Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-03
LaDIEs' FASHION MOTIFS.

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L.D1ss' FASHION MOTIFS.
Sealskin pelisses are the fancy at present
in Paris.
Kid bonnets are the odd and rather pref
ty fancy of the passing moment.
The low. cut shos is, with the " best peo
pie" de rigueur for evening wear.
Shoes aad stockings, when not black,
should match the general color OF tie toilet.
Twelfth Night parties demanding fancy
costumes will be in high favor this season.
The high luxury of the season is velvet
wrap, trimmed with seal, otter or fox bands
and color.
The loose gathered or pleated English
frook remains the favorite for girls under
ten years of age.
The fashion of wearing the jacket and
waist of different color and material from
the skirt grows in favor.
Deep grapes of fur, resembling too closely
those of coachmen, are much in favor with
young ladies at the East.
Lace, which is more worn than ever, and
flowers are the two accessories which make
A network of fiue pearl beads over
satin bodice is considered the ne plus ultra
of elegance for evening toilet.
A tinted iridescent gold ball set with
small diamond on one side Is pretty fam
cy for the head of a gentlemsn's scarf pin.
The winter decorations for rooms take
the form of quaint porcelain receptacles for
hill H. L, !
beehive being the favorite forms.
Lace boas made of painted lace are worn
with full evening dress. fastened several
inches below the skin with a knot of rib
bons matching the leading color in the lace,
and again just below the belt, with long
ends falling over the skirt.
White d Ecosse, or white Ottoman silk,
trimmed with white duchesse lace ruffies,
headed by broad bands of white ostrich
feather trimming, is a popular dancing
dress worn by debutantes this season.
White swans down is also employed as a
garniture for dresses of white surah or
tulle, the pure feecy trimming having a
most beautiful effect in the evening
Two styles now predominant in the styl-
ish and useful tailor made costumes One,
killed skirt. with Hungarian tunic, Jacket
and brigkt-colored waistcoat of the iaunt.
iest description the other reproducing the
old French polonaise, buttoning down the
front over plainly made skirt of velvet or
plush. The buttons used are always very
handsome, the most expensive being the
Louis XIV. and Louis XIV. buttons, sever
ally called after the monarchs whose pro-
filed images they bear.
Some peculiar blendings Of color are in
favor just now, but they are to be used
with great care, and combination of hues
which would appear to advantage at re.
ception or party would be most glaring
and outre on the promenade. Dark green
and very pale blue, deep ruby and sea-shell
pink, oak brown and garnet, myrtle green,
gold and pale mauve, peacock blue, olive
and dark cardinal are among the most no.
ticeable combinations, sbot silks, sasins and
velvets being made use of in these edd
mixtures of colors.
A stylish costume for little girl of six
or eight years is made of golden fawn-col-
orsd cashmere. The skirt is box-plaited
all the way down in hollow plaits, finished
around the bottom with five-inch band of
ruby plush. Down the front of the bodice
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made of the grey cashmere. Over this falls
a Babet jscket of the plush. The overdress
is arranged a panier in front, with scarf
draping in the back; this is made of the
cashmere, bordered with four.inch bands of
the ruby plush. This pretty suit is also
made of tweed or shepherds plaid for
school dress, with bias bands, blouse,
cuffs and shoulder cape of dark cardinal
serge.
The ornaments used upon the fancy
muffs carried this winter are uncommonly
varied and odd. parrots, winter berries,
huge buckles and kittens heads being quite
commonly seen. A serpent may be emble-
matte of wisdom, but it is certainly very
ugly representative of that excellent quail.
ity. Not long since richly dresaed lady,
bearing no resemblance whatever to the
goddess Minerva, walked down Fourteenth
street, carrying green plush muff upon
the upper side of which nestled life. size
water. snake. The horrible object was duly
provided with fangs and eyes, and had ap-
parently coiled itself around bunch Of
dark green ivy leaves. The effect was re-
alistic enough to give anybody creeping
sensation who beheld the sight.
Pointed bodices, with panniers Of the same |
material accompanying full poaf partly !
draping the back of the skirt or ending in |
a long train, are exceedingly fashionable |
worn over skirts of other materials-the |
train often separate from the pouf, to be |
underneath it when desired. These |
toilets are very effective in plain velvets |
and heavy brocades-the velvet for the |
bodice and overdress-the brocades show
ing to best advantage in plain skirt merely |
edged with ruche or other full trimming. |
These ruches are still the hight of style |
and upon many dresses, especially those
which are trained, they are extremely eff |
fective, but not for dancing dress. A
charming toilet, lately worn for such a
purpose, was made of white colored silk,
with panae of white brocaded satin. The |
back was draped with white India silk !
tulle, the folds falling like foaming cas-
cade. The bottom of the skirt was edged |
by one of the most ponderous and rampant |
of ruches, as thick as giants arm and |
stiff and unwieldly in appearance. These (
trimmings are out of character for dancing. |
They spread abroad in a most ungainly |
fashion. and certainly detracs from the |
grace OF an exercise Justly styled "the !
poetry of motion"