The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-16
FANClES OF FASHION.
Reliable Suggestions on Themes Pleasing
to Every Lady Reader.

A Directoire redingote is as difficult
to make fit as tailor gown.
Double sleeves have become the lead
ing feature in long nantes.
Card cases of embossed silver and
chased gold are again in favor.
Flower garnitures are again in favor
for low-necked evening gowns.
Large silver belt buckles are worn
with wide ribbon and velvet belts.
The "be-be" waist is the rival of the
Directory and Empire bodices.
Black lace princess dresses come
among late importations of Paris
gowns.
The Empire sash is the prominent
ferture in the style of the moment.
Some of the newest wooden gowns
have deep fur collars and Directory
revers.
Jerseys are now manufactured in
every color, with draught or chess
board patterns.
The big, bewildering, picturesque
hat on a commonplace, unpicturesque
girl is sorry sight.
Yellow remains the most popular
color for sash curtains and draperies
for glass doors and light portieres.
In addition to the tea gown we now
have morning, house, afternoon, and
matinee and violin gowns.
The long cloak with long, loose
sleeves over another pair that fit the
arm, is the favorite wrap of the season.
"Nettle'' and "box" are the two
latest shades of green. The French
call these two shades "ortee' and
"bues"
One Of the prettiest novelties of the
ballroom are shoes of white kid with
chased metal heels of silver or gold
tint.
The long, slender, silver-headed
walking stick grows in the fashionable
favor of young women who affect
"high style"
The long vail grows in favor 1t
takes many new forms, but all are long
enough to completely cover the face
and drape the throat.
Thickly plated ruches of pinked
silk, called chicorees by the French,
are made to trim the bottom of the
skirts of many dancing gowns.
Head-dresses, or dressy caps and
tinted turbans of gauze, are again in
fashion for drossy toilets at home re-
ceptions, the opera and dinner parties.
The violin gown is made with full
straight skirt. loose round waist
banded with sling sash of soft folds
and the sleeves are loose puffs to the
elbow.
The short jacket with q fur collar
and cuffs and lapels lined with fur
thrown back from the waistcoat is al
fected by stylish young women, mar
ried and single.
Fashionable women assert their taste
for walking in wool attire instead of
silk by wearing felt hats trimmed with
wool braids and pinked cloth bands
and rosettes.
A favorite combination for tea
gown is velvet Of two colors, say black
and emerald green, or gray and coral
red, with rich gold passementeries for
the collar, yoke, cuffs and pockets.
Deep Jokes of passementerie are the
only trimmings seen on the new &C
contemplated cloaks. Over this is
worn in the coolest weather a pointed
shoulder cape or collar OF some rich
fur.
Green is frequently combined with
blue, but to do this successfully there
must be q decided difference in the
depth Of the two colors. If the blue is
pale the green must be deep, and vice
versa, and, in fact, this rule holds good
for all inharmonious color combina-
tions.
Black armure, MORE and Sicillienne
are the silks that are worn for second
or light mourning by those ladies who
go to receptions and receive at home.
The correct neckwear with such
dresses is plated black crepe lisse or
plain black net and black repped or
MORE ribbons.
White India silk gowns, with Direc-
tory Reyers and broad Empire sash of
violets or heliotrope velvet, are much
worn this season by debutantes at the
opera, or for dinner, or "at home"
evenings. The correct corsage bou-
quets for such gowns are punches of
Parma violets, mingled with heliotrope.
One OF the latest uses to which os-
trich plumes are applied is to form
two long ones into berthe around
the V neck OF an evening gown. A
handsome diamond or PARTISAN nov
city" jewelled pin or brooch is used to
tasten the two feathers at the bottom
of the V in front of the bodice.
In some dresses the petticoat is of a
contrasting color. but it is only re-
vealedwhen the draperies are lifted by
the breeze or the action of the wearer
when walking; it reappears, of course,
in the narrow waistcoat and the lining
of the deep pocket flaps, the revers,
the cuffs and collar of the gown. Some
times the Directoire sash or belt of
such gown is lined and piped with
the color of the petticoat.
Among new sash curtain and drapery
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