The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-18


Browns and green's are the most fashionable
colors for millinery.
High collars and plastrons of jetted lace are
stylish adjuncts to plain dresses.
Small birds are the newest thing in hair-dress-
| ing for evening. AS hair is worn very high,
they have quite pretty effect perched upon the
apex
Green billiard cloth, precisely like that on bill
lard tables is a novelty for tailor jackets, to be
worn by young ladies with black, green or brown
dresses
Jackets are very fashionable Many of them
are composite. Zouave fronts over a waistcoat,
with an ordinary basque back, for instance,
form favorite fancy.
Black thread and Spanish guipure hold the
front rank among black laces but gupure,
Spanish, Chantilly and Mauresque laces are all
worn; in fact any kind of lace is in order.
Fur is popular trimming for outside gar
ments and length is matter of choice; there is
no absolute dctum at the best French and
American houses are shown both long and short
wraps
Ribbons are to be used on dresses not merely
as bows. but as fiat GALLONS are now used and in
pendants forming front or side panels, each end
of the ribbon being pointed and finished with
bead tassels.
The polonase is coming into general favor; the
redingote form, showing wide, fat panels and
| opening over front breadth which either hangs
loosely over the foundation skirt, or is let into
| 1t, being the popular form.
Steel hoops in the foundation skirts
they are no longer called lining) of all costumes
made by frst-class dress-makers. Still, so
bouffant are the dresses that some sort of hustle
| is necessary even with these.
Short basques, round and pointed, are equally
we'll worn, and the jersey cuirass basque holds
Its own as a standard shape. becoming alike to
the stout and the slender when no new fancy is
ever able wholly to ell bow out of STYLE.
The most gorgeous effects are produced for
evening wear with embroidery in beads upon
both thick aud thin fabrics They flash ike
jewels, especially the garnet cutgass ones. The
effect OF these, when combined with ruby velvet,
is magnificent
outside garments is advised to have a short man
tie, because it is most easily made. and to use
the thick cloths, either rough Astrakhans or the
smooth cloths that bave tufted wrong side, be-
cause these need not be lined.
Poplns. cashmeres and vigognes, made with a
round waist, simply trimmed with surplice folds
which cross each other at the belt. very much
worn for young ladies house-dresses. The skirts
are tucked, and the inevitable sash encirces the
waist and is tied to form the only drapings in
the back.
A gay and becoming dress for demi-toilet is
made or red and black striped satin. with tiny
red pleating around the bottom of the skirt A
tunlc and sash of red surah form the drapings
A long pointed bodice is laced closely over vest
OF plain red surah yelled with black Spanish
lace. The sleeves show pretty mixture of
striped satin, plain surah, and black lace frlls.
Wool lace is used upon everything, and is
chosen in various widths for one costume the
handmade lace is exquisite in design, but the
pleasure of possessing it is somewhat dampened
when side by side with it you see the machine,
made in the same design at one third the cost
Connoisseurs can at glance detect the differ
ence, but the general public sees no occasion to
purchase anything better than the loom work