The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-16
FASHIONS FADS.
What the Summer Girls are Wear
ing-COquettish Shade Hats.

Mliil1erS' W1nQOWS snow many small
turbans, aud Dame Rumor'' mas it that
Autumn styles will show great change
French modistes are making dres.
skirts closely gored in front and on ths
sides, with bias back arranged in a new
way that gives stylish scantaess at the
TOP. and great breadth al the foot.
For fall, nearly all gloves viii be with
gaunflets, and nearly all hats will be OF
soft felt, with no end Of ostrich tips and
long pIumes, mingled with gold braid
The newest corset covers are very mEeh
trimmed, having several rows OF huCed
lace, or one row OF deep lace above but
ton-holes, into which ribbon is run.
The covers are meant to be seen through
the white grenadine, bareage and lace
dresses. which are now SO popular.
the heat shaped, loEus-shaped aud dra.
gon's head are among the handsomesi
buckles shown for belts.
Japanese lace is coming into the mar
ket. 1t is new manufacture, and
hitherto has been mainly consumed al
home.
Rubens collars are very much worn on
matinees and negliges They ara gener-
ally made with a narrow hem, edged wit
lace or fine embroidery.
Jet is particularly in vogue. and shows
Improvement in designs. Novel jet belts
are pointed IN the centre and bordered
with graduated fringe.
Weeping willow green and rust green
are the newest color combinations.
Jet belts are novel feature, pointed in
the centre and bordered with graduate
fringe.
Marie Stuart fchus, with deep lace
frills, are used on garden party dresses.
Silk muslin, brocaded with bright posies,
Is used for the summer tea gown, and it Is
fashioned in medieval style. with full,
big sleeves and lightly draped skirts.
ol- frr fxfa
style for fall and winter-black in every
thing. MORE will be used to make ele-
gant reception gowns, and these will
have scant trimming and that nearl y al
ways of lace or Jet.
The large hats, which look like halos
around a pretty face will be in high
favor. Some of the new hats are made of
undressed kid, in soft colors-brown,
beige, gray and pearl drawn tightly over
frames, and edged with gilt or silver
braid. Indeed, SO much of the silver and
gilt braid is seen in the ware houses that
it is no longer matter. of surprise to me
that money is scarce.
Fancy shoes do not find favor among
women of best taste. They are too sug-
gestive of the variety show.
With thin summer dresses. cut low at
the neck, all kinds of necklaces are re-
viyed, from baby's coral pearls and dia-
monds of royalty.
Pleats and wide Hungarian kills ap-
pear in the latest Paris importations fol
dinner, carriage or church gowns.
The new weaves in woolens are very
soft and beautiful, most particularly the
cheviots in light weight for autumn. They
are woven so that the stripes are diagonal,
and in some lights scarcely observable,
while in others they are sharply defined,
but all in one color. The tanbarK shade
is very soft and pretty, and com bines with
almost any trimming or color. There is q
pearl-wnite cheviot in chevron weave
with here and there a long brown hall
woven loosely, apparently on the sur
face. and predict that this will immedi-
ately take among the young ladies.
Trimmed with brown velvet and silver or
gilt cord il would be an ideal gown
Shade hats were never more charming
nor in greater variety than this season.
Even for the beach are wide shapes made
of white, pink, or yellow lace and chiffon.
For garden fetss. the silk malI hats rival
those of lace and tulle for midsummer
wear. Spanish round hats of yellow chiffon
have trimmings of black silk net, with
yellow roses apd long scarfs that come
from the back, and are OF sufficient
width to veil and envelop the throat.
Black Chantilly lace hats are trimmed
with red-briar roses or saliva blossoms.
Wide-brimmed Vasssr hats OF Milan
braid ia corn yellow. olive gray, and like
fashionable shades. appropriate for
mountain and seaside wear, are simply
trimmed with Alsatian bows Of fancy
ribbon, set very erect upon the crown OF
the baSi A-.sc-g the late novelties are
garden party bats of white birch twins
and foliage; interviewer in BASKET fash
ion, forming very charming Maud Mul.
Ter hats trimmed alone with dainask
roses leaves and buds