The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-22
FASHIONS FADS.
The Tickle and Extravagant Dame
at no Loss for Novelties.

Sable tail trimming is much used for
trimming Found hats Of velvet or satin,
especiallyfwith different shades Of brown.
A fashion that is only permissible to
women whose figures are very slender,
is that which shows tiny velvet r~osettes
put where the buttons ought to be. While
these are absolutely rosettes, still they
are made Of very narrow velvet ribbon
and slightly aattened.
Lace 1ounces are much used on evening
toilets of velvet.
!. Handsome buttons with real or imitation
buttenholes appear upon many OF the
new costumes of cloth and velvet in COM
bination.
White woollens are much worn.
Box cloth is becoming u fashionable
material for cloaks and Jackets.
Military red is foremost in favor for
trimming hats, but be sure it is becoming
before you get IT. as you will not be
forgiven for being both conspicuously m
uubecomingly dressed at the same time
just to be fashionable. The color suits a
blonde with pure clear complexion.
Round waists, belted in. are still worn.
Nothing is more becoming to a youth
full, pretty face than the soft low Tam
O'Snanter caps of velvet now SO much
worn. They are folded up high on the
left side, and Ornamented there with two
quilts thrust to point forward. Felt
round hats with q velvet crown of gay
women, rs a soft brim OF brown felt with
t ureau velvet crown, trimmed with
wings, tips or cog piumes.
Bands Of fur are much worn on street
dresses.
Long h1deous capes, which seem to aim
woman's figure, for some unknown rea-
son, are much worn.
Plaids are universally used for chill
dren's dresses.
Tricky repped yet soft Muscovite silks
and bengalines of light color are made up
in shirred basques called dinner coats, to
be worn with a skirt of white or light
colored face cloth bordered narrowly
with fur. The back is seamless, and is
widely shirred at the waist line, while the
front turns back with a revers collar to
disclose a Iull blouse of chiffon, lace or
silk. Rose pink Muscovite silk makes a
beautiful coat Of this fashion. with gar
net velvet revers, and white blouse of
China silk with rutieS down the front
mitred with pink. There are full long
sleeves of the white silk gathered to a
.swristband, with shorter over sleeves Of
the pink silk banded with garnet velvet.
A soft felt hats with a crease on top, that
goes by the name of Alpine" Is much
worn, TO the astonishment OF many who
/. detest it. U5esa
SHETLAND shawls, whose picturesque
coloring makes them very becoming, are
much used for driving and travelling
cloaks. The fringe forms trimming for
the front and hem,
Most of the trained toilets for full dress
the coming season are in princesse STYLE,
the length Of the train moderate. the
usual skirt springs and other support
ers replaced by the taffeta-silk petit
coat, which shows a graceful ingenious
arrangement of pleating 1ounces at the
back, skifully grouped and adjusted with
u view to supporting the train. The
foundation skirt appears only at the back.
and is lined to the depth of t~hree-quar-
tiers of a yard with very light weight can
vas. Then the pleated train which falls
above this is linen either with feather
weight cotton flannel or cotton beck
MORE silk. u material made expressly
for lining skirts of handsome gowns.
In other respects, evening toilets
dresses, as in them also much
emphasis is laid on picturesque collars
and sleeves and fancy and elaborate cor
sages. Medieval designs appear again
upon gowns for special wear, the skirt
failing straight and being lifted slightly
on the left side with a rich chatelaine
ornament of silver. The quaint style of
dress also that is worn by Marguerite in
Faust is copied almost literally for youth
full, petite figures.
Black silk is among the most popular
fabric for dinner gowns that are not pre-
tentious but rather inclined to quiet
elegance. says an English authority. The
sombre effect of black is quite obviated
by the decorations of the dress, the
gloves, chiffon, flowers and jewels.
But there are often occasions
when a beautiful woman accentu-
=. ates her beauty by a dead black
toilet, which is only relieved by her and
bouquet of red and pink roses. Such a
gown gives a dazzling prominence to a
fair skin and beautiful hair. One stylish
dinner gown of rich black silk had a
demi TRAINED skirt bordered with cut jet
passementerie, and the bodice most taste
fully trimmed with black chiffon, black
velvet and jet.