Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1878 — Fashion Notes. [ARTICLE]

Fashion Notes.

Petticoats are flounced to tin 1 waist in the back. Short jackets are worn as outside garments. The beef-eater and the jockey are ifew London hats. Pearls bid fair to be more fashionable than diamonds. Brocatelle and satin stripes are among silk novelties. The new color in undyed cloth is a natural stone color, or yellow gray. Fancy runs riot in caps, which are made of handkerchiefs, pieces of India shawls and all sorts of materials, trimmed with ribbons of every color and description. Heavy camel’s hair cloth, with much hair or "fleece cropping out on the surface, is much used for composite costumes with American suits. Such costumes are short. The Queen says that “ boots will not be worn this winter except for long walks or in wet weather; for carriage wear and calls shoes and silk stockings are de rigueur.” The latest fancy in stockings is for white polka dots in silk embroidery on black silk feet and legs, while the toes, heels and the upper half of the leg of the stocking are white. Ermine will be used this winter in trimming bodices and the revers that adorn the turned-back sides of polonaises and robe over-dresses, showing the elaborately trimmed underskirt. The Parisians wear their short costumes much shorter than New York women do, and have, in addition, a fashion for looping them up directly in the back, showing about two inches of the white or colored petticoat. The English country-coat for ladies’ wear is an ulster, with a large cape attached, which may be drawn up into a a hood with a ribbon, tying under the chin, thus affording a complete protection to the head and neck. One of the newest London fashions is a revival of the old long Chesterfield man’s coat for women’s wear. It may be worn with a skirt of the same material or another, according to fancy. It has pockets at the waist and simulated ones at the back. —New York Sun.