The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-02-25
THE FASHIONS.
Feminine Fauct~s in Cold Weather Cos
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tumes.
Smart little coat bodices made of
satin brocade in various dainty color
ings are worn by fashionable young
women with afternoon gov MS of black
or dark-colored material in silk and
wool, moire. or figured satin. The
bodice opens over "a full vest of some
airy fabric shirred OF plated over col
ored silk and banded with lace inser,
ton. The short frilTy basque is lined
with matching color of silk, and is
belted at the back and on the sides
where the belt disappears, leaving the
front of the coat bodice free, banding
only the lower edge of the full vest in
front.
Faced cloth remains q great favorite
this winter, and some of the most at
tractive imported tailor gowns are
made of this material. The prices of
these goods seem disproportionate,
taken in connection with the fact that
the material is only wool, not even in
termixed or fecked with silk. But it
Is wool Of the finest description. most
carefully prepared and beautifully
dyed, looking almost equal to heavy silk.
and for certain uses being more fashion
able than silk. A stylish winter cos
tune of Russian green faced cloth has
jacket bodice finished with wide revers
joined TO a cape-collar made of white
satin overlaid with q delicate arabesque
embroidery Of iridescent beads. The
revers and collar are edged with mink
fur, and gauntlet cuffs match this dec
Grafton. The gored skirt Is bordered
with the fur. Elegant cots of creamy
tan Melton cloth are lined with pale
blue or cream satin brocade, and
trimmed with sable or other fur; and
among other luxurious garments are
tight-6tting sealskin jackets, with box
fronts, the jackets merely silk lined to
make them less heavy, with additional
warmth impaired by deep-pointed cape
collars of the same fur falling over the
sealskin sleeves that fit snuely on the
lower arm and are made without cuffs.
Many of the winter street coats and
capes have added collaretts made of
very delicate textiles in marked con-
trast with the heavy wrap itself. Form
erly these delicate additions would have
been deemed fit only for the most
ornate theater or opera wraps. An in
stance of present modes is green vel
vet cape worn with a green cloth tailor
costume, with a huge collarette of
plated black chiffon intersperscd with
sable tails and satin ribbon loops. A
black velvet cape lined with old rose
satin has an immense rucbe formed of
lace, net. old rose. ribbon, and jet orna-
ments. A black velvet jacket has u
similar ruche showing a magpie mix
ture of costly white lace, fur, and ac-
Gordon plated mousseline de sole.
The empire on sack-back coat has
gained much ground in favor this win
ter, and is found to be at least very
easy and useful garment. The cutters
have greatly improved on the shape we
were first familiar with. smartness and
a sack k-back coat being few seasons
ago quite irreconcilable. Though fash
ION favors coats CT this style. if greatly
shortened in length, it is never elegant
even worn by the most admirable OF
figures. woman has only to put on a
loose dressing-sack that just reaches
the hips to partially judge of the unbe-
coming effect OF this particular model
IN. Y. Post