Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
Fashion Notes.

A white sailor hat, faced under the brim
with dark blue, has a band and wing of dark
blue for trimming.
There is a growing fancy among designers
for rich, beautiful oriental effects instead of
the dresden and pompadour patterns so long
the rage.
1t is ligely that the craze for gay-pat-
termed ribbon will decline by another
season, and that plain, rich weaves in satin,
taffeta aud velvet will survive the fancy
varieties.
1t is said that aigrettes will not be in
such favor for the reason that the royal
bride, Princess Maud, has decided to no
longer countenance a fashion which causes
| suffering and death to the nesting heron
which provides them.
A white hat is the most appropriately
worn with an all-white costume, or IL the
gown be of coarse etamine or Holland, a
hat of coarse cream straw looks well with a
twist of ribbon and a butterfly bow with
pointed ends as a simple finish
A gown of white pique has the skirt and
collar trimmed with a narrow band of blue
linen. The shirt and collar are made of
striped blue and white linen. The full front
of the bodice is caught up under a large bow
of the piGue, lined with blue linen.
This season the etamines, canvas, fabrics
and ether rough | ashet effects are considered
smarter gowns than those made of soft,
smooth wooden. There are countless pat
terms this year of this description, also in
mixtures of two contrasting weaves.
Exquisitely delicate and beautiful designs
on Venetian, Renaissance, Honiton, Lierre
and Vandyke laces and insertions are laid
over tinted chiffons on elegant evening
waists made to wear with skirts of satin
hrocade or taffeta silk, plain, changeable or
Powered.
White serge, white flannel, mohair and
linen duck are all extremely popular beach
gowns this season, and an attractive COM
bination just now is a white serge or mo-
hair skirt worn with Persian patterned silk
or cashmere, the patterned fabric being used
to form a corselet or shirtwaist. , ..
Ribbon in every width and color and pat
tern is prodigally used for vests, stocks, cir
dies, belts, sashes and shoulder-bows as well
as for any other decoration that fancy can
c%ontrive for waist or skirt. The ribbon
stock is still ubiquitous, and with the match
ing belt garnitures is often the saving grace
of a gown.
Most of the huge round hats piled with
gauZe or tulle of two different colors, with
a basketful of roses, intermiXed with a big
unrefined looking buckle, and the whole
overspread by a pair Of far-reaching bird of
Paradise plumes are absurd to a degree, and
look ridiculous above a face either full or
slender. 1t it to be hoped that these deco
rations will pass into desuetude with the
coming of autumn hat garnitures.
For autumn gowns the mohair fabrics
will lose none of their prestige; on the con-
trary. they will find additional patronage,
and sample cards show additional novelties
to the already great variety of their weav-
ing. Among these are bcurette, mohairs
with rough, shaggy figures woven on their
lustrous surface, also mohair serges and mo-
hair diagonals woven in twills in various
colorings. There are also new pretty chame-
leon mohairs, Persian effects on rich Oriental
colorings, and dressy and effective satin
finished patterns that could easily be mis-
taken for fancy silks.