Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
Enshinn Notes.

| Gold-linked chains are worn around the
| waist over sable and Persian lamb jackets.
Repped fabrics in both small and heavy
| cords grow constantly in fashionable faVor'
Iridescent mohairs of heavy weight are
much used for travelling costumes this sea-
| son.
| Shaggy-haired vicuna cloths which resem-
BILE the Angora shawls of long ago are made
up into gowns for midwinter wear.
| Moirc effects in silk, wool and velvets are
decidedly the thing for this season, and all
| the new fiowered silks have a MORE ground.
Hyacinth blue and a certain pale rosy
shade of mauve is a very fashionable French
| color mixture and as a rule is q becoming
one.
The new shades in gloves are pearl, cham
pagne gray, mushroom and tan, and very
| light tints OF these colors are worn in the
| evening
The newest and most popular colors for
| evening toilets are pale and golden yellow,
silver gray, mauve, white and rose In many
| lovely tints
new invention in the way Of imitation
chinchilla Is said to be a great success, es-
pecially in narrow bands for trimming and In
the matter of price.
Old-fashioned China ribbon in the narrow
width has come back again and is used for
embroiderng sprays with gold ana silver
thread and Roman pearls. vF
All sorts of collars, pelerines, and small
shoulder capes OF fur are worn this season,
and they are made of seal. mink sable, grebe
and chinchilla, alone, or In combination
of any two kinds.
Patterns in black, with silk underweaves
in contrasting color showing family be-
tween the cords are particularly pretty
black and cerise, black and gold, mauve,
apple green, and like contrasts.
The fancy for fabrics with black and
colors of various kinds interviewer has
ty1yil1 cd nj
weights. These make neat and pretty
gowns for matronly women.
Repped fabrics in a mixture OF silk and
wool are among the latest importations OF
dress goods, and a new material called
| poll de chevre, which is very smooth and
| glossy is being made up into dressy gowns.
Overskirts come slowly but surely to the
| fore, and the long rounded shapes are about
equally popular with the Vandyke or pointed
models. There is no particular enthusiasm,
| however, over the fashion in any OF it's
| guises.
Ribbons or very narrow galloons, spangled
very slightly or merely at the edge, make
an effective inexpensive garniture which
can be arranged for neclSbands, belts,
| borders to simulate box-pleats, bretelles,
| boleros, and the like.
Many of the utility dress skirts for winter,
when made up OF single-width goods, are OF
| half circle shape, with the single seam up
| the back while Others OF narrow width silk
| and other materials, have gored breadths
| and are full at the back.
An imported collet is made Of black vel
ours de nord bordered with elegant Van
dyke patterned jet work, and finished with
high Vandyked collar, also Jet edged.
Three narrow bands of black Persian lamb
surround this full collar.
The loose empire coats grow in popularity
| among youthful wearers and slender ma
| irons. Some of the more recent models have
IL ,IatG, a
| few have their straight fronts open over fur
vests. They have loose bishop sleeves with
| fur cuffs and very eXtravagant looking Me-
| dici collar edged with fur band
Fancy velvets and fine velveteens with
| small crushed patterns are used for blouse
| waists, sleeves and bodice trimmings gen
| orally, and a novelty in fancy velvet has a
| chine silk ground covered with scant vel
| vet pile or scattered over the surface in
pretty scroll patterns, which produce lovely
sheen and wonderful blending of colors
Beaded and embroidered trimmings In
shades of light blue, pink, mauve, gold and
green are In greater variety than ever and
appear in various degrees of elegance and
extravaganza in evening, afternoon and
morning gowns. One OF the recent reyivals
is the bugle bead which comes In every
color, and is very effective element of
the new trimmings.
Among fashionable cloakings are silk seal
plushes in six different grades, each grade
about forty-eight inches wide; velours d.
nord In five different grades, this thirty-two
inches wide; plain and plaided beaver cloths,
an endless variety of fancy boucles, richly
dyed kerseys, soft heecy wool diagonals,
French cassimeres, tempting invoice OF
ladies' cloths, checked cheyiots OF English
manufacture and fancy canvas and basket
cloths in various handsome color mixtures
Ermine and grebe have come to the fore
in the mixture of two and three different
furs on one garment, and these also COM
mand a high price. Grebe and sealskin
wraps OF very elegant description are Of
fered for sale at almost pr0hibitive prices.
great point in the purchase OF new seal
garments is the depth OF color and the deep
velyety closeness OF the fur. Although novel
wraps show sealskin combined with grebe
chinchilla ermine or other costly fur the
other sort.