Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-26
FASHION NOTES..


FASHION NOTES.
Woman's Kingdom and Some of It's strik.
ing characteristics.
Tortoise-shell pins are in high favor.
Silver GALLONS have jet stars worked
on them.
Plain and figured bciges are used in
combination.
Bangs must be of the finest possible
curls OF crepe waves.
dinners in summer
High-standing collars are covered
with beaded GALLON.
Painted percale, batiste and linen
have Pompadour designs.
Robes OF bison cloth have embroidery
instrosted gold and colors.
Silk muslin and muff scarfs have me-
dinval stripes and flower garlands.
Fine black grenadines have jet woven
in them in medieval designs.
Gold galloon embroidered on India
| cashmere is a novelty in trimming.
Embroidery is used for trimming vel
vet az we'll as cotton and wool dresses.
Black velvet collars, with the edges
worked with straw or tinsel, are worn.
Wooden etamine with velvet stripes
is combined with colored yelling or
cashmere.
Imported wooden lace for o~vcrdresses
have also a deep founce to match each
design.
Buttons of dull metal. with ham,
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dolphins in relief.
Cotton chevoits have the patterns of
their wooden namesakes and are q firm
and durable wash fabrics.
Cashmere dresses have plastrons,
sleeve-trimmings and sashes Of nuns
yelling in contrasting color.
E%paulettes for dresses or mantles are
in cap shapes or simply bands, with
pendants at either end.
Chemisettes are of drawn work with
tucks and of embroidery. For travel
ing they are made of percale.
Pongee and sateen parasols, to match
suits, are trimmed with guipure lace.
The canopy top is the prevail ng shape.
Parasols Of etamine have designs in
Holbein stitch. They are mounted on
gilt frames with deliberately carved
handles.
Ornamental pin for the hair are not
worn in pairs. The couture may be
adorned with a butterfly, a star and q
sword. but not with two pins alike.
Black silks have knife-plaited vests of
black and white, r~ose-colored, pale
blue or pcarl-gray satin surah. Some
times these vests are covered with tul!e
or French Grape the same color as the
surah.
The prevailing fashion of diversity is
visible ain some of the l~ace-covered
parasols. Some OF them have two of
the gores covered with shirred-tigured
piece net, while the rest have frHls Of
lace put on very full.
Clasps are in a variety of design.
Horses and dogs heads, carved Of
tinted pearl and Of dark wood. oxydized
silver birds. crescents and classic
heads, en- profile, in high relief, are
some of the many sorts shown.
Changeable silks have the under
skirt trimmed with l%engthwise strips Of
silk ard black Llama insertion. The
tablier %overdress has two breadths of
silk sewed across in front and gathered
into two drop loops in the back.
Plush Holsters Of . liliputian dimen-
sions are some of the grotesque whims
for dress decoration. Some of these
have the grcenish blue hue Of the liv.
ing creature. while others are red,
representing the c%rustacean in its boiled
condition.
The fashionable style of hairdressing
in Paris for the daytime is quite simple.
The hair is raised from the nape of the
neck and forms a large curl on either
side Of the head into which a comb with
gold, silver or jet balls is set sideways
or straight, according to fancy.
Fan o%verdresses pla ted to the belt at
the top are the favorite styles for light
woolens and summer silks. These are
in different lengths, sonnet mes extend.
ing to the bottom of the dress. Others
are short and edged with lace. while
the underskirts have lace frills headed
with wide beaded galloon. The back
draperies are full and straight.
IT. innings were never in greater va.
rletv than now. Lace, galloon, tinsel
and beads are used in every imaginable
combination. In beads the entire gamut
is represented, from the dull lead OF
those so like gun-shot as to be mistaken
for it, to the sheen of iridescent beads,
gold, silver, steel and copper contrib
Hting their share to the general bril-
liancy. Medieval and Oriental designs
are especially adapted to bead embroid-
cry. and it is a matter for congratula-
ton that beaded flowers are giving
way to conventjonalized forms, that
are SO elective in this style of adorn-
ment. Clasps have come into so gen
eral use .hat buttons seem to have lost
somewhat of their prestige, and those
now employed are Of unique design
st. Louis Gbbe-D Democrat.