Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-15
THE FASHIONS.
A Sunday Compilation Of Fashion
Notes for the Readers Of
The Gazette.
From the Sowspapcrs Of Boston. Phiin
dolphin, Ci"oinnati aud hise
where.
MATERIALS ron EVENING DRESSES.

Surah will be much used for simple cos
tunes, especially for young ladies, and II
Is certainly very soft and pretty IN texture
aud drapes very gracefully. Faillc Fran
caisc is also popular silk, and There is
an infinite variety IN he way OF brocadcs,
combinations OF plush and frlse ON six
and satin. yelycts, both plain aud bro
cadcd, lnce, aud hne wool goods.
A very pretty stuff seen at one Of our
LARGE houses recently had ground work
of nilie FraucaisC, over which was a
slender scroll pattern OF longphcd plush
OF contrasting color. These came IN
very pale canary color, with the plush
DESIGN in pink; in "cancllc,' a
new shade of pale yellowish
green. with salmon color In the llgurc,
aud In dark brown on ecru. Goods Of
this sort are used, Of course, In comblna-
tlon with plain goods of the same shade
A. the groundwork, aud in thus way make
very rich aud beautiful dresses. Satin
grounds covered With frisc figures come
In white and all the pale evening shades
4 very pretty thug fora very low price,
too. was velvet having line Of trlse al
t.rnatiUg with u thread Of gold or silver
tnscl. this Is TO he found In white aud all
the light shades. I'm pink aud white may
be found br icudcd SILK, with little
flowers scattered In stripes alternating
with broad bands OF conventional de-
sign in plush aud frise. The combination
Of the plain silk with the brocadc, the
plush aud iriSe an in one piece, gives
very rich effect. Plush and moirc In inch
wide stripes is also beautiful goods and
comes IN white aud all the light tlnts.
In lailIc Franchise there are beautiful
new shades. "Chartrcuscn is a yellow
ish green and comes In various shades;
It Is very brilliant by gaslght, Creams
and the standarl light blues and pinks
are probably sold Oitencr than other col
ors, but for those who like novelties
that are new aud odd pinks and ycllows.
A rich salmon shade In this goods is also
handsome. Radzmr is thicker silk, and
has lines across IL that are sunk INTO the
fabric, Us II thread had been left out In
the weaving.
one can easily imagine that, With tinscl
so popular as III present, 10 would not be
left out from goods designed for evening
wear, where indeed 70 is most effective.
a heavy white or crepm-cOlorcd brocadCd
satin has the flowers which form the pat.
tern outlined and shaded with very tine
gold or silver threads. These are rich
and elegant rs the old brocadcs of which
we read and small quantity IN combina
ton with plain goods makes Il beautiful
dress.
HrOcadcd silks and sutins are IN almost
endless variety 4 pale shade Of shrimp
pink with one OF the new shades OF pale
yellow, and pearl satin groundwork
with flowers scattered over its surface in
shades OF pink were noticed rs being cs-
pCcially lovely. Then there are MORE
silks IN every conceivable shade, besides
some that never were conceived before
this season, aud Il watcrcd silk Is always
lovely In guslight; but the most beautiful
thing in the silk line which the writer re-
members 10 have seen in long time is a
Kind of ottoman sir, with u very heavy
rep. 1t comes only IN n creamy white
shade, and Is thick enough to do the
proNcrbal standing alone, II necessary.
The salesman suggested, however, that it
did not generally do this, as IL was mostly
sold for wedding dresses.
For those who prefer Woolcps for their
winter evening dresses there are hand
some casllmeros in all the new colors In
lace goods there are also some novelties.
! \ handsome silk Oriental lace comes IN
a wide llOuncc, yard and quarter deep,
with narrow edge TO match for trim
mlngs. 1t can be found In dark garnet,
pink, blue, drab and the new shades OF
| green, and when used over silk makes a
light and airy looking costume, particu
larry pretty for dancing parties and balls
The Murqulsc lace, too, is somcthm.
new, aud comes only in black and white
1t Is in deep nounces, has heavy sin
figures on thc'silk net aud Is "haud-run,'
or, more properly, outlined with hcay,
silk cord, with this, too, there Is mar
rover edge TO match for trimmings upol
the waist, ETC., the Wide llouuuc fUcin.
the front of the dress.