Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1882 — Fashion Notes. [ARTICLE]

Fashion Notes.

New York Evening Post. Muffs match the bonnets. Fur gauntlets are worn again. Shirring is out of favor # , Polonaises much bunched up are parts of new costumes. Sleeves slightly gathered into the arm hole are more stylish than those made with puffs. A new fringe of chenille is called sealskin fringe from its resemblance to that fur. Feathers are again worn in the hair with full evening dress—matrons wearing them to the exclusion of floral garniture. Beading is still carried to an extent that is really absurd/ From the sole of the foot to the crown of the head we are literally covered with beads. All the woolen dresses are simply made, theleadirigcolors being Vandyok brown, Venetian green, mahogany red and royal blue, the latter being an especial favorite. A new color is announced called “Pharaoh”; it is a yellowish shade cf red and is said to derive its cognomen from the brick-making propensities of the ancient King of Egypt. Medium-length bodices seem to be going out of fashion, for if not extravagantly long the basque, so-called, hardly deserves the name, as it is but a waist pointed in front and very much cut up over the hips. Width of skirt and fullness of drapery are now considered quite as essential to the stylish toilets of young misses as to their mammas. The long, dinging princesse dress is almost abolished, and in itsplace are dressy robes coveredwith puffings, shirrings, tunics, frills, revers, - and immense sashes.