Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-26
FL. hion Notes.

Bodices OF MORE or satin are worn with
tulle skirts.
Some OF the Paris bonuets show q trim
ming of cut feather balls.
Plush Is as much in vogue for children's
dresses as for grown persh,s.
Narrow gathered founces of silk and
tulle trim the skirts OF tulle dresses with
silk foundations.
Sleeves, plastrons, belts and oorse!ets
OF beads are to be had ready made for
trimming dresses.
The latest fashion in gloves, whether
for dav or evening wear. is TO have heavy
lines Of stitching down the back.
Shoes lacing at the side are again fash
tonable for street wear, but are not beoom-
ing except to PRETTY formed ieet.
Boss will be worn more this season
than for several years past. 1t IS fifteen
years since they were fashionable.
Trains will be generally worn with re-
ception and dinner dresses; but for ball
dresses the short dancing length is pre-
ferred.
Faille ana bengaline, trimmed with
plush and passementerie, are used for
dancing dresses for persons past their
first youth.
Skirts this season show but little full
on the French dresses being cut true to
the figure, in no way enlsrglng it.
BodIces are not as decOllete s last wear.
and the low round corsage is beginning to
assert its charms over the unba coming Y
shaped bodice, although the latter is still
in favor
Short English house-jackets, made
hle-breRsted and trimmed with AS
trakhan, velvet, or braIding in soutache,
are used by many In lieu of Jerseys. as an
extra waist to wear with various skirts.
A capote of suede colored frse plush is
edged with coronet of gray feather balls
At the top of the bonnet behind the cOro-
net ueslles the head Of bird in Il cluster
OF rather broad picot-edged ribbon, match
ing the plush in color.
An English fashion in red coats, other
wise called pink coats, is revived, and
gay red jackets for afternoon drives, and
long French redin otes and surtouts of
darker shade of red for walking, are in
great favor for young ladies'.
A black velvet skirt made with over
dress OF soft gray camel's hair forms o
costume at once becoming, ladylike and
elegant Ii the gray is not becom-
ing, the addition of Stuart collar and
vest of velvet will make it so.
The fashion of three or four tulle skirts
without silk foundation has been re-
Yived. and the effect Is exceedingly light
and pretty, the number OF thin skirts of
the same tint producing a soft effect OF
color unattainable In any other way.
A very handsome bonnet is of medium
shape of heiOtrope velvet, with a rou-
leauX of plush to match, between which
IS placed q row OF amethyst beads
strings and bows of lixhter shade and a
brown bird with a fantaIl of dull pink
feathers on one side.
Although fur is the wear this season,
there are other materials employed IN the
construction Of appendages to a lady's
outdoor costume, frayed silk laid in full
ruches, and lace bOas pleated up into
wide jabots also being worn. These are
very dressy and becoming.
The latest importation of bOnnets are
combinations of velvet with fur OF like
shade, the fur being used upon the brlm.
aud the velvet for the oddly shaped
crown. Marie Stuart brims, muc hmod
flied in shape, are shown In some of these,
and the whole bonnet Is much smaller
than the comfortable ones worn a year
ago.
The hair is to be worn lower by young
women. The back hair will be laid in
braided coils at the back of the head for
street wear, with Russian bang; in the
evening it is still more popular to heap
the hair in soft folds on top of the head,
with the bang slightly curled. A new
ia hiOn Is two tight French twists turning
toward each other and meeting all the
way up the back OF the head, with the
ends ligh ly crimped and folded, held In
place by big tOrt0lseshell pins.