Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-16
FASHION NOTES.


Small collarettes OF piece velvet, shaped
to fit the neck, are beginning to appear,
and one recently worn was fringed with
pearls and headed with a single row Of
diamonds,
The very wide sashes, tied are quite out
of date, and only with crepe or tulle
dresses dressmakers sometime arrange
light scarfs, which fall straight On the
skirts with plaits or gathers.
Decorations composed almost entirely of
its leaves are very popular, tied with color
and very few blooms introduced. The
fresh spring foliage in great branches
adorns many tall flower vase.
Jet embroideries are in great demand.
They are applied to net, chiffon crepe,
! silk, satin and velvet, as well as to MORE.
The beads are very closely set. and the
patterns are so arranged that they stand
out well and boldly.
/ Flowers and fans would seem to be in
timately associated, and pretty novelty
| is a gauze fan with the ribs outlined to
the top with heath of one tone-helio-
trope, maize or pink-matching the bow
of ribbons at the handles and the color Of
the ribs.
Caters of finest black cloth, or of color
to match the gown, lined in most case:
with satin, are to be much worn in London
this season over walking shoes. They art
cooler and easier than boots, and answer
the same purpose, for town wear especially
The best ones are most carefully made anC
fitted, and button up like boot.
| A widespread prediction that two, ant
even one-button gloves are to be shortl.
in fashion, does not seem so improbable a
was at first thought, for. if the length o
sleeves is to increase, that of gloves mus
decrease At present OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
are mostly worn with tailor-made gar
ments, and the long sleeves reserved
almost entirely for evening.
Stout figures should have their dres
skirts mounted on tiny yokes an inch il
depth when finished, which come only b
the bottom of the waist-line and proven
any extra fullness there. Even yer.
stout figures often have fiat backs, whicl
should be rounded out with a small pad 0
hustle. A slight drapery in front is NOR
becoming to such figure than plan
front. but the sides shall be of fiat style
as the hips are generally very prominent
. The old fashion of founcing the back c
a skirt and draping the front like long
round apron, is being slowly revived, i
, company with the old freak Of tripl
box-plaited lace ruche around the edge 9
full skirt, which is made of lace tw
inches and a half wide, the straight edge
, run together, plated trebly, and require
fully fifty yards of lace for skirt fou
yards wide, or thirty-two yards of lace
laid in double box-plaits, so the fancy
too expensive one to become common.
|, Cloth is being a great deal used as
background TO embroidery, and some beat
tiful waistcoats, which are used for tes
: gowns as well as for ordinary dresses, hay
{ been richly worked in gold and silver.
, new and favorite color is beche, lighter i
; tone than English fawn color. It emanatt
{ from Worth, and is worked in heavy d,
sign in shades of gold and brown, hayin
the effect of an applique of leather. Rub
velvet waistcoats, with flap pockets, al
y wrought with tiny little sprays of Pompi
!. dour roses in fine silk.
d This year has been brought out, for th
|. first time, pattern Of large flag leav'
. which cover the entire breadth, and di
! mond-shaped scrolls on the same pla
{ These are generally all of one tone, an
!. are particularly beautiful in white an
E very light pearl-gray. The present plail
ness of the skirts enables all these beaut
full patterns to be shown to the greatest az
If vantage Holly leaves in satin and sill
+ prove most effective; and so does tig
Il lily, which is woven with all the tintinl
: and shades you would find in a picture.
d Straight gallons have by no means gol
ont CT fashion, but never and certain
more ornamental are the gold and 81
4 yer shell patterns, which require 10
y carefully tackled on, when they seem
y be appliQued TO the material A go
and silver rocaille or shell pattern, cor
posed entirely Of fine gold and silv