The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-12-13
THE LATEST FASHIONS.
Winter street Toilettes-A Pretty Trous-
seau for q southern Bride.

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Faced cloths and rough-surfaced yet
soft-finished camcl's-hair stufls are
chosen for street costumes and for
church suits, and will continue to be
worn at afternoon receptions where
silks, brocades and ~velyets are also seen.
A long princess ~polonaise, trimmed with
sable or other fur, and slightly lifted
far toward the back to disclose a skirt
of cloth or velvet Of a contrasting color,
is a fashionable design for such toll
cites, and very short high-shouldcred
capCs of the cloth and velvet are added
for greater warmth in the street. More
youthful gowns Of lighter blue, pale Elf
fel red, or grayish green cloth have
black Persian lamb borders. also of mar
row widths, with gilt and silver braid
passcmenterie for trimmings. The small
cape has a collar of great height, with
cloth outside and fur lining, or else it Is
entirely of fur, cut to fare outw ard and
wired, while a point of the fur extends
TO the end of the cape in front. A
toquc, with or without strings. is made
of the cloth for the crown. with velvet
along the edges, and requires no other
trimming. Canel's-hair dresses have
the round skirt now worn, with all its
fullness at the back, and a bodice with
girdle of velvet and full velvet vest I'M
der jacket shaped front, and the coat
sleeves are full at the top, with velvet
cuffs. Bordered camelS-hair dresses.
the ground plum, bright red, reseda or
storm blue, with black stripes for the
border at the foot of the round skirt,
End diagonally at the top of the full
coat sleeves, are very pretty when made
with a black coat-basque that is cut up
in square tabs and trimmed with black
Persian fur and wide gold braid.
A pretty trousseau for a Southern
bride contained a wedding dress OF
ivory satin brocade in palm leaf design,
with the front of waist and skirt
a single breadth, merely pleated in
at the waist line and fastened I'M
Ter the left arm, then falling on a petit.
'oat of white mousseline de chiffon,
doubled and drawn in shirred tucks below
he hips; the neck was draped with soft
Odds of the ~mousseline; the back of the
waist was pointed, and the brocaded
rain was draped on its edges. A "black
'ilk' dress for this bride was of peau
lie sole, with pink blossoms and green
brocaded along its selvages, made
Up in princesse shape, over plain black
'eau de sole, with green vest and green
ollar under the new black Eiffel tower
acc-altOgcthcr a different dress from
black silk gown Of former days. A
eception dress of pale silver gray bro
AIDE combined with bcngaline has the
rocadc for the basque, the full high
h~ouldered sleeves, and for one side
I the skirt, with trimming of silver
ord and a shirTed breadth of gray
1onsscline de chiffon in the front. The
gown of shaggy cancels hair,
an indefinite plaid of dark red and
rown, had a round skirt with two great
plats behind, hooked on the waist.
'lth lrlllS erect at top, the front was
lado dressy with full diagonal crossed
1lds of dark red velvet showing no
arts, velvet sleeves and collar of vel
A visiting dress of green cloth
ad a great deal of velvet on the front
t the bodice, opening on a plastron of
dalntiest brocade, with a white
round strewn with tiny flowers. A fur
ape was to be worn with these dresses,
nd there was alsu gray plush Jacket