Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1882 — FASHION NOTES. [ARTICLE]

FASHION NOTES.

Pompadour styles prevail/ Neck ribbons are revived. New mantles have paniers. Vests take the place of fichus. Scarf mantles are very graceful. Faille is more stylish than satin. Shirred basques are still popular. Black braid trims colored dresses. Large bows are used on low shoes. Neckerchief are tied in large bows. Berry buttons are used in jet and pearl. Skirts are narrow, but bustles are large. I Surplice necks are stylish and becoming. Matinee sacques are made of satin surah. New pokes poke downward in the forehead. Japanese crimped crape is used for bonnets, Ivory white is the fashionable shade of white. India linen is used for white morning dresses. Jockey caps are -worn by some equestriennes.

Breakfast caps are of silk muslin embroidered. Shoulder capes cross in front in surplice styles. The spring wedding season began last Tuesday. Diamond-shaped openings are on new corsages. Small black Neapolitan bonnets are fashionable. Braiding on jackets Vids fair to become very common. Veronese green is an artistic shade for spring dresses. Watering place dresses for day and evening are short. * Alpaca or bectine dresses are imported from London. Smooth English cloths are more stylish than the viots. Wild-rose pink is the stylish color for evening dresses. Jersey gloves of black silk will be worn with spring suits. Soldier-blue is the popular shade for cloth jacketsand suits.

Worth uses striped and changeable silks in his richest dresses. Noon at 3 p. m. are the fashionable hours for day weddings. Ostrich feathers droop over the front edge of large straw hats. Jersey jackets are preferred to the masculine English walking jackets. Persian cloth mantles trimmed with chenille fringe are very fashionable. Basques with skirts of different fabrics are still popular and are economical. Puffs or ruches are more stylish than pleatings for edging dress skirts. Riding habits’ skirts barely touch the .ground when the wearer stands erect. Silk underclothing in silk princesse shapes is worn with the new costumes.

Japanese satines have heads, birds, fans, screens and letters printed upon them. Brick-red silk stockings with neck ribbons to match are worn with black dreares. Flannel dresses for seaside and mountains are of soldier-blue,or mus-tard-color. Embroidered sila-muslin and nuns’ veiling are the finest fabrics for white dresses. For summer lace-finger gloves will be very fashionable. Figured sateens come in boxes,with fan and parasol to match. Dress parasols having the entire top covered with artificial flowers are something new. One of the newest sunshades has on its handle six small paroquets placed in groupes of two. Lace caps are bordered and dotted by pearl beads.

Pearl buttons on wool dresses are considered stylish. Japanese sleeves are on the new silk and satin wraps. Cashmere dresses of cream or blue white are trimmed with muslin embroidery. Hats for general service are more frequently trimmed with feathers than with flowers. Flowers coronets are worn under brims of bdhnets and over these fall beaded lace. The Velasquez hat, with Spanish lace drapery, is the largest size offered for the spring. Large squares of muslin lace-edged are pretty when thrown over the head and shoulders. The most suitable materials for the seaside are barege, foulard and a new material called “gasoline.” / A peculiar crystal bead, of the pale green shale, has appeared and will be popular in trimmings. Throat bands of broad velvet are ornamented in front with the wearer’s name lettered in gold or silver.