Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-15
FASHIONS FOR LADIES.
LNew YORK Eyering Post. |


The new ssteens are like real satin in
appearance, and remarkably beautiful in
| design.
Novel and stylish English jackets of
| French ladies' cloth of dark bottle green,
| trimmed with bands of astrakhan. are worn
ever killed skirts and apron tunics OF rich
| broche, or Farquharson plsided woolens.
The Jackets have cutaway fronts, with
waistcoats of the plaid or broche, fastened
| down the center with silver buttons.
The hair dressers ara trying to persuade
the leaders of feminine fashion to again
burden their heads with heavy puts and
braids of hair, but fashion, in one OF it's
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 WIS.,
ible on front view of the head and face.
Massed roses, devoid of foliage, and geran.
ium blossoms of scarlet, pink or white, are
the most fashionable flowers for the
co;ffare.
While short dresses have the preference
for the street, as it is to be hoped they will
forever, the temperance OF the demi-train
for the house is hailed with general salts
faction, for its graceful folds lend an essen
tial elegance to all rich toilets. a few Ia
dies, leaders of style in New Y ork, who ride
to church, have for some time past at.
tended service IN black or dark ottoman,
and other rich dresses, with demi trained
skirts devoid of drapery or garniture.
Velvet skirts will be much worn fer all
species of toilettes, and, If plain, are to be
cut cut around the bottom in some form of
dent, square or vandyke under which is
plating 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.plaits,
and three fat folds two inches wide or
five narrower. Stripes Of brocaded mate.
rial alternating with box-plaits of velvet,
are also favorite styles for such dresses,
| Where shot velvet is used, one of the two
colors is used IN ottoman to form the
fan plaits between the wide panels OF the
velvet
Many of the spring materials have made
their appearance, and very ladylike cos
stumes are composed of the numerous va
rieties of soft woolens blended with velvet
cen, or, if of pattern material, combined
with handsome fabrics in monochrome.
Pattern stripes, generally 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 these spotted
materials have these figures on large
| scale, but these are far from being as at
tractive to refined tastes as the smaller and
less startling patterns, though they are
very effective for carriage or indoor wear
Besides the shot or chsngeable silks
which promise to be so much In vogue for
evening dress, are new shot velvets de-
signed for walking costumes. These vel
vets, all in deep beautiful shades, are in
reality backed with silk, usually cardinal
or old gold, and when the light catches the
folds a subdued CLINT of the bright color
shines through with admirable effect. A
very stylish carriage dress has skirt of
darkest laurel green velvet shot with ruby,
and the graceful French polonaise is OF
! plain laurel ottoman cloth trimmed with
silk chenille cords and "bobs," mingled
with tiny fecks of ruby.
The " corsage Venitien" is an elegant
novelty for indoor wear among several
other novel French bodices. 1t has thir-
teer seams, is very long.waisted, and fits
like Jersey. the back has two side
pieces, the front also, both starting from
the shoulder, and two other pieces replac.
ing the breast plaits, and beginning at the
square opening of the bodice. This corsage
is lined with silk and made of any rich
material. 1t laces in front over chem
isette of cream satin mervelleux or China
CT pc gathered into narrow band en-
broldered with silk and gold thread. The
square opening and the front are bordered
with the bands or by fiat galoon of gold.
The fine silk cord which laces it across
the chemisette passes through tiny rings
sewn at the edge of the bodice under the
| embroidered bands. Sleeves "a PItali-
enne wide and short-of the brocade or
other rich material composing the bodice,
showing full undersleeves to match the
chemisette, are gathered to loose band at
the wrist like that at the throat. Both
Tissue and ornaments of these bodices may
be altered if the shape and style be pre-.
| aerved