St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-25
FEMININE FiNERY.
Notes of the Fashions in Winter Cos.
Tunes.

TUNES.
A dainty empire cape for evening
use is made of magnolia-white cloth
| lined with rose-colored morie, and
edged around the double cape collars
with a line of dark mink fur. AnotheT
of rose-pink cloth, edged with Angora
fur, is lined with Dresden silk and tied
with handsome Dresden ribbons.
In the elegant array of silks lately
opened were iridescent taffetas bro.
caded with Marie Antoinette figures,
delicate gray corded silks with dainty
garlands of violets and roses, black
moires with center in each width re.
sembling passementerie scrolls, white
moires brocaded with shaded earna.
tions, and French silks in vivid color.
ings whose designs are toned by film,
like over-weaving which gives them a
chine effect,
Passementerie decorations are more
than ever in vogue. Those which ema.
nate from Paris are eptionally beau.
tiful, and many of the Persian-pat,
termed bands and appliques are mar
velous in their devices and color-blend.
lngs. Eastern ideas now appear among
less expensive trimmings, many OF
which are used upon new and pretty
cloth fabric which exactly resembles
basket plaid in pattern, the goods
doing excellent duty as a service
able material for tailor gowns and
jackets.
New winter materials are appearing
tentatively in the shops, among them
being rough tweeds with fat glossy
curls on the surface, shepherd S checks
and large plaids combined in one fab
ric, changeable repped goods figured
with Persian devices, and armures and
bengalines with tiny spots or indefinite
stripes on their vari-colored surfaces.
In richer fabrics velvets are in iride-
scent effects, thick Lyons silks are
brilliant with a sort of metallic lustre,
and Terry velvet is again en- evidence.
An odd and fanciful waist to wear
with black crepon skirt is of red silk
velvet of elegant quality and rich
luster, with full sleeves of Roman
plaid taffeta silk. A jetted yoke GOV.
ers nearly half Of the red velvet waist,
which fits very snugly in the back and
has one wide box pleat down the front
decorated with large jet buttons.
Following popular English caprice,
costumes of red corded silk of the
''stand-alone" quality, red Terry velvet
and red bengaline are made into fur.
edged tailor costumes for receptions.
calling, and even for bridesmaids COS.
tunes at church weddings. Very many
people have decided antipathy to this
color, but on a dull leaden winters
day red in some of its tones has the eff.
feet of a tonic.
An imported dress of antiqus black
brocaded satin has bodice Of miroi1
velvet, and over the brocaded sleeves
are Vandyke points of the velvet mar
rowly edged with fur, with a band 81
velvet and fur at the neck, In pretty
contrast is another gown of pale-green
satin with al full waist of cream satin
overlaid with folds of cream chiffon
studded with emerald, gold, olive and
opal sequine, with a girdle and loops
and ends of cream satin ribbon at the
waist.
Among the waists for dressy after,
noon wear with black or dark skirts
are those of chine, taffeta or faill1si1A
with dark grounds well covered with
shadowy Pompadour figures. Useful, |
yet very rich looking, day waists are
also made of dark green or plain. |
colored silk with blurred carnations OF
roses scattered over the surface. These
waists have, as rule, no trimming ex.
cepting very handsome gold and cut.
steel buttons of large size. Other
more elaborate waists have costly lace
collars or yokes held down on the /
fronts by Rhinestone or jeweled but
tons. IN. Y. Post.