The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-11
FASHION POINTS.

The hustle is not moribund. 1t is
dead.
Brick red or Venetian red shades
are in favor.
Gobelin blue remains very fashion
able color.
The sleeves of all wraps are made
looser and more flowing.
Two or more fabrics are used in the
combination of all dressy gowns.
The bonnie femme or Marie Terese
long cloak is the rage of the moment
in Paris.
Never was fashion so eapricious,
varied and adaptable in her moods as
she is this fall.
All fashionable dresses have long
draperies and very little looping of the
skirt, back or front.
The round hat or toque, with a
straight big crown, sunken in on the
top, Is first favorite this season.
Emerald green is combined with
turquoise blue in some of the most
elegant toques of this season.
King Charles cloth is fieece-woven
wooden cloaking stuff that is much IN
ldNoE lldt sOatc.
The morning robe most in favor
takes the Princess form. but it is made
with many notifications.
Fringes, which for some years have
been neglected as trimming, have
again been taken into fashionable
favor.
Birds wings and tails, and quill
feathers. are much used in millinery
bat whole birds are no longer seen on
hats or bonnets.
The very latest fancy III waists OF
gowns for grown women is the guimpe
bodice, very much like the guimpe
waists of little girls.
The variety in styles of wraps, bon
nets, hats, gowns and materials this
fall makes it dress-as-you-please sea-
son and no mistake.
All shades OF green are immensely
fashionable, and combinations of green
with blue, browns and venetian reds
are seen in Paris millinery and Paris
gowns.
The favorite style for the cloth gown
is the directoire, but dressy toilets of
silk, broche, MORE and plush, demand
the dressier lines and fuilness of the
empire styles.
The ends of ribbon bows and the
fringes of cut cloth are given the finish
of passementerie spikes or balls in
many of the dressiest garments for big
and little people.
Green is an extremely fashionable
color, and in its various shades of
emerald, lapis lazuli and beryl is fash
ionably combined with blues, olives,
browns and duh reds.
The buttons on dresses and wraps
are features this fall. A set of fine ar
tistic buttons costs almost as much as
jewels, and they are gems of art in the
way of carving, enameling, cut and
faceted metal and opaline and "cat's
eye effects in nacre or mother-of-
pearl, in all tints and shades of color.
A charming Russian evening gown
for young lady is of white lace
ard crimson velvet, and is made with
an underskirt of creamy lace draped
with crimson velvet, caught in front
with an ornament in Byzantine
enamel. The little square jacket of
red velvet is embroidered with gold
and opens over lace underbodice.
Another polonaise of black velvet.
from famous Partisan dressmaker,
is entirely plain at the back and on
the sides. and opens in front to dis
play shirt of white cloth, embroid-
cred to the waist in cashmere colors
and pattern, and trimmed from the
bottom with deep points of brown otter
fur. This polonaise is turned back in
square revers, which are faced with
white cloth embroidered in colors
and display short pointed vest of
white wool, similarly embroidered.
The most elegant gowns for church
or reception wear will probably be
made in some notifications of the
directoire styles. These dresses de-
mand elegance in material and sim
| plicity of style. The lines of drapery
when there are any, are from the waist
in classic effect. Hanging scarfs and
straight effects, which add to the
height OF the figure, are always aimed
at in these garments. Full ruches of
feathers in fluffy marabout-like bands
are extensively used in directoire
gowns. The heavy mattalasse goods.
yelvets and heavy brocatelle effects
in brocaded silks are made up in
direetoire styles, over skirts
of cashmere, embroidered wool, or
plain heavy silk or velvet. A dark
blue-green amure-royal silk, figured
with large black raised figure of pine
cones in mattalasse effect is made
in straight directoire polonaise. with
large square pockeI-haps of black
velvet at the sides. A band of feather
trimming in black and green to match
the dress trims the neck of the polo
naise, the sleeves 2. the wrist, the
bottom of the plain black velvet under
skirt. and passes on the side TO the
| waist line.