The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-08-16
Fashion Notes.


Flower bonnets are again fashions
Bile. Those of white lilac, with plenty
of greenery, are among the prettiest.
Skeleton bonnets made of transpar,
emit gauzes or gold braid, silk chenille,
or beadwork, in diamond patterns,
showing the couture through the open
work designs which form the crown,
are shown by all fashionable milliners.
Taste at present seems to incline to-
ward rich material made in great sim
plicity. The wealthiest and most fash
ionable women wear but little trimming
on their street costumes; most of these
being tailor-made, and altogether per-
feet in the matter of fit and draping.
Very beautiful Venetian embroidery
| in pure white or tinted floss silk is to ba
used this summer for panels, vests,
skirt fronts, and flounces, the bands oil
the ..all-over'' work being twenty
| inches wide. In white cashmere, nuns
cloth, or Ottoman silk of the soft-drap.
ing quality, for evening toilets or fol
1 matinees and Greciau house robes, this
trimming is peculiarly elegant and ef-
fective.
Muslin bonnets and round hats,
tinted and white, with full cap crowns
and brims of pleated lace, appear
among other pretty novelties in milli-
merry. These are intended for children
and also for young ladies wear atsum-
ner resorts.
Fashion Is in extremes just now.
Either the designs are immense, en-
bracing tulips, peonies, roses. and
other flowers Of exaggerated size, OF
otherwise fashionable materials are
| powdered with MINUTE dots. tiny blocks,
check and hair stripes. This is espec-
tally noticeable among the seasons ina
pOrtation of French sateens.
Red parasols ii satan and Turkey
twill are still in vogue; these, however,
only look well with an ontirc black
toilet, or In so1ne very dark one, in
which there Is some color relieyaflce. a
deep red sunshade, carried by The
wearer OF dark green foulard, polka
dotted with cardinal, was effective, bin
these effects can not be very extensive
" repeated. as red combines success
fully with but few COSTUMES appropriat'
for the promenade.
The newest linen collars are cut to ii
very high, and are fastened close abou
The throat with gemsset collar buttor
of hammered gold. These are worI
, quite above tile neckof the dress, thu
| | tucker of french muslins sowing to ill
mp the interim The collars are finish
, cd with q borderingsof fine embroidery
| in Swiss OF French needlework. Mort
expensive sets have wide Byron collar
, lnearly covered with delicate embroi
n derry, and edged within alenciennes lace
{ but for general wear these collars pr
al finished with an edge of Irish poin
} lace, or of narrow but very tin
!, | quality of torchon.
III All the summer bOnnets are mora o
!, | less transparent. If of straw the brait
! | is Topped, and so shows spaces between
, There are also very fine gilt wire bon
! nets, which are semi-transparent. AM
/ countless bonnets made of etted net
, chen lie, dotted gau 3, and tlowere'
/ ulle, which displays the arrangement
| of the hair beneath. High square an,
/ | peak-shaped crowns alone are seen
, This is a disadvantage which seems ais,
/ | 10 have existed when Mrs. Tulliver, il
! Mill on the Floss, declared, There
never much pleasure wearing bonnie
+ a second year, espee ally when tn
D crowns are so chdnqy-never two sum
0 mers aliken The pleasure of econom
o lcAt people, VINO CnoOSc W NouN buol
0 bonnets and hats info the second yea
? nowadays, Is likewise somewhat dis
Z turbed by the npleasantreliection tina
q the crown inevitably betrays the fac
I Of length oil service, these being ex
!. ceedingly ''changy'' from even one sea
|. son to another.
Q There is marked prevalence thu
3 far OF brown and bronze hues, which i
i innumerable shades and tones are on
/. ceedingly fashionable both in dres
!. and m llinery. Not only is bronze il
II self prominent, but al its kin, froI
: gold to every shade OF wood, nut, col
fee, cream, and seal brown, to sa
nothing of pure yellow, ecru, fawr
and all colors showing a trace of
gold or bronze hue, and particular
the olive and mastic hues with glir
o of gold in them which have so ragged
It the world of art and fashion abroad