The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
FASHIONS FANCIES.

Bronze shoes are worn for dancing.
Heavy armure brocades are used for
outside jackets.
Standing collars are no longer fast
ened with studs.
Great clusters of blush roses are
just now very fashionable. worn with
full drsss toilets:
Girls now wear punches OF iibbon !
on their coIsageS when they cannot |
get flowers.
Ali fashionable dressing gowns are
now either made with Vatican plalt |
or in princesSe form.
For evening wear the hair is ar
ranged very high. The Grecian knot
is fashionable for street wear.
Bonnet strings are now never tied
under the hair and the back. They
are tied in a bow directly finder the
chin:
Swiss bodlegs and white girdIes of
of velvet. pointed back. and front, are
worn with grandmother dresses of
cashmere or surah.
Gloves worn for evening are very
long. at least one yard, and cftentlmeS
one and half. They are worn much
wrinklgd and e*tend to the shoulder,
Verv long gloves of uTldFessed black
kid with black dresses, or Of gray
shades with light dresses, straw col
ored white or pearl, are the correct
! wear.
Mutton leg sleeves have been
adopted by French modistes, AID are
now coming to us in imported toilets,
| hlAinp- which
they received when the aesthetic ele-
ment first introduced them.
Black toilets covered with lace
f1ountes ar5 sill am6ng the lqost fash
ionable evening dresses. They may
have waists open square or in heart
shape, with the open part surrounded
by full lace ruching. On the left
side of the ruching is a bunch OF
fioEeFs.
The English walking hat Is likely TO
be revived this spring. The brim is
about the same as of old, rolling high
and close on each side, but the crowns
TO most of the new shapes are in the
sloping Langtry style, or else are high
and Square.
For entirely black dresses fof the
early spring the handsomeSt satins are
being provided for the greater part OF
the dress, to be enriched By vest and
skirt front of elaborate embroidery
done on satin, or else upon net that Is
laid upon satin.
Worth announces that next yeaI
broad bands of pure white will be
used On al bridal robes TO the utter
exclusion of all the dainty laces anc
embroderies and feathers which brides
have charmed the eyes OF their friend:
with from time immemorial.
Few alterations have taken place il
the present fashions for children
1matter of some Importance to mother:
of large families, Tor the stylish
dreSsy COS Sumes of elder sisters worI
, one season can be easily adapted FOL
the younger ones at later period.
The hair is worn in a Gr2cian twist
with short curls at one side; or a soft
short twist. more like the old-fashl6net
French twist, with the ends PLATED
/ and put around it. The figure elgh'
is favorable style of coiling the bacl
hair, and curlS both long and shor
seem destined to be jim style again
The front hair Is dressed in bangs ant
crimped waves:
An experienced buyer of silks say
, that good test to secure one from
being deceived in the Quality Of blacl
silk is to pinch a specimen on the bia
and afterward pull it in an Opposite
! direction. If the crease made by tht
pinch looks like a similar fold in ;
; piece of writing paper, reject the piece
: unhesitatingly On the contrary, i
, the mark smooth5 out and is hardl!
distinguishable, it is safe to purchase
information comes from a cele
brated modiste that lace dresses O
every description will be more thar
ever in vogue the coming season. Fol
those who fancy the style will b.
. Mother Hubbard dresses, all of blacl
, lace over surah either black, or il
gay-colorel foundations. Thes'
dresses, in white or black lace, it i.
said, are not to be made of piece lace
but of that about eight or ten inches
deep, laid row upon row, killed OF
slightly gathered, as is preferred
Round waists will also be in high ia
vor, and belts and long ends of satiI
ribbon will add their always graceful
> and pretty finish to these.