Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-26
FASHION NOTES.
ALBANY Evening Journal.

Albany Evening Journal
High collars and high eoifures are all
the rage.
Lace dresses, both black and white, viii
again be worn.
Berthas of fine, small flowers are worn
with ball dresses.
>Fringes play an important part in the
ornamentation of table-cloths and nap
kins.
Flower and leaf fans are the correct
thing for ball toilets, when the garniture
is of flowers.
Crape-fnished black borders on heavy
English paper is the latest style in station
cry for excessive mourning.
The finest body linen is embroidered
more or less, and made exquisite with Va
lenciennes or costly imitation lace
Necklets of roses, forget-me-nots or pan
/ sizes linked together are i'll great favor for
full dinner, reception and ball dress.
Dinner tea, breakfast and luncheon lin
ems are made as decorative as possible, with
artistic embroideries in color and gold
thread
After all, the full blouse bodice, with low
neck and belted waist, is the favorite for
evening dresses of yelling, null or Swiss
muslin.
The redingote (open both back and front
nearly the whole of skirt will be found
very useful made loose enough to wear over
the dress.
The favorite spring stufs for dresses are
the Khiba cloths Thibet textures, canvas
woven veilings cashmeres and rough
English woolens.
silk underwear is made still more costly
and elegant, with quantities of lace and
more or less fine embroidery and feather
stitched seams.
Feathers and flowers fastened in the colt.
fure with moths and butterflies of gold
thread and gossamer are favorite orna-
ments for evening wear.
Accordion-plaited skirts and shoulder
capes, bordered with a deep accordion
plating, are worn together, especially by
| children and young girls
A new sleeve that will certainly find
favor in thin fabrics is the full sleeve
shirred in at the top, and shirred with the
edge in rutfle at the wrist.
Gloves are closed with small plain gold
buttons, and few fronts OF waists have
been closed the same; but buttons, as &
general thing, are at discount.
The couture is arranged high in puff;
and bands on the crown of the head, but
small fall on the nape of the neck, and
waved bangs on the forehead and temples.
The new fall-dress skirt escapes the fool
by two inches in the front and on the sides
while the back slopes into a graceful train
This may be lain or trimmed with full
ruche.
When a necklet of flowers is worn the
hair is adorned with the same kind of bios
SONS, generally in knot on one side Of the
| chignon or on the crown braids which are
now worn.
Medallions of jet embroidery in diamond
or oval shape are set on black satin slip
pers, worn with full dress. Pearl button.
are on the white slippers worn by bride
and bridesmaids.
Black velvet dresses, made with richly
embroidered tablier of satin and Jet, Otter
have the train lined with pale blue or pinl
satin, which greatly relieves the sombe
effect of the toilet.
A charming little couture for youn:
married women, for evening wear, is a 70
settle of velvet, in the center Of which is
little plume of feathers with an aigrette
This is placed on the top Of the head anC
corresponds in color with the toilet or it
ornaments.
The technical term motif is applied t.
those decorations in the form of embroider
les, passementeries, or woven or beac
ornaments the stimulation of leaves, birds
insects, flowers, arabesques, or conventional
lied forms, with which ladies or thei
dressmakers adorn the various parts o
their dressiest costumes.