Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-15
THE FREAKS OF FASHION.

AcCoRDIAN PLEATISa is seen on many of the
ut wraps.
MD IS AGAIN IN VOGUE for ladies' gloves for
the street instead of Suede.
No PLAIN TIGHT-FITTISG tailor-made gowns
are found among irlportations.
For WI,'TER NIGHTGowxs there are some de-
lightly coy ones Of cream and pale pink fan
Eei, trimmed with lace and ribbon
OK SoHE OF THE DIRECToRE CoArs. espec-
tally in blue stylish effect is to have the cuffs
the revers in front, and the wide hip pocket
flaps made OF black silk watered ribbon.
CHATELAISEs ARE IN AGAIN and a novelty for
an evening will be to have punches of old seals
and even buckles hanging by watered ribbon
like fobs with evening Directoire gowns.
TIE New Long Mrs. just brought out for wear
with dinner gowns, have no fingers at all, but
have double row of silk embroidery around
the top ofthe hand and the edge OF the thumb.
Two INTERLACED CIRCULAR RINGS make a
brooch just now much in favor with Parisians.
Sometimes both ara diamond set or else one is of
diamond, the other of frosted gold or else OF
black enamel.
MANY OF the new and beautiful brocades are
reproduced with great exactnesss from those
which in the old days were handed down from
mother to daughter and which it was almost
impossible 10 wear out.
A PRETTY EFFECT IN EVENING Cows for a
debutante is to have the gauze or tulle show
stripes of rosebuds or butterflies A blue tulle
seen with butterflies scattered over il at random
was particularly pretty.
SOMETHING New IN FURs is the sealskin peler-
inc. square and short at back, with its fringe of
tails just reaching to the waist, and square and
SO long III front as TO come near to the knee,
and gives the effect of a stole.
New FOREIGN FANCY is the wearing of black
net fichus in place of wells. The widest part is
draped over head and face. the ends cross mt
the back. and then come under the chin, and
the effect Is wonderfully soft and pretty.
IN CoILAEs AND CUFFS pretty novelty is to
have double collar and cuff, the upper one
narrow and encircled with band of SATIN
stitched embroidery. They are sometimes in
eolors, pink turning over blue and so on.
The KNOTS OF PERFUNED VELVET vIoLErs.
now accepted as the proper fastening for the
boa at its crossing, may DE made to keep their
scent all winter by putting them away in a
small box with powdered orris-root, folded in
tissue paper an the bottom.
The NEW MARABoUT FANS and thin gauze
ones with designs OF bats and storks, cut to the
outline of TIE pattern and artistically colored,
are likely to prove most acceptable gifts as the
oval, bordered with colored lace.
NEW HAIRPINs are exceptionally fanciful.
Cupid's arrow, Mercury's wand. st. Peters
crosier, all do duty for them, while the mark eff
interrogation. either in silver or frosted gold.
not merely holds up beauty's hair. but clasps
her laces or bangles charm at her wrist.
FoR THE EVENING, little wreaths of flowers
are worn en- chaperon; that is to say, very
small. and placed on one side. Some women
wear thick coronet, called jardiniere. made
of different flowers, and placed round the CHG
non at the back rather low down. so as TO form
a sort of aureole round the face, but much at
the back
The STYLE of dressing hair has certainly a
tendency to be lower than has lately be en-
worn. The way adopted by the most elegant
women is to have the hair twisted round like a
rope at the nape of the neck. with one or two
euried ends escaping or falling carelessly. In
front the fringe is massed together like thick
lock in the middle.
LILY-sTALK GREEN is the newest shade Of
that superlatively fashionable color, of which
IT Is as well to know that the dark tones, ivy.
box, nettle, olive and mignonette are held
more appropriate to cloth, myrtle and emerald
10 velvet and millinery generally, and the light
ana pa,e shades to Grape gauze net, laces and
hight stuffs generally