Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-04
FRESH FASHION NOTES
hints and Suggestions Concerning tn,
Latest Novelties In Dress.

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hints and Suggestions Concerping the
Latest Novelties In Dress.
Russian, medieval and renaissance
styles are the rage in Paris.
Ostrich feather bows and band trim
mings are coming in vogue.
Malmsey is a new and most delicious
shade of Madeira wine color.
The variety in bodices. corsages and
sleeves is seemingly endless.
The polonaise is revived, but it is not
so popular here as on the other side.
Next to yellow, cardinal red is the
best color for the ribbon of lady's
driving-whip.
A diamond sun, instead Of star or
crescent. is the newest corsage brooch
for bride.
Bonnets composed entirely of fringes
of curled ostrich feathers are seen
among late millinery novelties.
Evening toilets in Paris are much
Iooped and very boufant, but not so
those intended for day and street wear.
Nets of gold, silver and steel, Jet
beads and other beads are not infre-
quently drawn over the crowns of dressy
bonnets and hats.
The crowns of velvet and plush hats
and bonnets are frequently studded
thickly with sharks teeth, pointed
pieces of black jet.
Siren, pale sea green, shot with gold
and with crimson, appears in many of
the new ribbons and millinery fabrics.
plushes, velvets and moires.
The deep bands of long fieeced fur
that extends from the throat to the feet
of some of the new long wraps for mid
winter wear are regal in effect. Mar
row collars, cuffs and q muff of the
same fur is used with these wraps.
The English felt turbans and toques
intended for wear with tailor gowns
have close rolling brims, bound, or
rather bordered, with wide silk hatters'
galloon or braid, and frequently the
only trimming is loops of the same gal
loon and few quilts.
A two-inch wide ribbon, folded
double and set with little golden bells
all around. is the proper collar for
pug. After the ribbon is tied in a
double bow it should be secured by one
of these patent shoe-string clasps that
ladies use to fasten the lacing of their
Newport and Oxford ties.
Some of the new moire and other
ribbons are shot in what are called
alg@ shades. pale green and bronze
brown, just the color of seaweed of that
name when first washed up on the sea-
shore if held up to the light, show
ing the CLINT of ruddy brown just
where the weed is greenest.
Diagonal woods, with fleecy long
pile selvage two or three inches wide,
is sold for skirts and overskirts of
woolen suits, the bodice being of the
same wool or of velvet. plain or
plaided. The fleecy selvages form the
trimming at the bottom of the skirts
and upper draperies of such gowns.
The matinee tea jacket or sacque to
wear with any skirt is of soft surah or
crepe de chine and Is elaborately
trimmed with lace, feather and herring
bone stitching, silver. gold and silk
embroidery, and bows and fiots of rib
bon. White, black and scarlet and
pale tints of evening colors are all seen
In tea jackets. matinees and tea gowns.
A tailor gown for bride of cream
white cloth, fine and plant. is braided
on the edges of the corsage with tiny
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and collar are strapped with clusters of
the same braid put on crosswise. With
the gown is sent long wrap to match,
with pleated Fedora front, a double
row of small. fat, dull gold buttons,
just like those on the corsage of the
gown fastening the garment half way
down. and decorating the open sleeves,
the collar and pockets, while the lining
of pale blue satin is striped with hair
lines Of gold A set of silver fox muff.
boa and cuffs accompanies this suit.
Silver is the metal with which to
brighten blue toilets for evening wear.
One OF the loveliest evening gowns seen
at late openings is symphony of blue
and silver, with staccato here and
there of pale pink hedge roses. The
arrangement is thus: The whole front
is of sky blue tulle embroidered with
silver heather with a scattering of hedge
roses. The bodice and overdress are
of sky blue gros grain silk. embroidered
in alternate stripes OF hedge roses and
bands Of blue satin. lined with grad
uated stripes of silver. The laces are
fine old point d'Alencon, sprinkled
with silver and crystal beads, with
RAINFALL of the same beads at inter-
vals.-M p. Ssin.