The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-24
Fashion Notes,

appearance and remarkably beautiful
in design.
Novel and stylish English jackets of
French ladies' cloth of dark bottle
green, trimmed with bands of astra.
khan are worn over Killed skirts and
apron TUNES of rich broche or Far
quharson plaided woolens. The jackets
have cutaway fronts with waistcoats
of the plaid or broehe fastened down
the center with silver buttons.
In new fabrics, bonnet material and
garniture there exists a special fancy
for Indian effects These designs are
no longer confined to the rich and ex-
pensive brocades, silks and dpp'iqaes,
but are seen in ordinary passemen-
teries, fringes and wooden goods.
While short dresses have the prefer
ence for the street. as it is to be hoped
they will forever, the temperance Of
the demi-train for the house is hailed
with gen eral satisfaction, for its grace
ful folds lend an essential elegance to
all rich toilets. A few ladies, leaders
of style in this city, who ride to church,
have for some time past attended serv-
ice in black or dark ottoman and other
rich dresses with demi-trained skirts
devoid of drapery or garIfiture
Velvet skirts will be much worn for
all species of toilettes, and ifaplain, are
to be cut out around the bottom in some
form of dent, square, or Vandyke,
under which is pleating of a different
material, reproduced on some other
portion of the dress. Some of the newly
imported velvet skirts are arranged in
alternate wide box-pleats and three fiat
folds two inches wide or FIVE narrower.
Stripes of brocaded material, aIternat-
ing with box-pleats of velvet, are also
fayorite styles for such dresses. Where
shot velvet is used, one of the two colors
is used in ottoman TO form the fan
pleats between the wide panels of the
velvet.
Many shopkeepers. seem to consider
the exhibition of their handsome and
best spring dress goods hardly worth
the while when existing circumstances
are so unfavofable to the sale of them,
preferring to hold out tempting induce
ments to buy out-of-season fabrics and
trimmings, in the hope, through this
means, of clearing out stock. - Curl
Ously enough. however, there has, in
several show windows, been made quite
a magnificent display of novel sun
shades, which seem an inconsistency
when veritable "Gamp" of the most
generous proportions would hardly
shield those daring ones who have VEN
tured abroad for the past two weeks
from the ragings of the opposing ele-
ments.
y A simple but beautiful wedding dress
worn by a youthful bride recently was
composed of soft sheeny surah of deli
cate cream-white, the front covered
with fringes of mingled white lilacs and
orange-blossoms, alternating with pearl
beaded chenille. The train was per-
fectly plain. with the exception of a
delicate ruehe of chenille and flowers
set close to the edge Wreath, oorsage
bouquet, and epaulettes were all formed
of lilacs and orange blossoms.
A rather striking costume lately seen
upon the promenade was made of
bronze-colored cheviot bordercd with
Roman striped plush, scarlet and gold
prodominating, the long apron tunic
being additionally trimmed with bronze
brown chenille fringe set underneath
the plush bordering The Spanish
round hat had the semi-conical crown
wreathed with the brilliant plumage of
tropical birds. With this dress were
worn long Suede-Saxe gloves of bronze
brown, and Spanish walking boots of
bronze kid, the cloth tops of which
matched exactly in shade the color of
the dress. One solitary bird rested COM
fortably amid the silken meshes of the
bronze chenille muff
The hair-dressers are trying to per
suade the leaders of feminine fashion to
again burden their heads with heavy
braids of hair, but fashion in one of its
prolonged attacks of good sense and
good taste refuses to desert the close,
compact, classic couture, at least for
the present. When flowers are worn
in the hair they are placed far back, so
as to be hardly visible on front view
of the head and face Massed roses.
devoid of foliage, and geranium bios
SONS of scarlet, pink or white, are the
most fashionable flowers for the couture.
Many of the spring materials have
made their appearance, and very lady
like costumes are composed of the nu-
merous varieties of soft woolens blended
with velveteen, or, if of pattern mate
rial, combined with handsome fabrics
in monochrome. Pattern stripes, gen
orally formed by groups of fine lines
and dots, are the favorite styles, and
some charming and useful dresses are
being made of softly draping woolens
with embroidered raised spots of bright
silk chenille. Many of the spotted ma
terials have these figures on large
scale, but these are far from being as
attractive to refined tastes as the small
!. er and less startling patterns, though
they are very effective for carriage or
indoor wear.-M 7. Ereni,sg Post.
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