Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Fashion Items,

Fashion Items.
Condor brown is q very fashionable
color,
Shot silks are again among the new
importations.
New towels have elaborate Roman
borders.
Pretty bedroom curtains are made OF
. single width of crimson Ottoman
cloth over second pair made of antique
lace.
Belts and side-bags will appear with
the new spr ng costumes.
Foulards in gay jardiniere designs are
imported for spring polonaises, to be
worn over skirts OF SILK or velvet in
monochrome.
Serge, cashmere and finest Austrian
wool dresses in pin-check patterns. with
stripes of colOred satin alternating, will
be very fashionably worn this spring on
the promenade. Many of these cos
tunes will be formed entirely of the
striped material. while others will be
made up in conjunction with one-col-
ored fabrics; the polonaise or waistcoat
and panels being made of the latterma-
terial.
Narrow bands of fur, despite their
appropriateness, are still used to trim
both house and evening dresses. One
magnificent trained robe Of velvet, re-
Gently made in this city, was further
enriched with sable trimmings; tea
gown of snowdrOp cashmere was simply
bordered down the front, around the
bottom and at the throat and wrists
with narrow bands of long haired, dark
brown fur, while stylish matinee OF
pink India cashmere had its wide lace
ruifies headed by wide bands of swans.
| down.
ill.ant-hued arabesques, leaf de-
signs, small flowers and vines, hcraldic
| figures and small fruits are now exhib-
tied in new dress and cloak garnitures
of plush and chenille. These are dis
played on the fronts of the Louis XIV.
waistcoats, the edges of the panels, cut
away jacket, deep collar and cuffs.
Meaium-sized buttons to correspond,
accompany these effective and elegant
trimmings.
Though plain fabrics are just now
less in request than plaids, pin checks,
and brocaded and shot materials, the
former are always popular and lady
like, and do not weary the eye as pat
terms must do when constantly before
it. Seal brown, laurel of bottle green,
telegraph, or royal blue, and other self
colors look very pretty trimmed with
several rows of very narrow gold or
silver braid. There is great improve
ment in the manufacture of this kind
of trimming. Good qualities do not
readily tarnish, and are guaranteed to
stand the action of a salty atmosphere,
which will be thing much in it's favor
as commendable garniture for sea-
side costumes the coming season.
Among the newest imported jerseys
are those which are nearly covered
with an deliberately beaded embroidery,
either in black or with those iridescent
hues, in odd Indian designs, which
give them a very Oriental appearance.
One very handsome style shows black
silk stocki2ette jersey, embroidered
with small stars in brilliant cut jet
beads. A chenille drop and jet fringe
finish the lower edge of the bodice.
Sometimes. and generally where there
is no braiding or embroidery on the
jersey collars, cuffs of velvet are now
added, to relieve the usual plain APP
pearance. These are invariably of the
same colsr as the Jersey. .,
Gauzes and t,,lles, SO fashionable dur.
ing the winter, will retain their popu-
larity. and form one CT the evening
dresses PAR excellence the coming spr ng
and summer. In anticipation of this,
our leading importers are sending
orders TO, new and beautiful patterns,
samples of which they have already re.
ceived. Among some very lovely de-
signs are those wrought in gold and
silver, showing morning-glories, snow
drops. hal.-open roses and buds, ferns,
trailing branches of honeysuckle, and
also patterns showing grounds of pale
nuns gray, amber, bronze, dark green
and sapphire blue. strewn with scarlet
carnations. pink azaleas, four-o' clocks.
wild iessamine. trailing arbutns, and
geranium blossoms IN varied and
b illiant colors. One new design, par
ticularly beautiful, is of white India
gauze brocaded with golden roses and
foliage, mingled with crimson sea MOSES
tipped with gold. These fabrics will be
made up over w-pr.ced satirs of a
shade corresponding with the blossom
in the brocade
There seems to be a growing tendency
for the excessively short jackets, which
always suggest the idea that the makers
were short of material. They mostly
match the dresses they accompany, and
many are bordered with feathers of the
same shade, but black and gray as
trakhan, beaver and fox trimmings are
preferable rs regards wear, and appear
ance also. if we omit gray astrakhan,
which always looks grimy. The fact
that it is poorly i'm tated in wool is
another argument against it.-M. Y.
Erening Post.