Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1887 — FASHION NOTES. [ARTICLE]

FASHION NOTES.

Even felt hats are sometimes braided. Watered velvet is the latest novelty in - moire PtuHs. The braided cloth jacket is the fancy of the moment. Very wide galloons trim some of newest long \rraps. Long and short wraps are equally fashionable, whether braided or not, The braided felt hat finds favor with little people aud young ladies. Malines and Valenciunes are the preferred lace on tea gowns aud matinees. Big brown leather buttons are the newest fastening for tailor made long wraps. ■' l v Those lovely garments sold as tea gowns and matinees are growing in favor for dressy house wear in New York. There are some lovely little short wraps of shot velvet that are used for dressy visiting' and afternoon reception wear. The butterfly in gauze and tinsel is a favorite decoration on tulle and gauzy evening dresses for young girls that dance. The sealskin wraps, long, short and of medium length, take precedence of all others in elegance and high fashionable favor. Pome of the long far-trimmed carriage wraps of seal plush are almost or quite as handsome as real seal, but then they are not so durable. A skirtof velvet, velveteen, or corduroy, and an undraped loDg polonaise or redingote of light lady’s cloth, with velvet sleeves and collar, or cuffs and collar, is a late and much admired form of the tailor gown. From the head center of millinery styles we learn that bonnets are not only of all shapes, but also of all materials, from felt and cloth to velvet, plush, broche, feataer fringes, and for evening of jet, lace and tulle, while tinsel reigns supreme over all.