Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26
FASHION NOTES.
What the Young Ladies Are
Wearing.
THE STYLES THAT PREVAIL.
The Fabrics That Are the Most in
Demand-Hints About Attire
in the Future.

Quotations from Shakespeare in raised
letters appear upon some of the newest
bangle bracelets.
Long wasted bodices and straight, full
skirts, simply caught up with clasp,
chatelaine, or silk cord at the left side,
will predominant in elegant dress toilets
this fall.
The handsome Louis Quatorze vest of
embroidered crepe de chine; cut to fall
low and broad below the waist, is fea-
ture of stylish redingote gowns for after
noon receptions.
With low shoes of black or bronze kid,
silk stockings are worn in dark shades of
brown, blue, or green, finely streaked with
bright red, yellow, or white; black stock
ings, striped in colors, are also fashion,
able.
Guipure and Madeira embroideries
border summer dresses made of cotton
Grape. Embroidered crepe de chine
sashes are worn with midsummer toilets
and are shown in extremely rich de-
signs.
Plastrons covered with rich passemen-
teries in gold and cashmere colors are
set into bodices that are variously dec
Grated with tiny folds of silk net and
wider ones of silk, or with velvet revers
as a finish. This gives the still popular
effect OF an inner and outer waistcoat.
Some of the neglige corssges on the
empire tailor made gowns represent a
shirt waist of corded silk, and below this
is pointed girdle trimmed with fine
lines of gold braid. There are rows of
the braid also down the fronts of the
loose waist, which is fastened with small
gold buttons.
For very young ladies are fichus COM
posed of extra wide sash ribbons. These
are joined diagonally at the middle OF
the back, crossed in front with few
plaits to conform them to the figure, and
tnotted at the waist behind. This is a
style revived from one popular the latter
part of the last century.
Long mantles Of black lace are worn
over different colored slips. They are
novel in shape, sometimes full, re-
sembling the Connemsra cloak in style,
sometimes shirred high up under the
bust, and allowed to fall into full dress
skirt effect with long angle sleeves COM
ing nearly to the bottom edge.
Sunshades are marvels of elegance,
very large, covered with striped Pekin,
glace silk in soft shades of colors or with
embroidered gauze trimmed with flowers
and ribbons. The handles are of un-
dyed wood-olive wood of a shining yell
low streaked with black, or acacia wood
of pretty light gray veined like marble.
The Spanish pelerine is now consid-
cred the height of style, and is worn
with dressy toilets of every description.
1t consists of a shoulder cape of real
Spanish and Chantilly lace in a COM
bined pattern, with scarf ends that
fasten with jeweled clasp at the belt.
and fall to the foot of the dress skirt.
Directoire redingotes of cream-white
pilot cloth or camel's hair, with cricket
caps to match, are imported for coaching
and seaside uses. Some of these ele-
gantly made garments are wholly una
dorned, while others have the skirts and
hoods lined with old rose, reseda or
terra-cotta silk, with bit of color on the
cap to correspond.
Now the whalebones of the mounting
are concealed under silk ribbons merely
sewn on each end and forming a star
which stretches out when the sunshade
opens. Now there are rosettes of ribbon
placed inside, in the center of the sun
shade, and upon the fastening, or rib
bons put on in zigzags round the edge of
the sunshade under a lace hounce.
Long, straight directoire redingotes OF
silver gray camels hair with caps or
toques to match are imported for coach-
ing and autumn travelling wear. Rich
gimps aud galloons in silk cord are used
upon theae stylish gowns. Some, how.
ever, although elegantly made are una
dorned, while others again have panels
and hoods lined with old rose, Roman
red or terra-cotta silk.
The beautiful soft sheer clairette is
much used in stylish gowns for autumn
wear. Picturesque bodices and sleeves
will be adopted for these dresses. A
lovely toilet of cream-white clairette is
made in empire fashion, with garnitures
of white and gold silk bands in applique.
The sleeves are puffed, and caught down
at intervals with bands of passemen-
terie. The bodice has white lace vest
with the white and gold trimmings set at
each side.
Crepe de chine is still favorite fabric
for handsome summer dresses, and q
present fancy is to combine it with vel
vet. This will allow such dresses to be
worn late into the fall. A little Figaro
Jacket of the velvet worn over blouse
of the crepe, the full sleeves of crepe
wrinkled about the arm, is very stylish.
Gray, mauve or lapis blue crepe and
velvet, also of the wool crepons, which
is such lovely material, may be recon-
mended to those who are making dresses
to last we'll into the autumn.
Plain corsages are made very dressy
by "shawl- point" drapery Of net or
lace. Beaded tulle is also used. There
are pointed cuirass bodices, or, if pre-
ferred, half-blouses or plastrons, which
surround the collar front and back, form
ing point at the back and extending to
the waist in front, hut only on one side.
From under the arms on the other side
strands of ribbons are brought, which
are carried to the hip on the left side
and drawn through handsome buckle,
and then tied or looped. This forms
pretty finish to the corsage, adding
greatly to its stylish effect.
Stylish coat basques for dinner wear
and other demi.toilet uses are being
made by fashionable modistes. They
are completed by richly decorated gilet
and wide jabot of point applique or
Venetian lace, arranged to fall in easy
grace from the neck to the belt, in Louis
Quatorze fashion, the iabot narrowing
with every turn of the lace, in and out,
until it terminates in point. These
coat hafona also appear among costly