested over bias folds of velve
in the same or contrasting oolors to tn,
dress.
For ball dresses this season, tulle il
revived. Pink, yellow, and cream ar,
the great favorltes, and for very youn,
ladies the skirts are made quite bouffan
and trimmed with ribbon and flowers
rather than embroidery or lace.
While English women OF exactins
tastes, such as Mrs. Lsngtry and tn,
Countess of Lonsdale, are ordering thei,
dresses from Partisan dressmakers, tn,
fair French women who lead in the world
OF Partisan society are ordering theirs o.
English tailors.
The fancy Of facing the bottom of the
skirt with deep bands of fur, Astrakhan
velvet, and plush extends even tt
milliners' folds Of soft silk. These deli,
cate triple folds Of silk, the same shade
as the wool material of the dress, are pul
on In oblique lines running from the
bottom of the skirt upward to depth Of
eight or 10 inches. The upper edge ia
simply turned under.
hilkman Ito smsll boy): "Tell your
mother she'll have to pay ready money
for milk after this. l amt going 10
chalk up any more" Small boy: "Whst
are you going 10 use instead of chalk Mr..