Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-06
Tbs FASHIONS.

Very long English overskirts are worn
with plain SKIRTS.
Embroidery cut out and applied on
wooden and silken stuffs will be much used.
Pointed velvet yokes are used on silk
dresses which have Vandy pointed trim
mings.
All of the new gathered founces have
the edges cut in leaf, dogtooth or Vandyke
points or blocks.
Coffee-colored LACE, brought into favor
by the Princess of Wales, who wore it re-
Gently upon a dress of ivory-white satin,
is seen upon the latest imported evening
dresses of cream. white satin and pearl
white brocade.
The odd coneeit of uniting two materials,
in the way OF placing the figured fabric be-
low and the plain above, will be revived,
with also the fashion of wearing plain vel
vet basques with different skirt. Some
of the new fabrics for the cold season are
excessively coarse and rough, like blankets.
Wide stripes accompany the plain goods.
Very long guantleted gloves of Suede
and wash leather will be worn this autumn
for driving, shopping, and with walking
costumes. The handsomest are not of the
lately fashionable pale yellow or tan shades,
but come in dark green, bronze, brown,
olive and other quite colors, slightly
stitched with pale gold silk, and having
the gauntlets lined with the same delicate
tint.
Scarfs of velvet and satin, charmingly
twisted into grace and shape over jaunty
little tcque frames by artistic French fin.
gers, are sent to America this autumn as
one of the leading models for travelling
use, and also to be worn en- suite with
rich costumes of satin and velvet broCade.
Short, fluffy ostrich tips and expensive
jeweled ornaments in the shape of daggers,
pins and buckles are the only trimmings
used upon these toques.
The early autumn openings at the MILL
aers prove that the war upon the feathered
tribe has been carried on with the greatest
activity. Owls, roosters, ducks, geese,
sea-gulls, orioles, doves, pigeons, sea-swal-
lows are the most important victims. Vari.
Gus other birds are dyed and placed to-
qether to form brilliant whole. There is
a charming delicacy shown in an impaired
bonnet of several tones of gray in velvet
of two shades, adorned with sea-swallow
of deeper gray and pale breast. A flagree
clasp of oxidized silver fastens the wide
gray velvet strings.
While fine French felt bonnets regularly
make their appearance each season, there
is always a novelty; perhaps two This is
always seen in some rough braided felt,
such as the shoes of the French peasants
are made of, in small capote shape. Au-
other new bonnet is in felt pressed into
i've huted stripes. Eerce-looking little
bonnets of velvet come in helmet shape.
Some of the felt crowns are decorated
with chenille stars. Cloth bennets that
are made of part of the cloth costume are
revived, and are simply trimmed with five
folds or a rouleau of velvet on the edge,
interviewer with gold or silver cord !;
the ribbon, of the same color, is crossed
over the top, kept in place at the
sides and is fastened by silver or oxi-
died ornament, and also used for strings.
More expensive bonnets of silver braid and
fine chenille interviewer and ficelle lace,
having narrow ribbon drawn through the
meshes in different shapes, are among the
other styles. These come in small shapes
and have trimmings of chenille, tinsel
braid and lace, irridescent beads and
GALLONS.
The bonnet ornaments are very rich and
unique. Large silver.gilt bells are set with
Rhine pebbles. Some pins have finely.
engraved oxidized silver heads in many
unique designs, such as arrow tips, lances,
red gold battle-axes, enameled sprays of
flowers. a sphinx head in antique silver,
shark s.skin head studded with glittering
steel, gilt SPIDERS all manner of bugs, SPUR.
rels' feet mounted on steel, and other small
legs and feet Of some unknown animals in
brown or white fur, set in oxidized silver,
Owls heads of immense and small size and
wings and pompons of the greatest variety,
the flattened back and head of rooster and
other fat shapes of birds are used in pro-
fusion. Ribbons are two inches wide for
one pair only of strings. The novelties con.
sist of pretty ornaments of carved wood,
showing grifins, unicorns, dragons tusks,
fastened on to long steel or silver pins old
silver and oxidized silver of Greenaway
children at play; stile and girls leaning
against it !; windmill and Don Quixote at
full charge hounds in chase, swallows on
the wing, and many other curious designs
of funny character are executed in the
finest metal.