Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1882 — Fashion Notes. [ARTICLE]

Fashion Notes.

Cuffs are made vert deeip, reaching sometimes almost to the elbow. A new drees fabric is a moire and lace stripe silk in delicate shades of color. - | Many of the tyng elqgaht midwinter cloaks argliued througltpjpr with mauve tinted or crimson plushA new lace seen on imported dresses has the flowers, of white lace applied to black tulle in a most effective way. Pretty striped limousine skirts are worn with street Costumes, instead of the black cashmere or silk petticoats of the last few years. Black satin dresses elaborately trimmed r with black lace ajidsolidtjet trimmings are the fovorite toilets for dinners and Small satin muffs are fashionable, trimmed with bows and lace. In many instances fur is worn inside instead of outside the muff this winter. Abroad, the long Sara Bernhardt, or Mosquetaire, gloves are slipped on over the right drtss-sleeve, which is quite plain and ‘ untrimmed at the wrist. Self-colored woolen stockings in cloth colors are worn to match the costume. Striped hose are less fashionable than last year. Cloth boots faced with calf are worn also to match the dress. The white Spanish lace, with .large polka dots, is used for garniture of young ladies' evening dresses, also for fichus and scarfs to be worn with high corsages, and makes them more dressy. Feather fans of every description are used with evening .dress —from the dainty oval shapes made of White ostrich feathers, to the large, round Portia fans, made of the brilliant plumage of the golden pheasant, with the mosaic like breasts of a score of bright West India birds. A double puff of white ? or creamcolored crepe lisse is seep inside the neck and wrists of Worth’s dresses. Young ladies are wearing very narrow pleatings of doubled tulle around the throat. What is called the Worth ruffling for the same purpose, is three graduated rows of finely crimped lisse, each edged with very .narrow Valenciennes.

Ladies shopping in Upper Broadway this week.have gathered in groups benfore the large windows of a well-known importing house,which displays a very handsome reception robe of amber tinted satin with tablier and corsage embroidered in hedge roses and foliage. The square necksleeves, and other portions of the dress were enriched by wide ruffles of Duchess lace. One of the most charming opera muffs yet exhibited is made of creeam white satin, embroidered in white snowdrops and white fuchias, outlined with shining white crystals. The muff is lined with peach blossom satin, and at the ends are double ruffles of cream white Renaissance lace. A white satin echarpe for the neck is added, embroidered to match, and edged with frill! of lace. Newmarket jackets,onhandsomesurcoats of French laaies’ cloth of invisible green, trimmed with plush, are worn over skirts of Farquarsbn plaided surah, or rich broche in subdued colors. Redin gote Johns of dark green satin sublime|are also made. They are very long, and are trimmed with wide bands of fur. The skirts worn beneath them call for but a simple trimming around the bottom.