The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-07
FASHION NOTES.


surah silk.
Feathers are seldom seen on fash
ionable bonnets.
Laced shoes for common use have
gone out of style.
Watermelon green and watermelon
pink are new shades.
Pigeons throat silk, under either
bla k or white lace, is most popular
color.
A bonnet of gray straw is trimmed
with prune gauze and bunch of
plums.
Loops and ends of narrow ribbon
trim the shoulders of children's even
ing dresses.
The sleeves of many evening dresses
are now male of lace. The effect is
always good.
Bengaline costumes in "Trc cadero"
color have skirts and Jokes beautifully
embroidered.
New and charming is a white velvet,
printed in shaded red roses and pale
green leaves.
Some dainty half toilets are of blue
and pink crepe, with putfe and frilled
skirts, and pulled sleeves, with small
clusters of ribbon nesting in the
puffs.
Long polonaises, extending in front
to the bottom of the dress, are still
much worn. They look especially well
when made of dark colorel cloth orr
sateen\
The newest engagement rings are
simply circle of small diamonds and
sapphires alternating. They are hol
low and contain room enough for two
locks of hair.
Exceedingly novel is costume Of
white muslin, draped with punches of
apple blossoms, leaves and fruit of nat
ural size, lace bonnet and parasol
trimmed en- suit.
Small but charming capotes have
crowns composed of trellis of pearls
and lace brim. An aigrette or bunch
of tips and large velvet bows is all the
trimming needed.
For dinner costumes the lower parts
of skirts are made of pale colored silks
covered with deep lace flounces. The
bodices, panniers and draperies are of
broche gauze, cream gauze, with In
dian polaris or cream yelling.
Every girl now wears with evening
dress a band of black ribbon velvet
about her throat. II the possessor Of
an exceptionally handsome locket or
pendant it is arranged on the velvet
in front, otherwise it is worn without
ornament.
The black lace and white muslin
and lace para OILS are novel and pretty.
me have cascades of narrow ribbon
loops and Others have single flowers
arranged among their fullness, with
borderings of leaves, grasses or
flowers.
A new and very fine llama lace has
small meshes and hand-run figures.
This lace is used to form lovely black
. bonnets by being arranged in gathered
rows over tulle laid on gold wires, and
the fini is given on the brim by
strung gold beads. Velvet or satin
tulips or large rhododendrons trim
such bonnets.
The fashionable way of arranging
the hair is very low on the neck-the
lower the more stylish. Bangs are
still the ia hion, but they do not ex-
tend but half way to the eyebrows
Children's hair is crimped and allowed
to fall loosely down the baok, without
being confined by a ribbon or comb.
1t is invariably banged in front.
Vast quantities of laces are used on
dresses, sometimes three widths on
one robe, each width in the same de-
sign always. The lace intended to be
used on the bodice is three inches
wide, while that for tabliers and
flounces varies from three to eight
inches. Spanish guipure lace is best
for grenadine dresses, and on other
materials the French laces that imi-
tate Chantilly designs are in favor.
Real pines and cones are now seen
upon lace bonnets. These ornaments
are genuine pines, with the decay ar
restel and the perfume preserved.
Very pretty are these wreaths of pine
cones round the crowns of small white
lace lonnets, mounted on gilt frames,
mingled occasionally with horse-chest-
nut flowers or other odd blossoms.
The lace is fastened on with large pins
of hammered gilt.