The record-union., 1892-12-03
FASHION NOTES.

Bats wings are made of quilts brushed
over with metallic powder.
Magenta velvet accessories with black
or white gowns has become general.
Fluffy short boas of glace silk pinked
Oh the edges are to be found in every
shop.
Dotted beugalines are both pretty and
stylish; much-wished-for combination
very often.
Bright stripes from an inch to an inch
and half in width on dark grounds are
edged with tiny cord.
A delicate peach pink and faint lettuce
green makes lovely combination for an
evening glace silk or brocade.
Black chiffon boas are the fancy of the
hour in Paris, ana rulings Of this dainty
material sell well there at all times.
white satin ground has diagonally
woven stripe OF light color inclosing
tiny sprays of white and colored flowers.
Lovely brocades of pale blue and vel
low have white ground, and fiecks of
bouretting are becoming general in many
novelties.
Crinkly horizontal cords are seen in
contrast TO the ground and armure cords
and are striped an eighth of an inch apart
in self colors.
Capotes are of embroidered satin Orwell
vet, trimmed with light sprays of beads
or feathers and generally have strings of
velvet faced with satin of contrasting
color.
Some very pretty belts are of leather
inlaid with gold. Some are plain. and
not very deep, but the most novel are
nodded to the figure, that is enlarged
from the waist upward so as to cling to
the bust.
Hats of colored felt are trimmed with
very large bows of ribbon and very light
aigrettes of feathers. The ribbon is cen
orally double-taced satin. or velvet faced
with satin, but brocaded silk ribbons are
also fashionable.
To many faces the very flat Alsatian
bow is not becoming, but the effect is Mt
once altered by adding a tall, upright
loop in the center or by adopting the
long side trimming, which is, perhaps.
even more stylish.
A novelty in outdoor costume is the
large lace veil which has taken the place
of the voilette. Not only does it COM
pletely cover the bonnet, but it is draped
about the neck and shoulders, and
fastened on one side by brooch
For home toilets, belts are much worn
with the full bodice; one of the latest
models is the American belt. 1t is made
OF gros-graln ribbon, quite six inches
deep, quite plain at the back; in
front it is fastened with three straps. and
buckles like gymnastic belt.
Rough wool goods are edged with
three-inch folds or bands stitched on
either side. Often the top of the skirt is
without a band, the outside material
turned over on the lining and "staved''
with tiny cape; this is worn over the
edge of the round waist, which has full
sleeves of glace or plain velvet and a
high cOrsage of either material. The
prettiest collars are of loose folds of vel
vet fastening under a soft rosette at the
side.
Light gray and brown mixed tweeds
and rough-fnished cheviots, in plaids.
stripes and diBgonals are universally
adopted for children's clothes, bows or
girls. The girls dresses are lighter
weight than the boys suits, but the long.
soft, warm ulsters, with two or three
shoulder capes, which are worn by both
girls and boys, and made exactly Of the
same material, are of the heavy
weights. For girls dressy wraps, ecru,
tan, gray, Russian blue and green ladies'
cloth are used. They are in redingote
style and also the familiar waste and skirt
shape, and the appearance is varied bv
the addition of a silk-lined hood. or a
Vatican plat, or a Russian-blouse effect.
The length Of outer garments for girls
remains the same, to the bottom of the
dress skirt. The trimmings are soft.
light-colored, long-haired turs, Angora,
lynx, fox, etc, and many are double
breasted, fastened with large ivory or
horn buttons