Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1882 — FASHION NOTES. [ARTICLE]

FASHION NOTES.

Cuffs are small. Small mantles prevail. Shot silks are stylish. Ruches rival pleatings. Terra-cotta stockings are new. Spanish lace continues popular. Panier. polonaises are popular. Brocades are fast disappearing. Watteau overdresses are revived, Jet remains in favor with worth. Satin straws are popular. Rampant ruches are stylish. Garden flowers are fashionable. Tournures are large. Cloth jackets are severely plain. Roses border evening dress skirts. little girls wear wide white neckties. -i * .' t . v Neir hats are laden with feathers., Gainsborough hats are out of favor. Sicilienne is used for elegant costumes. Apron overskirts are always in vogue. Redingotes are new' for summer dresses. White barege is used for evening dresses. Block balayeuses appear in black dresses. The Cabriolet hat will be worn in midsummer. - New gimps are Of eCtu lace over white satin. , London beauties color their hair Titian red. Flowers are supersceding feathere on spring bonoets. White wool dresses afe made in aesthe’ic styles. Kate Greenaway dresses for girls are very quaint. ' Brocaded crepe de chine is new and fashionable. Suede gloves are worn in terracotta shades. Japanese crinkled crapes are imported in all colors. ■■ i . . • * ' r* ? ' English ladies have adopted the masculine pea-jacket. Panier draperies modernize last year’s dresses. Derby felt hats are worn by e equestriennes. i .•» Fans have kittens’ heads painted on them. ■ tr • J * Hn - ■ ' . • Corded silk rivals satin for bride's dresses. *•' Dresden china brooches are used on black slippers. - c Black stockings are now more stylish than colored ones. Gentlemenle folded scarfs are worn by ladies. * Long DirectoifVcoats are fashionable in Paris.

Sheperd’s check is liked for mountain dresses. Sewing silk grenadine is the fashionable choice. Pink and brown together are stylish for bonnets. Pelerines are worn smaller than they were last year. Flemish lace of creamy lint trims dark satin dresses. * « Dresden china handles are attached to dark parasols. Ostrich feather pompons are worn in the hair. Lace open work is newer than clocks on stockings. Th{s is the season for displacing tailor-made dresses. New mantles hold the arms closely to the body. Cadet blue jackets are worn with black dresses. Two pairs of inch wide strings appear on new bonnets. Yellow flowers trim dark-green and straw bonnets. , White net embroidered is used for neckties and chemisettes. Visites made of cashmere shawls are favorite wraps. White suits for summer are of wool in preference te lawn, Velvet strings and a velvet bow trim new bonnets. The new Spanish hat is all black and is called the Dolores. “Bond dresses,” as they are called are worn at evening parties. A large bow of many loops trims the crown of the Langtry hat. Soft toques .of wool like the dress are with traveling dresses. Natural flowers have entirely supeisceded artificial ones for trimming dresses. The newest clolh goods have round spots as large as a lady’s hand. Mother Hubbard styles are now confined to morning wrappers and night diesses. Very small or very large hats are stylish; those of medium size are old fashioned.