River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-14
NOTES ON THE STYLES.
Small Matters of Interest to Followers of
the Fashions.

small Matters of Interest to Followers of
the Fashions.
Velvet ribbon is favolite garniture
for demi-toilets of various materials.
A basque of rich fringe, shaped to
deep point in front and tapering mar
row to the back, is seen on some of the
handsomest dinner gowns.
Swallow gray with magnolia white or
Indian red, palest doe-color with dark
russell and Egyptian blue with pale sill
yer are combined in the handsomest
cloth gowns.
Velvet and wool are combined in
some of the most tasteful winter gowns.
The velvet often forms peasant waist
which can be worn with various
dresses. or a basque of graceful shape,
with skirt, vest and sleeves of striped
vigogne or camers hair.
Pingot. the famous Partisan designer
of costumes, makes black velvet coats
of the prevailing three-quarters length,
with fitted back, large pockets on the
sides and the straight fronts TO turn
back and show facings of black guipure
lace wrought with gold.
A new and delicate shade OF rasp-
berry pink is called ''salambo' This
color, combined with Russian green, is
especially effective. A very beautiful
brocade, recently seen at a leading
shop, had beautiful flower design bro
caded ON ground shot with these two
colors.
Some of the new roun l-waisted
French dresses are finished with sharp
ly-pointed bretelles that reach trifie
below the waist line. front and back.
Many are delicately embroidered at the
edge; others covered with straight rows
of gimp, ribbon or braiding in ara
besque patterns, and again the betelles
are made of velvet, studded with nail
heads.
Cloth newmarket coats that cover the
wearer from throat to foot are fitted in
the back, with Tapped fronts fastened
by frogs that have miniature mink
heads set in them. The deep collar and
the edges of the front are of mink.
These are made of soft cloths. without
lining. except the silk lining necessary
in the sleeves.
In materials for ordinary wear iron
gray wooden corduroy is popular
utility fabric. 1t has a sort of pepper
and salt appearance, is a lightweight
texture and is warm and wear-defying.
Flecked English goods are as fashion
able this winter as last, some of the
more recent combinations of color be-
ing exceedingly attractive.
The old-fashioned lInotted fringos
used years ago in various widths have
appeared again, and are used in grace
full ways upon some of the handsomest
gowns of the season. Ruchings of silk,
fringed at the edges and laid in close
triple plaits, are also revived, and these
make very good and becoming substi-
tute for ostrich-feather trimming
The accompanying acce ssories which
come with recently-imported fabrics for
evening gowns are in the form of lace
berthas and some rich Vatican ribbon
sashes. Brocades in flower designs pre-
vail among the sashes. Among the
flower designs are red and white pop
pies of enormous size. lunches of pur-
pie iris, marguerites and huge carna-
tons.
Silk velvet comes to the fore this sea
son as fabric pre-eminent for trim
ming. Velvet skirts are also highly
fashionable once again, and are worn
beneath very dressy open-fronted coats
of satin brocade that have vests Of ecru
corded silk, embI Oidered and finished
with lace frill that goes around the
neck of the high collar, and is jaboted
all the way down the front of the vest.
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