St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-01-28
FASHION NOTES.
Fur is now used for trimming.

Fur is now used for trimming.
Bright red, trimmed with black velvet
and jet, is popular for house gowns.
Black and red double breasted vests
are fashionable with navy blue serge
walking suits.
F~inccss gowns h97e yoke, round or
Y shaped, and corselet Of silk edged
VIII bead gimp.
A short Jacket front should never be
worn by stout figure, as it adds to the
apparent breadth.
Hercules braid three Or four inches
wide is used around the skirts of col
ored serge gowns.
The dressiest bonnets have jet orna-
ments, and the whole crown is some
times a network of the glistening beads.
Following the English fashion flowers
will bc worn on felt hats not layishly,
however.
The little toreador jackets of vAl7et
are not only quite stylish looking, but
may be put on over thin silk when the
evening is cool.
N COdIet Hull huOHu DIS cuGthCl
blue is in vogue for those blouses made
with fiat plaits and fitted closely to the
figure.
The double breasted pique waistcoat
is very popular, though as a shirt and
Jacket are necessary with it, it is not
very cool.
With the princess gown, has come the
fancy for striped silks, and they are
noted in black with pale blue, black with
rose, and black with mode.
The old fashioned guipure lace has re-
turned to vogue 1t is used in the
broader widths for trimming bodices.
while for skirts, several rutf1es of the
narrowest width arc most fashionable.
With the tailor gown will be worn the
new russell leather glove. Light shades,
especially white, in suede, will be chosen
for evening, and for dressy day wear
pearl or light tan will be preferred to the
dark tints.
Among new boots the smartest is the
heavy calf, laced, which will be worn by
every fashiona y right minded woman
with her tailor gown when she walks.
For rainy days, oddly enough, russell
leather shoes are considered the proper
choice. They have pointed toes and
common sense fiat heels.
In bonnets there is lite new Just nc Y,
except that they are increasing in size,
especially at the sides. and are heavily
ornamented with jet and rich galoons of
different kinds. Hats have superseded
bonnets very generally, even for elderly
ladies and matrons.
The efforts of the silk producers to in
troduce vivid and startling colors in
mems neckwear have met with but
tepid Endorsement.
Embroidered and tinted full-ircss
bows are still very bad form. 1t seems
strange that every year this remark must |
be made. The necessity for it is caused |
by the few who wish to appear eccentric
or Independent in their dress and tn,
many who ape their fashions
The moth and the dragon fy-demoi-
scllc is its less formidable French de-
favorte forms for
brooches and lace and hair pins. and are
always largely represented in every show
Of wedding presents.
The humble bee and the hornet, the
daddy long-legs and the bue-battlc tiv
an many other insects are composed Of
colorcd stones to suit their several eharac.
:ers, and supplied with iridescent and
rams Narent wings. Clear enamel is very
effective, too, in certain orchids, a large
nauve blossom of the sort forming the
pendent Of a riviere.
1t is the fad now to wear the Lair
parted in the middle and coiled high in
) fluffy knot upon the crown. after the
ashton of the girls in Gibson's drawings.
In canes and umbrellas the tendency
his season is toward the use of natu> al
ticks without metal tops The sticks
re of smaller size, and made of sm 10Th
wood. !
White suede gloves and slippers are
tc choice now for evening wea1, with
II colored toilets. The soft clinging
id is becoming. Sometimes a tiny
limestone buckle is Sc in a small bow
t MORE ribbon on each lnstep.
The useful shirt waist has tax en- new :
old upon popular fancy, and SOM, very :;
ainty ones are in blue silk trimmed with :.
lffles of the same, buttonholed in white =
r red. These are especially pretty for :
ear with the skirts Of Elton jacket suits. :
Very beautiful and dressy are the new C
apes of plain or changeable velvet. V
hey are hall long, very full AND trimmed 81
it'll passementcrie and fur or feathers. it
ome are longer, and have three gradu- 81
ed caps, each edged with fur. fl
An Elton jacket Of black Astrakhan, u u
fine and lustrous as MORE antique, =
AIDE entirel, of the skins of still-born =. ~
mbs, is ole of the pretty youthful gar ~
ents for winter. 1t has turned-over n
.wl collar, and long, large sleeves. s sa
Small sleeveless bolero jackets of black "a
lvet that may be worn with almost of
v dress are stylish additions to youth hi
toilettes. They cost from $500 to is