Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-17
THE MID-WINTER FASHIONS.
SHOT sTLKs-sPRISG FABRIcs-AENU CARDS
PINK C0LoRs-wORTHs CosTUMEs-WEDDING
DREsSEs-NEw BOSNBTS, ETC.

SKIRTS with six or seven tucks are fashionable
Tor young people.
SILVER PINS for the hair have large cubes or
balls set with Rhine stones.
SKIRTS pleated in plain perpendicular lines are
popular wear for young girls.
ORCHID GLASS has ground of warm cream
color lined with pink pale blue.
The LISISGs FOR CLoAKs are of plain satin:
quilting is no longer fashionable.
4 Glass BEpsTEAD has been produced in
England and exhibited in London.
BRAID is worn al nGuSedIp on Jackets. cos
TUNES, wraps and hats and bonnets.
BLACK, BROwN. PLUM-COLoE AND GRAY are
the favOrite cOlOrs for elderly people.
ACCORDION PLEATS ARE MUCH WORN Skirts
made with them wear exceedingly well
FRONT DRAPERIEs must be either very long or
very short. Those of medium length are not in
style.
INSECTS CONTINUE To BE WORN 4 gold
brooch is the perfect semblance of a Brobding-
nagian locust.
PLAsTRONS OF TULLE, embroidered with gilt
tering beads, adorn many evening toilets OF
yelling and etainne gauZe.
SHORT EVENING DRESSES are made very full
and have two loose breadths pulled so that they
are no longer than the skirt.
SOLID GOLD AND SILVER BANGLE BRACELETS
with medal designs that lap one over the other
on the arm are very fashionable.
BRAIDED AND PLATED HAIR is more fashion,
able for the chignOn than coled. and this is the
rule whether tine hair Is worn nigh or low.
SHOT SILKS are produced only in small guam
titles for the American market Tor next spring
but they will be in demand in Paris and London
THE SILK WEAyERS OF LYONS are producing
small figured brocades for French and English
Va lar ipSI nf L nd of
stufS for Americans
THERE Is AN EFFORT to make steel-gray kids
take the place of the ever popular tan-colored
gloves. but the tans retain their hold on fash
iOnable favor as yet.
The MOST ELEGANT BALMORAL SKIRT is of
poppy red trcot CLOTH trimmed on the inside
rs well as outside with many rows of Valen-
clenneS or MoresQue lace
The ARTISTIC CoLORs and half shades of
colOrs termed artistic are no longer seen in
dress fabrics. but retain their place in millinery
goods. ribbons and accessories of the toilet.
TIE LATEST FANCY IN MENU CARDS is to
have them in fine decorated porcelain They
are practically everlasting. "a the menu of to-
day can be washed of aud the porcelain left
clear for another.
NEW KIND OF PORCELAIN is called the
MatsunOkee-the japanese for daisy 1t comes
In the softest shades OF amber. primrose. pale
on the outside tor decorations.
AN ExTRAvAGANT FANCT, which does not re-
suit in pretty costume, is the use of CASH
mere shawl TO form the waistcoat and front and
side breadths of dress, the other parts being
OF fine real India cashmere or chudda cloth.
HALF CEINTUREs OF SATIN RIBBON, six inches
wide, are worn with mGtineeS and princess
modelled robes These begin at the side-seams
OF the bodice. the flowing ends and loops reach
Ing often quite TO the foot of the dress in front
LACE BALL DRESSES HAVE SKIRTs.coyered with
hounees from the waist to the foot. no draperies,
bodices OF satin OF broche. profusely trimmed
with lace, and lace sleeves to the elbow. or no
sleeves to speak of, only a puff and shoulder
strap of lace.
FINE GAUZY CANVAS, called etamine. is much
worn for ball dresses in Paris. On the etamne
are applique motifs of various kinds in chenille,
velvet and tinse thus forming a very effective
dress fabric, ana, when tastefully utilized very
elegant toilet.
ALL SHADES OF Brown. beige, ecru and
cream, full shades of sapphire and turquoise
blue, wine reds and black will be found in spring
silks but no more terra Gotta. brick OF artistic
half shades OF sage and creSs green, OF other So
called esthetic colOr5.
A BONNET OF PLAIN BLACK VELVET though
peculiar in shape, being something like an
looking and becoming. The jockey-like brim ia
shaped at the side, and dwindles away to a
point at the back, where if joins the round up
standing crown.
BONNET HAS INTRODUCED A New STYLE of
gros-grain silk in which the cord is thrown upon
one side alone. leaving the other side almost
pam. The fabric does not possess much luster
and has the disadvantage. of course of not
being reversible, but it is softer and heavier
than the ordinary corded silks.
PLAITINGs 5 LECOSsAISE have lost none of
their long-cOntinued favor. Very often for a
Change the ian-pleats or kits are arranged in
groups with plain spaces between them covered
with nandsOf velvet placed either vertically or cut
Into pointed strips. and set on at intervals I'D
the entire length OF the paneed portions
PINK Is MUCH WORN for ball gowns. The ten
der blush shades are those mostly in use like
the pink that is seen inside shells and the
Skirts are now made of folds. putting and plaits.
arranged with artistic effect. satin bodice rib
bons and shoes must all partake of the same
hue II the gown is of tulie and small ostrich
tips are placed IN groups on the skirt.
The REASON SHOT SILKS are wors more in
England and France than IN America is on ac-
count of the difference in the social and do
nestle life Of women on this and the other side
OF the water. TIE afternoon teas of the English
and the ceremoniOus visits of the French women
demand dressier afternoon toilets than afternoon
calls. receptions, and days at home" in New
York.
NEW MARGUERITE CoRsAGEs for Young and
young married ladies of pale pink mauye. bebe
blue, or rose-cOlOred velvet to be worn over
tule or Persian null skirts or a shade to match
In front they open broadly over a dainty lace
chemisette russo. The lower edges of the bod.
Ice are frequently cut in blocks with shell pleat
fngs set beneath, and the sleeves are made TO
match.
LADY ASKS IF WE WILL REPEAT the names
OF the various plaids we alluded to some tine
ago. The dark tartan-ike tweeds are called
Braemars. those in fine plaids in sUbdued but
rich shades OF color, are known as Invercaulds
and those OF a dark wood brown, with faint
0ashes or scarlet and green In the woOt and
crossed with faint lines OF gold. are STYLED
Craigievars
some OF WORTH'S LATEST COSTUMES are
made with double sleeves the one of satin or
broeade. cut TO 1T the arm very snugIy, then
haring in points at the bottom over q puff of
rich dark velvet. which is made TO represent a
puned undersleeye with band. This sleeve Is
repeated In toilets Of sGrah or shot silk for even
Ing dress, with the bishop sleeve or puff made
Of the richest lace.
WHITE BRoCADED SATINs for wedding dresses
show new designs OF white lilac blossoms. pond
lilies with exquisitely- stems. white vel
vet marguertes with golden hearts. blue and
silver humming birds. fern frOnGs in silver and
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