Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
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Handkerchiefs are very elaborate.
White sailor hats with orange brown
wings.
Most of the evening gowns have faint
touch of jet.
Square vests and the round Breton basque
will be worn.
Gray gowns of Bedford cords, with trim
mings of black, are quite the fashionable
walking dress.
Mohair skirts are light and durable, and
sell in neat silvery grays in preference to
other colors.
Until late in the season light suede gloves
will be worn, the modish colors being white,
lilac and pale gray.
White cloth vests in the early fall suits
should be embroidered in Breton style, with
black, yellow and red silk.
The combination of dark blue and laven-
der will, it cannot be doubted, obtain more
generally as the season progresses.
High stiff loops, pointed ends, long Topped
bows and torSades of soft folds OF piece vel
vet are on the new London and Paris hats.
Bouquets have long trails and loops of
flower CHAINS depending from them that
fall almost to the hem of the dress when
carried.
The newest things in hosiery are black
silk stockings with white Brussels lace
fronts, and stockings embroidered in for
get-me-notS.
Most of the jackets and coats are made of
Bedford cord and white. Some are fin
ished with collar cuffs and pocket flaps of
velvet or silk.
The new form of cincture, belt in fancy
leather or passementerie, wider in front
than at the back, and with two points, prom
lses to be very popular.
The large palm-shaped Japanese fans
make pretty holders for duster or brush
broom by bending them into cornucopia
shape with bow or ribbon at the bottom.
The feather boa has come to stay, and its
latest development is in black feathers tip
ped with white, combination that can
only be worn by woman who is sure of
her beauty.
A very good way to save the bottoms of
the dress from wear, also to prevent fine
leather of kid boots from friction, is to
bind the bottom of the. dress with velvet in
stead of silk.
A new style of sailor hat is raised 1t the
back with :. garniture of pompon and loops
of black velvet ribbon. This hat is lined
with velvet, and has band Of the same
around the crown.
The gray wooden mixtures in cheviot,
etc, are now made so attractive that they
are worn by many not in mourning. though
originally made for this use. They are
trimmed with black or gray.
The first colored dress which is put on
little boys after they are year old IS of
Bingham and is made with plated waist
with rows of insertion between the plaits,
and a skirt laid in side plaits.
New lace curtains have a decided ecru
color and are of exquisite workmanship.
ca haipc fin to To-,
others are of applique, while a third style
is on the order of Irish point.
Belted waists with yokes and plastrons
are in as great favor with tailors as with
dressmakers. They also show princeSse
gowns, some fastened in the back, others
with coat fronts, and still others crossing
diagonally.
A very sensible and serviceable dress for
autumn wear is made of homespun. The
material is wide, and therefore seven or
eight yards will be enough, as it should be
made with 4 plain skirt, q loose open coat,
and tight vest. A contrasting fabric can be
used for the vest.
For the coming season the pheasant, pea
cock and cocque furnishes US with beauti-
full feathers that are made up into long and
short boas, muffs. cloak and dress trim
mings, and hat and bonnet garnitures, in
Guiding whole toGues of the brilliant pea
cock or metallic Shaded pheasant, that al
ways seem to show new beauties at every
turn.
A sleeve that is pretty for an evening
dress is a plain coat the upper half of which
is open from the shoulder to just below the
elbow, this opening filed in with lace form
ing V. The lace at the shoulder is laid in
thick pleats. At the wrist deep pleating
of lace falls over the hand The V is piped
with cord and has two or three rows of vel
vet or ribbon about it, and the same around
the wrist