Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-03
COMING FASHIONS.
striking Novelties soon to BE in Evil
dence.

! dencc.
| Already the little birds who make it
/ their business 10 whisper secrets of COM
( ing fashions have announced some sur
prisin8 novelties which the present month
/ is to bring forth. January is 10 be month
( of striking fashions and if reliable author
( tiles are TO be believed, the year will be
full Of surprises of the same character.
Probably the most interesting novelty
/ which can appear during the cold days of
/ January is q furry one, ana the new fur
collar and mun are really worthy of at
/ tention. They are of sable and made en-
tircly Of tails. Tails have been prOfuse
. in their appearance during the entire sea-
son. but a collar built solely of them is
something new. The collar is so fashioned
that II cncirclcs the wearcr'S face and
/ head even higher and closer than u ruff.
I The little brown tails reach saucily al
most up to the hat brim and dance this
way and that about the face of the young
woman who wears them. The effect upon
/ 4 soft cheek must be something approach
! ing that of the castiEation of Veritable
I cato -nine-tals but the young woman of
/ the present winter does not apparently
| object to this. Perhaps she is reconciled
I by the fact that her unique neck orna-
/ ment attracts more attention than any
other thing on the avenue.
! There is a new hat in the millinerS shop,
says the New York World. which is the
most astonishing thing in the repertoire of
January fashions. The white gown was
sure TO he followed by the white hat, and
! the interval between them has not been
| long. The white hat is another relic of
I the cZaTina craze and has just heen i'm
ported from Paris. 1t is cut on the sailor
/ plan and is decorated by huge aigrctte
/ in front and lunches of violets at the side,
I The most remarkable feature of the hat.
! however. is that it is made of kid. an al
ispv in hn nf mil
| inery. For this winter at least the white
! kid hat is sure to he popular.
A fashion which all the ~ brides will
| hasten to appropriate is the brides girdle,
| the eXtraVagant feature of these orna-
ments being that they can only he worn
with wedding gowns. The bride girdle is
of a definitely prescribed width. four inches
at The narrowest point and six at the wild
est, and it is covered entirely with pearls.
Preferably this dainty girdle should be
| laced with a slender silver wire.
1t is a question for the brides themselves
to decide as to whether the bridal girdle
SHAH be put away with the bridal wreath
and carefully treasured for the daughters
wedding. or whether the vandal economy
shall cause 1t to be torn apart and the pret-
~ pearls utilized for some other purpose
If sentiment counts for anything, the
brides girdle, which will really be the tell
ing feature of the bridal gown, should new
Oriental maEnifcence is certainly being
imported to New York as fast as women 5
fances and millionaires' purses can
bring it. The latest evidence of this is the
Oriental necklace, which New York wom-
an who makes rather a hobby of such mat
ters imported from India a short time since.
Fashion, at her suggestion has taken up
the idea. and the New York jewellers are
now busy filling orders for duplicates or
limitations of this much admired article.
Though the New York womans fondness
for exhibiting her neck while wearing even
ing dress has long been subject of playful
comment it has never until the present
year been laid TO her charge that she APP
peared decollete in the daytime. A new
fashion. however, demands this startling
innovation. The newest street gowns are
cut decollete.
The gown which is most typical of New
York swelldom, however. is a velvet even
ing gown, trimmed with birds. The idea is
carried out in gowns of all colors, perhaps
the most striking being a gown of flame
colored velvet with touch of black satin
here and there and "a lavish trimming of
orioles.