Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-02
THE NEW YEAR FASHIONS.
POPULAR cORDURoY-BALLD DRESSES rn VEL
VET RAGE-NEw coRsAaEs-TAN coLoRED
GLovES-BLACK sASHES-HoNEsPUNA AGAIN.
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VET RA4E-NEW coRsAGEs-TAN c0LoRED
GLovEs-BLACK sAsHE+HoMEsPUN AGAIN.
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DUCHESsE LACE Is made In full jabots.
BEADED COLLARS show Byzantine effects.
Bo UCLE CLOTH has stripes of plush or MORE.
VISITING AND HOME DRESSES have demi-
trains.
EVENING AND DINNER DRESSES have long
trains.
MATERIALS with woven borders for trimming
are favorites.
SHIRRED CoLLARETTEs Of ribbon are worn
contrasting in color to the DRESS
PLUSH BEADED with garnet ornaments Is
used for millinery purposes.
THE PALEsT COLORS prevail for ball dresses.
White is the favOrite for these airy creations.
FINE JET is much employed in millinery,
made up in wings, leaves, aigrettes or spikes.
IN SPITE OF PREDICTIONS to the contrary,
corduroy is popular for walking suits.
PLUSH is the leading fabric for all toilettes;
even thin evening dresses are trimmed with it.
YELLOW continues in favor, and sometimes
is too lavishly used on walking costumes to be
in good taste.
CHAIN-GoLD PURSES, with gold initial or
diamond monogram, are the latest Partisan
fancy.
AN ENGLISH FANCY is to wear theater bon
nets and muffs of black Grape over bright-col-
ored silk.
TABLIERs OF TULLE, lace or gauze, richly
embroidered with beads, are worn with all robes
of ceremony.
CURLY AsTRAKHAN OR KRIMMER will be
superseded by the soft wavy astrakhan. The
gaiioons even are showing less curl.
THE NEW STRIPED BRoCADEs have water
lilies and leaves and delicate fern designs on
grounds shot with gold or silver.
TARLATAN, crepe and tulle evening dresses
have finely-pinked edges instead of hens,
although many have satin ribbon run through
hens of fOunces
IULLE BALL DRESSES have two plain skirts
OF tulle over silk petticoat; over these is a
ofaped skirt OF tuie studded with pearls, or che
nile or run with threads of silver or gold.
SQUARE SHAwLs OF knitted silk lace edged
with fringe in all the evening colors, are novel
ties. They are light and may be used as fichus
or for covering the head.
FOLDS OF WHITE OR CoLoRED GRAPE have
superseded ruchings for the neck. Sometimes
the folds are enriched by large pearls which al
ways match the Grape in color,
IF LADY has an old paletot nothing is
easier than to turn it into jacket; and If
IL chances to be TOO narrow a stylish plastron
Is set In OF Astrakhan or other fur, velvet or
plush.
A VERY RICH EVENING DRESS is of white
satin duchesse and brocade. The bodice and
train are of the brocade and the side panels of
superbly embroidered tulle with pearl pend
ants. The long tichu is of crepe embroidered
with pearls
MILITARY PoMPoNs. stiff and high. of herons'
feathers, or else in thick cluster shaped like a
ShaV1ng-brush, trim the right side of the new
hlsh toqueS OF cloth, or of velvet, or OF Astrak-
han fur. Black braid crosses the front and is
In loops Oh the left side.
A BONNET FOR RECEPTION WEAR has the
crown OF northumberland velvet and high
Dflm OF puffed mOss-green velvet. 1t is simply
trimmed with bow of velvet ribbon and a
whlte a1grette. The strings are of ribbon.
A BONNET of LabradOr-blue velvet has a
smooth crown and the brm is edged with beads
OF gold and steel. The trimming consists of a
bow of satin ribbon, of the same color as the
velvet, and the feathers of lighter tint.
