Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26

OF SmOOun DlacK or silver gray 1eIt. OStrlcH
! tips are used in great profusion. Fur is so
! much used this season in trimming cos
TUNES that toques made of some bright
hued velvet having band of fur are an es-
sential accessory. Cruelty TO animals will
| be the next charge against the tender
now use the skins and heads
| of mink or sable for ornamentation.
Velvet of a new shade that is best de-
| scribed as ''bluish pink; although called
'dahlia," color, is employed in bonnets; an
attractive material is cream-white velvet
! with lace-like pattern of tiny jet beads.
| The most apparent change in millinery is
| the wearing Of strings on bonnets and wide
brimmed hats made Of ribbon finger wide.
Ornaments are still used, and on bonnets
| are placed in front, and at one side on hats.
| In wraps there is nothing quite so dis
tlngue as the loose cloak about three quar-
tiers long. with close-fitting under-yest
and high collar, fur-trimmed. If there could
be doubt that boas were in vogue, an
hours promenade on the street would con-
vince the most skeptical. They are monu-
mental in size and worn on all occasions,
regardless of temperature. The latest are
very thick and long, giving the appearance
in the back of being i very heavy feather
collar. To wear boa properly is not given
to all women, and suggestion may not be
out of place: A boa should not be crossed,
but allowed to hang loosely down along the
figure. In this way it forms a framework
to well-titting dress and comedy figure
For street toilets heavy cloths are pre-
ferred of these are the plain, the checked,
the striped and the plaid.
A small check combining shades of tan
and electric blue makes geEteel costume
The skirt, as in all heavy materials, should
be plain, with the fullness narrowed to the
back. In the umbrella skirt which is 4
suitable style, wide goods is used, and cut
lengthwise, with only one seam. The front
is fitted by the means of three darts on
either side and the fullness laid in two box
pleats at the back. Over this skirt is worn
very long side lapels. \ wide rolling collar
is Of the check, and standing collar, high
about the throat, is made of electric-blue
cloth. The only trimming is rows of small
bone buttons of the two colors upon the
coat.
Green being the popular color, and, as a
rule, becoming, ingenuity is exercised in
the trimming to be used upon the gown,
the color of which has traditional associa-
ton with pretty milkmaid and scattered
hopes. Green and gold have always been
chosen combination, and jacket of green
cloth with gilt passementerie is very
effective. Less conspicuous, however, is
a gown of green cloth embroidered
with black beads, or trimmed with black
silk passementerie; black astrachan is also
used with good effect. Women who love
elegance must rejoice that velvet and lace
are restored to their former prestige. So
rich material as velvet requires very little
additional, and good taste is shown in max
ing velvet skirt entirely plain with deep
fiounce of lace across the front that is often
faced on the outside with satin the width
of the lace, as the lace hangs more grace
fully over the smooth shining surface
There seems at present to be no limit to the
luxury of neglige, and 4 tea-gown now in
vokes as much expenditure as did the ball
dress of years ago.
To justify this assertion it is only neces-
sary to quote the fashion editor of the
New York Herald. This is the description
given of one as it came under the inspec-
ton of this writer on modes:
SIT is made of two materials, pink crepe
de Chine and striped silk. The silk is
cream colored, with little flowers enlbroid-
cred on it. The front is formed with loose
pink crepe de Chine drapery, which falls
right down to the foot. All down the front
almost at the center, the closing is covered
with very small and delicate pink feather
tips. Besides there are small tufts of the
same feathers sprinkled over the front.
The sides are of the striped silk with small
embroidered flowers perfectly straight in
the panel, and the back of the striped silk |
letting out at the centera full train of crepe !
de Chine. The sleeves are very full, of |
pink de Chine, and tied up in gerbe by
small tuft of the pink feather tips. The |
collar, which is formed of a round band, is |
finished off with pink feather tips. This is
but one of a series of very beautiful tea |
gowns which have been created by one of |
the best known firms of modistes.