New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-08
LONDON FASHIONS.
STRAY NOTES FROM A TOUR OF THE Shops
Ernnn Gazeifn

frOHl Inc ran DIuu odLclS'
Autumn jackets are trhe longer than usual. ITS
to be hoped this isn't sign that the ugly hrcequares
length Jacket is going o turn up again; one or the
with a white waistcoat braided in black in desig9
representing small ferns The sleeves have narrow row
geous Jacket is of terracota plush with cloth YES,
In blotting paper pink But the jacket recommends
1t is good deal like the Efel and both Jackets were
designed by Nine GARNER, of Regentst, The Miguel
and small pointed revers of silk in contrasting shade,
When worn open these revers stand up from instead
There Is new era in ties The salmon-colored sls
and the blue foulard not the newest The newest
SILK picked out with white horseshoe ring pattern
in white aud In pale pink covered with scravls and
squares and the like in black silk. Tho alteration ~
the size as well the colOrs Of ties for the dandy Il
the remarkable. To be perfect the tie must be
four and onehalf inches wide and sixty inches long,
and is the shining ambition Of those who wear them
show much of the tie as possible. For THIS pur,
shirt front. That together with tho Other appur,
enances of fashionable young genteman's wardrobei
the wants OF these butterflies tho Burlington Arcado
Tho wastcoat Is double breasted one. and neces.
states large expenditure in starch. There is new
knot to be conquered If you want 10 be in the absO-
utely latest mode. The knot is tied at tho throat,
sunk IN the middle, and the ends are folded over each
other
Dandy proclaims unto the world his gorgeousness,
He must have his Dos. dozen silk pocket handker'
contumely-and each handkerchief must have a sin
border Of the same color and pattern as the young
genteman's tle Then 1t Is thrust negligcntly int1
tho side pockets and the corners stick artistically
out Then there arc special black silk socks viva
other patterns These socks cost twelve sRn
pair, and have the exact finish OF ladies' stoc sings.
brodered night shirts. II expected at first that
they wouldn't sell, but the dandy by day must bd
Collars viii grow higher still. Prince Albert
victor-ls expected to send them up an eighth of an
inch. A new collar is introduced every six months,
ardt ha tina hac ivsd n
fresh shape But it isn't collars or ties slk
socks that tie most money is spent on-its gloves
the faintest and prettcst shades of French gray.
three hairplns radiating from centre There Is ond
man a military gent who affects originality In evening
gloves. He has them made Of cream-colored kd and
pale gray, and the backs stitched with pale blues
pale pink and also 3ess w9 SSGrs s mingled gay Tsn
as 90 10 30 pounds year These are only moderately
ndugent good many men prefer 4, swede gloves Owe
begin TO look shrunken and spoiled Mems gloves
are made with three buttons or more, and the one.
glove to be worn this autumn IS The mahogany tan
reindeer These will cost IS. Cd pair but they ara
4 florist must be man Of ideas. New IDEAS Of
table decoration, the provision Of fresh posies new
old things vanish. The most dfBcult task for z
florist is when lady wants TO make UP posy 70, "a
florist despses the artificial article, as any lover %
botany must for some of them are such trayeses on
are done In two fowers-amber and blue, for instance,
wholly in white. Mr.. Bromwich the queen
florist and Il H. s. has inventea 'ery RrDs
runs round the edge, and the guests s,ttng d9Wn
they find this be taken TO pieces, and II proVhes
every one with buttonhole s.u,-.,. .u.,.
BHttonholes is the branch OF the florists for trSSds
which is most profitable Some men VIII pay nvd
shngs for gardena in ts ovc % noE but Il mSSs
BromTich sells several hundred buttOnhsoles every
day. Plenty Of his customers have one ior morning
4 biz artificial flower maker in wood.st was very
indignant when hinted that he hsd Inaue Ms ior'uhs
Fortunes aren't made Ou' OF such common stui any
artificial flowers don't fetch the price they used o.
what we wouldn't have sold for two and-sNpence few
But all artificial flowers are not eommoni' ..
NO. but the proportion Of good paving flowers 70
rid,cIlouslv low In fact good natural flowers done
pay so well as those We invent. II you make some|
thing unlike what nature can produce, ana us preuys
everybody will run after it
"is IL true that you haven't been able TO satisfy
the demand for flowers
Yes; you see the artificial flower trade was very
bad FOR a long time, and good many Of the manu'
faculrers dropped IT, have no hesitation in saying
that we could have SOLD twenty times h,. the quantity
enough But English makers don't go In for lilao
much It IS nlggling thing 70 make; and IL nearly
all comes from Paris. White lilac had a tremendoua
run so did violets.'
The idea that flowers must not be- worn out Of
only exists in ENGLAND In Paris French women
will wear anything So long as IL Is millinery But tha
explanation Is that French women are not sufficient
students OF nature 10 be afnghted by peoples III
winter while all English women OF any educatod
know when flower has passed its natural span.
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TO send his N Harvard on the ground that some
OF its older buildings erected out OF the pro,
ceeds Of lotteries and he doesn't want to compound
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