The Republican journal., 1895-12-12
New York Fashions.

New York Fashions.
EVENING DRESSES. CORsAGE ORNA
MENTs. FURs. RIPPLE COLLARETTEs.
NECK BOAs.
Correspondence Of The Journal.
Very pretty and inexpensive evening
dresses, appropriate for Christmas and
New Year entertainments, are Of taffeta
silk, either plain, or with little Dresden
/ figures on narrow stripes, and corsages
may be helped out with chiffon fronts, or
| howered silk sleeves puffed to the elbows.
Skirts should be perfectly plain and all
trimming centered upon the waist. Square
necks, cut quite low, are more in favor
than round necks, and wide lace is drap-
ed around the neck and shoulders in so
many different ways that any style which
is becoming is admissible.
| THE NEWEST IDEA
is to loop very wide lace at the front,
back, and at either shoulder, with a
fancy pin or small cluster Of artificial
flowers. These last are very much worn
for evening, consisting usually of large
spray on each shoulder, connected by del
icate foliage, and crossing the front is
attached to either side at the waist by an
other spray. Not unfrequcntly the flowers
used in the hair. A large bunch of vio-
lets at either corner Of square neck is
very fashionable, with a contrasting satin
ribbon bow on the top of the other sleeve.
are now an all-absorbing topic, new
shapes or trimmings investing the stand
ard furs with renewed charm. and STYLES
originated or introduced by G. g. Shayne
are always a subject Of special interest
to cOnnoiSseurs in such matters. The
old favorites, Alaska seal, colored and
natural Hudson Bay otter, eastern mink,
Russian and Hudson Bay sable, Alaska
sable and Persian lamb, all re-appear in
elegant novelties we'll calculated to cap
tivate the most fastidious. mink peler-
inc covers the shoulders and the upper
part of the sleeve, extending almost to
the edge of the dress at the front, and
finished off with five mink tails at either
side, high collar, and is certainly an ele-
giant and jaunty covering There is an
immense demand for chinchilla and capes.
full collarettes or trimmings of this love-
ly fur are often preferred to any other,
its genuine beauty being its strongest
recommendation, and it is also quite as
stylish for evening as for day wear.
NEW COLLARETTEs
are very full, falling in ripples around the
neck and shoulders, and are dressy little
affairs, shown in Persian lamb, seal, otter,
mink and chinchilla. A Persian lamb
cape with full sweep. twenty inches long,
with chinchilla collar, is as servceable as
is it is handsome, and one likely to re-
main stylish. For persons susceptible to
cold Persian lamb coats, thirty inches
long, with collars and rerers are advisable,
and a similar shape in Hudson Bay otter
or seal is additionally handsome. A beau
tiful contrast is attained by trimming a
scdl coal WIFI ClllnCnllld COllaf. GUNS ana
rerers, or for those who prefer it, with
sable or mink The very latest, cup to
date" seal, Persian lamb or Hudson Bay
otter coats, are made with Russian
front; that is to say, a plain, broad piece,
extending from one shoulderto the other,
slightly narrowing toward the waist line.
Besides these various garments, are
long mink capes, and also long or short
cloth capes, with or without hoods, and
lined with Siberian squirrel. Tails are
now the fashionable trimming, and clus-
ters Of from twelve to eighteen tails are
seen on neck scarfs. The new "Marl-
borough scarf shows off these clusters
Of tails to advantage, and with two little
heads above produces very striking ef-
feet. Sometimes a cluster Of mink or
sable tails is used on boa with one head
at the centre. Muffs are little larger
this season and flat muffs, edged with
plated silk and trimmed with heads and
tails, are much ia favor for evening.
VERONA CLARKE.