The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-12-10
FAMILY FASHIONS.

Elegant Goats and Fascinating Bonnets.
Satin and velvet and rich fabrics
suited to. the Medicean fashions are
silks of other seasons. Not only is vel
vet used for smaller accessory trim
mings, but in combination with faced
cloths and other WOODEN goods in the
same way tina silk was once used. The
high haring collar. the full high sleeves,
raised on the shoulder, but kept scru-
pulously close to the forearm, are a
part If the seasons fashions. Richness
and righteousness in dress prevail. such
us characterized the reigns of Henry
II. and Charles TX, and especially the
regime of the notorious queen mother,
who introduced into France the lux
uries which were already beginning to
make Italy an effete kingdom. Rough
materials of all kinds are in special de-
mand. Some of these cloths are COW
cred with a shaggy nap like the lions
cloths of a generation ago. Others are
soft and thick, like the Vicuna cloths,
and others are striped, a band of shaggy
weave alternating with soft stripe
out, SO that they are hardly recognized
as the goods of year ago, are used in
combination with plain cloths. Some
of the new rough cloths imported from
France have a ground of one color, COW
cred with long nap of another color,
and this may be trimmed with shaded
velvet which is re-introduced this sea-
son.
The use of shaded effects and of vari-
GUS colors toned into each other by
graduated shades is feature of the
season. Thus we have q pale ashes-of-
roses cloth, covered with a chestnut
brown fleece, trimmed with velvet, ton
ing from gray to brown and touched in
an intermediate way with rose color.
Strong, defiant contrasts in color are
thus avoided. and for the time, ombre
colors prevail. Especially is this so in
millinery, where shaded effects are al
ways seen to the best advantage. The
ON bre has never been successful, though
it has frequently been introduced. It
describes we'll and looks well on the
merchants counters, but such effects
are not becoming to our pale American
women, who require some decided color
and the use of piquant Tand somewhat
pronounced com binations, to give them
what the Parisians would call chic
Shaded effects arc apt to degenerate
into dowdiness and become common,
by being copied in chea effects before
the season has we'll begun. This has
been the history of such styles in sea-
sons gone by. It remains to be seen
whether they will, at this time, remain
elegant after they have ceased to be q
novelty. Good Housekeeping.
Furs in Favor.
Moss-green camel's-hair plain or with
shaggy bars or dots. is combined with
various furs and looks remarkably we'll
with nearly every sort. 1t is extremely
effective and stylish with black fox and
black braiding. or with black astrakhan,
looking brighter and richer by con-
trast It combines excellently with
mink or sealskin and is in equally good
taste with beaver or lynx. Rolls of fur
as a finish to all the edges of garment
are quite as fashionable. as bands or
wide borders. Golden:gray beaver is
much used with fawn color and gray
cloth by women of clear complexion
and rich color. The deep, rich shades
Of brown are. however. becoming to
more types of faces than any other
color that is made up unrelieved with
other color. Redingotes of golden brown
Velours du Nord are both stylish and
eminently becoming Cloak dresses
made Of this material are slashed 1T
the sides, showing petticoats Of golden
brown corded silk or India cashmere
figured with small flowers or gray-hued
tufts tinted like autumn leavsa-Chi
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