Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-09-19
FASHION NEWS AND NOTES.
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house and party toilettes.
Serges are shown in a variety of colors :
camel's hair serges are shown in fine
qualities, soft, yet rough on the surface,
like the bison cloth SO popular last sea-
son, these come in plain, dark colors.
Plomb, or lead color. dark green, marine
blue, and russell brown are the most fash
ionable colors
One of the new wool stuffs has diago-
nal lines woven in double rows, that are
SO wide and SO prominent that they re-
semble soutache braid applied in bias
rows these heavy diagonals are to be
used for redingotes, basques and jackets,
with borders of fur, and large buttons
for trimming.
Cloths of all the plain grades are again
shown. They come in all the new shades
and make cheap. useful dress for gem
eral wear.
Both plain and figured velvets are
shown for dresses, while the very large
frise figures are shown for cloaking vel
vets. Arabesques, scrolls, and curved
figures generally, are on these corded
silks and velvets.
Plush is also imported again in plaids,
in stripes dotted with gilt or lead as if
beaded, and in the ribbed cross-lines
called ploughed plush"
Tailor made suits are as popular as
ever. Many of them have straight
under and upper skirt, the lower skirt
being perfectly plain, while the long
over-skirt falls in pleats from the waist
down, with an open space on the side, or
both, or else plain in front, with pleats
in the back, and caught up high on
one side.
Polenaise are revived and notifications
made on basques and jackets.
New, long coats. that cover the wear
er from the thr oat to the feet, are worn
for cool autumn days. They are made
of blue or brown cloth, with a plas tron
or standing collar of light fawn or gray
cloth, giving the appearance of dress
of the light color underneath.
The coat has revers turning back from
the top of the darts, upward, notched
like the collar of man g morning coat,
and trimmed with frogs of metal braid
in the new plomb color. The skirt hangs
smoothly and full, yet it is cut without
plaits in the back.
For young girls the blouse bodice,
with short round basque, fastened round
the waist with belt in fashionable. The
bodice is gathered front and back on to
plain square shoulder piece the sleeves
are gathered at the wrists on to bands
matching the belt. The skirt is arranged
in wide treble plaits, generally trimmed
with band of embroidery or of some
figured material. Over this there is
very short tunic skirt draped up very
high in front, and looped up into sort
of puff at the back. A model of this
style is made of drab twilled cashmere,
with a belt wrist-band and deep border
above the hem of red and brown checked
WOODEN material.
The hat is of the same drab color as
the dress, trimmed with an enormous
bow of brown and red checked surah,
and an aigrette of bright feathers.
NOTES.
A novel design in fancy jewelry is a
wasp, wonderfully true to nature, set
Ting on gold bar, fanked at each end
by diamond stud.
There is some pretty new fancy note
paper now being used, called the Royal
Irish, in pale green, with a shamrock in
natural color.
Another kind is red with rough-edg-
ed surface, and flight of swallows pro-
ceeding from one corner.
Another variety has facsimile of a
penny piece slipped through thorn slit
in one corner of the paper, with Sc A pen
ny for your thoughts ;" written under
meath.
Discarded mems jacket buttons are
now considered as spoil. They are
eagerly hunted for and placed around
the edge of the Zouave jackets now so
fashionable.
The new plaids and checks are uncom-
monty handsome.
The Beatrice jackets of velvet or mill
tary cloth are cut with straight fronts,
close-fitting in the back, with curving
seam down the center and one under the
arms these do not reach the waist by
two or three inches, and are worn with
a sash knotted at the left side.
The new round hats follow closely the
style that prevailed during the summer
The crown is high to exaggeration and
square or round in shape. the brim
straight and in most cases very narrow.
A pretty modification of the fayorite
English walking coat has appeared, less
narrow on the brim front and not rolled
so closely at the sides, making it more
than ever becoming to slender-faced
women.
In the latest thing in ladies fine hose a
snake protrudes its fiery tongue and gilt
tering eye at the instep, while the reptiles
body winds around the upper part of the
stocking.
Vests and plastron effects are arranged
diagonally from left to right.
Striped guipure is the new material for
tea gowns.
Jackets promise to supersede mantles
as the wrap of the season. LEONE.
WANTED 1T REPEATED.-At a i