The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-12-22

into types OF grace and ease, when be-
fore we wero the exact opposite.
FASHIONS FROM MARIE ASToINETTE.
1t is season of revivals in dress.
hour are but, in many cases, only the
fads and fancies of the old regime
brought back to life again. The same
gorEeousness, the same jewe,led effects,
the same Congregations are seen every
where in the fashions OF to day.
The Marie ADtoinette hat is among
the most priced creations of tho sea-
sons millinery. 1t shows plainly the
Trianon crown in NIL it's glory. Be-
side this, there are always many nod
ding plumes, and generally brim
which at each side forms IL long point.
Marie Antoiuette was partial to large
hats. So nre the fashionable women
OF to-day. 1t was during the reign OF
Louis XVI. that the hats were first
worn well tilted over the forehead,
just ms they are at present. 1t was at
this time also that the large dashing
hat was worn far enough back upon
the head to show my lady's pompa-
dour to perfection.
But it is not only the Marie Antoin-
cite hat with the Trianon crown which
is here this fall. The newest, most
dreaded fashion OF all, the small
sleeve, can be traced right back to the
time when the Queen was playing at
farming at Trianon. This fact may
account for the reason why the slender
asg 10 ~,
thusiasm when the fashions OF Marie
Antoinette are mentioned.
But then to compensate for the I'M
becomingness of this tight fitting
sleeve, there are the beautiful lowered
silks and satin brocades. They were
high in favor during the time of Marie
Antoinettc, and they are all the vogue
to-day. Many of the new brocades
for evening gowns, both in design and
colorings, are exact limitations of the
brocades worn at tho court balls when
Louis XVI. was proul of tho beauty
of his young Queen.
This is essentially n season OF rib
bons, aud how Marie Antoinette did
love them She caught up the lnces
of her gowns with ribbons. She word
rosettes and bows. And she kept Rosd
Berth, her "Minister of Mode"
busy continually devising new ways Of
arranging her yards of ribbon.
Stripes are another revival OF the
Marie Antoinetto fashion. Striped
silks are much worn at present. Dur
ing the year 1877 not only did all the
women OF the court of Marie Antoin-
80 IN ,til 60, e.
gowns, but the men and children wore
striped costumes as well.
Then there is tho Marie Antoinette
couture, with its bobbing curls and
marvellous display OF pulls. This is
the fashion now, and has been for
some time. The pompadour was be.
loved by Marie Antoinetto, and she
loved to cover her ears with colt puifs
OF hair, and that is just what our Eng
Itch sisters nre doing ut present.
In the days OF Marie Antoinetle
muh's as large as drums were carrie
by the ladies of fashion. This fall the
small mulf of last season "a nowhere
to be found. IL is the muif so large
that little hands are lost inside it that
is the vogue. Aud 1t is n typical Marie
Antoinette mufl.
The miniature, which is a craze Of
tho hour also, belongs 10 the days OF
the old regime. Marie Antolnette
herself had any number OF exquisitcly
painted miniatures, which, though
the works OF artists of note, she wore
as ornaments with the samo careless
abandon as she did her lace frills.
Magnificent jeweIled buttons were
in favor then Just ns they are now. aud
the frequent use Of buckles is also a
revival Of the Gays OF Marie Antoinette.
The small fans in vogue Mt present be.
long to Marie Antoinette's time, and
go do the high-hoeled, pointed slip.
/ pers.
As for the fchu, just to see it mpl es
one think of Mario Antoinette. She
it was who invented this dainty, quaint
fashion, and she wore the fchu with
/ almost all of her gowns.
Hand-painted and jewelled gloves
were fad of Marie AHtoiuette's, and q
/ few Of these novelties are now being
introduced for evening wear.
Surely Dame Fashion in planning
/ her novelties this season has not hest
itated to borrow much from the days
when Marie Antoinette was in all her
! glory.-New York Journal.