DOUBTLESS the present fashion offers new
ihlhgs, Out novelty is not its characterization;
thls renders 1t easy to transform the elements
OF one s toilette by adding some detail of recent
uate, an old-fashioned polonaise readily form
ing Il separate modern cOrsage and an over
skirt uraped in one OF the newest styles.
RED, BLUE OR BROWN homespun costumes
showing double diagonal lines are made I'D
with wide pleats of black watered silk on the
left side, low front draperies and straight full
back breadths. The basque has a soft vest of
black watered silk, and the Jacket has cuffs and
collar OF AStrakhan fur.
OPERA CLoAKs of white, fawn, gold, gray or
red plush, else rich brocades or scarlet cloths
are made to cover the wearer from head to foot
ana open up the back to permit the train to
escape, or else they are mantles that are very
long in front and quite short behind leaving
the whole back of the skirt uncovered. Fur,
feathers and beaded ornaments are the trim.
mings for these.
The NEwsT FANS are the "Princess Beatrice. ,,
Ihey are painted gauze with silk appliques, and
are mounted on carved sticks. On one of the
outer sticks are puf1ings of satin ribbon COW
cred with tufts of ostrich feathers and aigrettes.
The ribbon extends to the handle OF the ia n
where 1t forms long loop fastened with bow
and ends.
MANY New CORsAGEs are very short, not
reaching to the waist line, with basque under
meath, either square, rounded or cutaways
Nothing is easier than to transform an old
waist to suit this fashion, or to make such u
one OF scant pattern of stuff. The collar, re-
Ners ana cuffs may also be made OF a different
material from the dress-velvet plush Astrak-
han. or plain or brocaded silk.
BLACK WATERED Ribbon sashes are also much
used with dark wool dresses, black being con-
sidered now the most stylish color for trimming
dresses OF any color or any fabric, from wool to
sasheS on the lett side, and the bodices are
trimmed with jet passementerie. Red plush
cioaks with jet ornaments and black fox or
feather borders are very stylish.
II ANY ONE has not sufficient stuff for a
whole corsage, she may make a corselet only,
which is completed at the top by pleated
shirred or plain guimpe of plain or brocaded
SILK, SILK gauZe or embroidered tulle.
tccoIulHS 10 the purpose for which the
dress Is designed. Every scrap of stuff can
thus be utilized; the time is gone by when n
corsage could not be made with less than three
yards OF STUFF three-quarters of yard wide
HARPERs BAZAAR says that low velvet waists
are the caprice of the season, perhaps because
velvet is the most becoming of all fabrics and
low velvet body may be worn with various
skirts. A red velvet waist NAV have a mink
tule or scarlet tulle skirt, one Ofeither white
or black lace. blue velvet bodice NAV be
usec with blue tulle skirts, or blue watered silk
black lace over red or over white or pink satin
or with an entire skirt of watered silk or
above all else, with black tulle that has m talIic
or pearl beads.
LONG TAN-CoLoRED undressed kid gloves ex.
tending plain beyond the elbows are worn with
any evening Dress They show a little of the
flesh below the sleeves, hence their length
depends on the length of the sleeves All gloves
are worn less wrinkled than formerly Some
pearl and white gloves are occasionally seen.
but light tan gloves remain the economical
fashion. The inexpensive black Slippers and
black SILK stockings are also used this winter
but there Is a tendency toward having these
match the dress in color, especially for dancing
dresses when they are beaded to match the
tulle OF the skirt
HARPER's Bazaar says that velvet is the
fashionable material for trained dresses with
high corsages that are cut out square, pointed or
triangular in the neck. Odd and new colors are
sought tor In velvet, among the prettiest being
opalescent tints by gas-light. The golden brown
Velvets are made mp with front and side dra-
perleS OF ivory white China Grape in festoons
from belt to foot, with soft vest of crane below
the neck, and a scarf on the elbow sleeves
For mauve velvet, white lace Is the trim n,inn
md MOTH a.,