The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-25
Fashion Notes.

| PelerlneS and shoulder capeS VIII be
in greater favor than ever.
Painted lace capotes will be the lead
ing opera bonDets this year.
Trimmings of silk or satin upon trav-
cling dresses are now considered wholly
"bad form
French rcdngotes and polonaiscs in
score of forms are highly popular for
| travelling and the promenade.
Wide bracelets, heavily chased. and
bangles, lace-pinS and dog-collars of
var OuS patterns, all Of solid silver, are
again the height of fashion.
White Ursulinc and white drap d'ctc
are made into very beautiful evening
dresses, trimmed plainly but richly,
with many bands of white silk gimp,
or with silver embroideries and orna-
| mCntS.
Elaborately braided jerseys will be
very much worn again this autumn over
| skirts of velvet, tweed or cheviOt. The
newest patterns in braid work resemble
rich applique work, being wrought in
close elaborate designs.
A party of English young ladies, well
chaperoned, recently sojourning at
| Montreal, Can, carried slender switch
|
richly chased, and wore Jockey caps of
plain black velvet, which were most be-
coming and natty looking. Both cane
and cap are sad TO be very fashionable
abroad, both in England and France.
| The skirts of stylish new carriage
dresses are made of heavy nuns gray
Thibet cloth, with broad side-panclS,
panicr drapery, and pclerine of dark
! green or dark ruby velvet. The direc-
tore coat of cloth is open wide to show
a Suisse or bcadlc vest of the velvet,
with deep nap-pockets adorned with
handsome buttons, large and bright, in
regular old Continental fashion.
Plain linen collars and cuffs are to be
in vogue again, and very deep cuffs and
collars, like those worn by ladies in the
play known as the esquire, are pre-
ferred by many of the followers of this
severe fashion. They look trimmer and
ncater invariably than any other style,
! but it will take some time to re-cStab-
lish the custom of wearing them after
the more delicate and ncgligce fashion
of wearing lace alone.
| New necklaces for evening wear are
of Florentinc and cloisonee beads, some
of which are encruSted with tiny silver
stars or studded with mock gems, which
glitter like real Jewels in the gaslight.
Roman pearls also were never more in
fashion than at the present, worn twist
ed about the neck in triple rows. The
newest strings show delicate Shccny
tints of heliotrope pink, gold and
mauvc, sea green and silver, and rose
and pearl in the softest and most cX-
quiSite tints.
The added basque, SO long feature
of modern drcssmaking, is losing its
popularity. The most fashionable
Jacket bodiceS are cut in one, very
many opening over vests of some con-
trasting material; otherwise the gilct
may correspond with the dress fabric
and be laid in soft fiat folds or gauged.
The basque is frequently very short,
with square tabs cut up to the waist
line. When deeper, the basque is
sometimes cut into long NandykeS, the
points being exceedingly sharp, and not
cut up to the waist, as in the above
case. This style looks best when mixed
materials or braiding and embroidery
are introduced.
The English fashion of cropping the
hair short all over the head and form
ing ii into little loose rings has again
reached America, and many ladies are
sacrificing their luXuriant tresseS to the
Moloch of the present mode. During
an afternoon drive through Il prominent
city in Canada, the writer lately noticed
no less than a score of ladies, both En-
glish and American, thus shorn. With
this style of coiffure the jockey hat is
usually worn, excepting where the
fashion is followed by middle-aged
women; in this case the toque, or En-
glish walking-hat is seen, as no larger
or broader hat can very well be kept
secure without braid or puff to which it
may be fastened. These short ripping
locks are to great degree charming on
some heads mostly with the round,
rosv-faced girls in their teens, or not far
out of them.-N Y. Post.