Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01
FASHION NOTES.
Social and ether Items Of Interest to
the Ladies

the Ladies
The Henri III. is the coming bat.
Cloak clasps are small and very artistic.
Clinging draperies remain in favor with
society girls.
Cherry red and ochre yellow are the lead
ing colors in millinery just now.
Tapestry woods and checked cheviots
are much worn by young ladies who like
color.
Black lace net, darned with gold thread
in geometric patterns, will be used for ball
dresses.
Chenille fringes are very handsome when
used discreetly-thatis to say sparingly-
on wraps and costumes.
Trains are to be seen on the new import.
atoms of dinner and evening dresses, and
these trains are very full and long.
Carrickmacross collarettes and deep cuffs
are very popular garnitures for plain, IN.
trimmed dinner dresses OF dark velvet.
Titan red. a lovely shade verging on
auburn, bids fair to be the most fashion.
able bright color of the incoming season.
Collarettes of real lace are made in a
point in front, which is short or long
point, according to the taste of the wearer.
Real sealskins, dyed almost black, are
brought out for ladies in mourning. and
for those who prefer an entirely black cos.
tune.
Wool, silk and velvet are all combined
in one costume, and yet this is SO effect
lively accomplished that the result is per-
feet in its way.
The dress par excellence for the street is
the plain tailor-cut costume of ladies'
cloth, with ciose-titting wsdded over. jacket
of the same material.
Pompadour lace is very beautiful and
inexpensive, and is brought out in collars,
cuffs and deep founces from two to ten
inches or more in depth.
For elderly and middle.aged ladies' moth
ing can be more beautiful than the recep-
| ton and dinner dresses of gray satin en-
broidered with smoked pearls.
Soft silk and surah evening dresses for
young ladies are trimmed with Moresque
lace, the Valenciennes laces being used On
the beaver silks and light yelvets.
The Langtry dog and cat collars fall in
curved point of steel or other metal, or
celluloid, below the throat of the animal,
generally an English pug or Maltese
| cat.
Many handsome indoor dresses II vel.
vet and plush are simply made as street
costumes, the plain, straight corsage being
only orDamented by the smaller collar and
cuffs of real lace.
English bopnets of this season are large,
many of them being copies in chenille of
the summer bonnets Of straw. English
hats are also quite large and many of them
have the eccentric brims of last season.
For evening dresses the popular light
| fabrics are India mulls, tulIes and silk
gauzes, with embroderes in gold, silver
and colored silks, the mulls, tulles and
gauzes being white, black, cream and COL
ored The brilliancy and beauty of toilets
composed of such materials is indescrib-
able.
Some of the imported wool costumes are
embroidered in chain-stitched vine pat
tern OF filoselle or undivided wool, and the
flowers or grapes of this vine are formed by
punches of tiny silk or wool pompons and
t.ssels, which are fastened on in the
desired form, making an exceedingly pretty
and effective decoration.
1t is fancy to make the heavy trains
and corsage of evening dresses of plain
dark plush or velvet in color which con-
trasts sharply with the rest of the costume.
For instance, a train of plain black velvet
has skirt front and corsage of white vel
vet brocade Titan ard red velvet is used
with pale lemon. tinted embroidered satin,
! and dark blue velvet with plush and pale
rose color.