Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-01-13
IMPORTED WRAPS.
French Jackets and CIoahs for tho Mid
winter Season.

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winter Season.
Worth and Pingat are making cloth
jackets of far moro dressy character
than those made by London tailors.
They use a great deal Of passemen-
terie for their trimming in open lace
like designs that is made doubly ef-
fective by having lighter cloth than
that of the jacket placed under 1t, as.
for instance. dark green cloth has
black passementerie in leaf designs
laid over the palest Nile green cloth,
and tho garment is then edged with
black Persian fur. These stylish
coats are short single-breastcd and
very close-fitting, being smooth even
over the small tournure that is now
so woll worn. Tho passementerle not
only borders the lower edge, but con-
tinues all around the garment up
above the waist limo almost 10
tho top of the darts, giving
Swiss bodice effect that is very
pretty on slight figures. The high
collar tho l.ointod opaulettes and
pointed cuffs are also of this trimming,
and there is pointed plastron of the
fur edged with tho passementerie.
Such jackets fit so smoothly and are so
elaboraIely trimmed that buttons are
dispensed with, hooks and eyes being
used instead.
Short cloaks of cloth are given
new effect by having wide fichu ccl-
lars of plush that cover the shoulders
and arc pointed in front. These
cloaks have short back forms extend
ing only to the waist and instead of
being trimmed from the top in q
point, there are three lines of braid
ing coming up from the tournure to
the shoulder BLADES, again suggesting
bodice. as in tho jackets just noted;
roll or puff of the plush then crosses
the end of the back. Such wrap of
dark blue cloth is trimmed with seal
brown plush collar thatiaps to the left
side Of the waist and is edged with
gold braid in vine pattern. and three
bands of this braiding trim the back.
Short black cloaks have the front and
back of velvet richly trimmed with
steel passcmenterie, while the sides
and sleeves ARE of heavily repped black
silk. Three rows of the steel bead
shape thaf" "iY96nd Y6nfYd1 down the back. and
figure in a graceful fashion, anu Hff fs mas las
more comfortable than the closely
fitted garments There arc but fou
forms in these cloaks, two in from
aud two behind, making a sacque-lik
garment, and the sleeves arc cut witt
long points. New cloths that have
border woven in one selvage are uset
for such cloaks tho border extending
in two rows down tho fronts and back
Some of these cloths have stiff nal
like that of fur, yet are soft and plia
bic, and the border is in contrasting
colors. sometimes in cashmere de
signs. Peasant cloaks mado of darl
broadcloth braided with gold are
plated to tho collar. where those o.
lighter fabrics are gathered. There are
two breadths of wide cloth forming
this full wrap the top plated dowr
from The neck to tho shoulders, and
tho fronts open over fitted under
front the whole longth of the cloak,
and attached to 1t at bottom; the arms
come out over the fitted front, and the
back is plated at the waist line to a
cloth belt beneath it that eros ses out
side the under front This large wrap
is made of blue-black cloth braided
with gold in wide bands and in curled
soutacho. and is lined with cherry-col-
ored silk.
Young ladies wear for carriage wraps
round cloaks similar TO the last one
described. but of half-length. falling
| just below the hips, and somewhat
like the Talma capes worn long ago.
With these are w-crowned hats, with
the brim projecting far in 'front.' or
else q soft toque of black velvet, with
single quill pointing forward on the
left side. Harper's Bazar.