Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-11
RANDOM FASHION NOTES.

ODD FANcIEs ron TINE DEcoRArIoS or TIE FAIR SEX
FAvoRrrE MATERIAL FOR EVENING DKEssEs-OPERA
CLoAks AND WALKING nASrL1s-PRErrv BoSNETs.
DARK RED CLOTH trimmed with black Persian
lamb Will again be worn.
BRETON DRESSES OF vigogne have the skirts
trimmed with chenille and bead embroidery.
FEATHER STITCHING IS employed fer trimming all
sorts OF dresses. whether OF flame. or satin.
CLuSY STRIPES for panels have brocaded figures
fl scroll design and are In all the leading coors
The ESGtfss GuARDs' CAP made OF velvet IL
worn with Eng!ish Jackets OF finely checked tweed
finished with a MONKS hood
IN UsINs PLAID AND PLAIN MATERIALS In combi-
nation the back OF the bodice IS made Of the plain
material and the fronts are Of the plaid.
LIGRT-coLoRgD SILK STOCKINGS are very fashion,
able Low when worn with evening toilettes, and
also with dressy indoor costumes.
GArzE, embroidered In gold and silk, bengaline,
faille franchise, plush velvet and MORE among
the fayorite materials used for evening dresses
A NEW ENGLISH FASHION show birds and bind
;ngs OF Jet galloons on wooden jackets OF checked
Goth and stripes of Jet braid visites OF bouce
Cloths
\ PRETTY OPERA CLOAK Is Of dark violet velvet,
trimmed with chinchilla and lined with pink
satin. 1t is also trimmed with violet and moss
colored pasSementerie
A WALKING MANTLE made OF plush to resemble
the plumage OF partridges is somethingIquite new,
the shaded tints OF the plush Initiating wonder
fuly well the feathers ri partridge.
VERY few completely plain costumes are seen in
Paris this season. The skirts are almost univer-
sally made OF some fancy MATERIAL such as plaid
velvet, stripped plush or fancy wooden goods
CHINESE SILK EMBROIDERED SHAwLs, OF very
small size, are used muf1iers by Ladies', under
large cloaks. with evening toiletteS. They are
generally white, and may be had in three sizes
LACE-TRIANED HAsDKERCHIEFs are again coming
into favor, and are worn with narrow half-inch
edgings OF duehesse or valenciennes for general
use, to rival the more durable embroidered hand-
kerchiefS.
HORSESHOE MUFFs are one OF the fancies OF the
season. They are made OF the dress material
either WOO or velyet-in bag shape, and are
trimmed with horseshoe, set on the front, OF
beaded passementerie, or else OF FUR or push
A BROWN FELT TuRBAN has the brim bordered
with brown velvet ia TWO tones, slightly puned.
II is trimmed with high loops OF plush in the two
IintS seen In the velvet lining OF chestnut bqrr
A brown bird, with metallic wings, Is arranged I'D
front.
The most dressy opera bonnets shown thus far
this season are made of pink or cream-white vel
vet trimmed with folds and loops of the same,
short FUZZY white ostrich tips and odd gold pins
ard other ornaments glitteriag with tiny Irish
diamonds.
AN EvENISI TOILET in the Marie Antoinette
style is OF striped pekin material with the ground
OF cream covered with bouquets of tiny pink flow
erS: the stripe Il OF plush Ia the shade known as
.ROSe de sake, which Is pink, slightly verg1hg
Oh lilac. The dress i made up with plain SATIN,
I'm this same shade, and the Corsage Is decoilette
A CHARMING WALKIN7 COSTUME made in Paris
for Princess Wsidemsr is simply OF peacock blue
elot made over silk and trimmed around the foot
with pinked flounCes OF the cloth sewn Hat. The
tight hitting corsage Oh The cloth is trimmed with
an Austrian HUsSar yssi OF Peacock blue, like the
rest OF the costume, covered with brandenbOurgS
OF gold paSSemenJerie. With this Is worn a tOque
made OF the SAME cloJh.
IT HAS AGAIN BECOME very fashionable TO wear
wells as protection against the harsh northern
winds. A goSsaIner vel is the best preServer OF
the complexion just now and far more enlcient
than the 0imSy net complexion veflS," as they
are termed Yet even these afford q Slight pro-
lection against the cutting gales and so not 20
be deSpiScd. Women who elect for the long Sing
nsh walks of miles in length and hours iii duru-
tion are advised net 10 indulge in the fashionable
red wells for under the joint influence OF the wind
and this color, the human countenance acquires
depth OF tone highly suggestive OF erysipelaS In
its last stage.