Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-11
FASHIONS WHIMs.
SOME STRONG HINTS OF AP-
PREACHING STYLES.
ture-Quaint Shapes in Hats
and Bonnets.
from the Chicago Times

establishments, one can form sort o
vague idea of how extensively they are t,
be used during the coming winter, no
only for wraps, but for. street dresses ant
in some cases on rich evening toilets. Flu
with lace seems rather an odd combina
ton, and yet on Partisan dresses are useC
together and with very good effect, az
example of which is seen in dress o
rich olive velvet garnished with bands O
sable and ruffles Of soft creamy lace. Fol
evening dresses lace has always been the
approved garniture as fur has always beer
fashionable for street wear, but combining
the two is among the freaks INDUCED In
by the tickle dame last year. and during
the coming season the combination will
be much more frequently met with Both
fur and lace are extravagant fancies. and
those who delight in winning admiration
by the richness and becomingness of their
attire, as well as in following strictly in
the path appointed by fashion, will nc
doubt indulge in them to the full extent
of their purses.
For the past two seasons lace has been
used in the greatest profusion on all kinds
of dresses from elaborate trained ballroom
attire TO dainty morning robes. Dresses
intended strictly for street wear have been
the only exceptions, and lace is still as
fashionable and as much sought as when
it first came into general use as dress gar
niture after being seen only at throat and
wrists during long season. 1t is impos-
| sible to enumerate the fashionable varie-
ties of lace, as all kinds, except the cheap
cotton-looking laces, are worn and APP
proved. Among the most noteworthy
improvements in lace are those shown in
| the soft Orientals. When the lace was first
introduced it went under the name of Bre-
ton, and was seen only in few indefinite,
ungraceful patterns, and was suitable only
| for ordinary cotton dresses. Since that
time most rapid strides have been made,
and it is worthy of mention that home
manufacturers have been foremost in the
race, and now the varieties of Oriental
lace are many and wonderfully fine and
pretty, and are so reasonable in price as to
be within the reach of all. Pompadour is
among the prettiest varieties, and while
very rich in appearance is also very soft
and becoming. 1t comes in various widths
in corresponding patterns, and for
this reason is very desirable for evening
dresses, as it may be arranged to the best
advantage. The heavy guipure and
Escurial laces are richer if not so soft and
graceful as the Oriental varieties, and are
more suitable for married and elderly
ladies. 1t is astonishing to note all the
styles and patterns displayed, and new ones
come in so rapidly it is difficult to keep
advised of them all Lace hounces, wide
and narrow, scarfs, fichus, and various
other articles are seen in these and in all
varieties of lace in novel and graceful
designs, which possess the charm Of new
ness. Nalenciemes lace has always been
considered especially adapted to children's
clothing, owing to its delicate fneness and
simple patterns. 1t is now more generally
used than for some time, and for sheer
white dresses there is no prettier or more
becoming garnitune. Torchon lace in all
its many grades, and the more graceful De
Medicis, are best liked as adornments for
the dainty undertaking so dear TO ladies
hearts, and as both laces, particularly the
! De Medlcis possess superior wearing quail
ities they are doubly desirable for gar
ments to be laundried. OF the exquisite
point laces in their many STYLES, together
with their equally rich varieties, it seems
scarcely necessary to speak, as they are
elaborate toilets, and ladies with rare old
laces in their possession are to be con
graduated.
Entire dresses of lace, both black and
white, have been most fashionable during
the summer, and for evening will be quite
as lovely and appropriate through the win.
ter. Cl;nging lace draperies are particu
larry efective-a fact well appreciated, Il,
the charming'lace dresses testify. Another
fact quite as well known is that black lace
! smoothly drawn over the neck and arms
| gives delicate transparency to the skin
while filmy folds of white lace hightel
graceful outlines, and even impart then
where lacking,
Several lace fiounces are the invariablt
rule in trimming a skirt, with the long
close drapery bordered by narrow CORE
spending flounce. Many of the white lace
dresses for very young ladies show skirt:
ruffied entirely to the waist, which is en-
circled by a soft silken sash. The polo
nalse is particularly effective in the heavier
laces, as the weight of the drapery
holds the waist portion in place anc
prevents the slipping so apt to show it
self in a short, tight-fitting lace basque
Silk Innings are preferred for the blacl
laces and also for the waists of the white
while for many of the white skirts a found
alton is employed, giving a more airy
effect than the silk In the furs, as in The
laces, many varieties are fashionable, anC
while novelties in this line are consider
ably sought, furs which from combination
of usefulness and beauty deserve to b,
called standard are most worn and bes
liked Sealslin, sable, otter, and beaver
together with varieties less known, ar,
seen made up in many styles, but for entire
long garmento sealskin is still given th'
preference, and viii be for many seasons Il
come Bands of long-haired white fur arr
most fashionably used as trimming, out
lining the entire edge The bands arount
the bottom are wider than those of las
season, while those around the neck anc
down the front remain the same. Cape
with their accompanying NUTS are agaiI
seen in furs of all kinds
| Several novelties in the braided drcS
patterns for fall and winter wear are dis
PLAYED, both odd and graceful. One o
/ these shows number of rows of fine sou
tache braid placed close together, giving
somewhat the effect of a single row of wide
braid. They are put on in continuous pat
tern form, outlining the pieces intended
for drapery or panels, and above the braic
bands small single figures are worked, sucl
as wheels or scrolls. The ends Of the brait
rows are left hanging and raveled out, Civ
ing the effect of sringes or tasscls. ORES
patterns of this style come in black ano
colors, and for street suits are rich in APP
pearancc, without being at all elaborate
Another oddly in dress patterns has tn,
draperv bordered with bands of imitation
astrakhan in the same color, while allow
the bands are embroidered small figures o
various descriptions in chenille, also of ;
shade matching the material Some Of tn,
} forms taken by these figures are rings
crescents, and dots, and spots of in6nit,
shape. The material on which the pat
terms are displayed is heavy wool, ant
comes in various dark and desirable shades
such as brown, gray, green and deep blue
\ very fashionable combination and on
most frequently met with in the new fall
suits, is navy blue, with deep brilliant red
The combination is not only stylish. but j
!, pretty, and becoming as well, and permit
great variety of arrangement and design
One of the most sin,u1e SHIFTS of fpa bi,,,