FASHION NOTES.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 146, 30 June 1883, Page 233

FASHION NOTES.

By" Jenny Wben." The newest parasols are in large sizes. Velvet ribbons are revived for trimming ' .dresses. • ' '. •- ! '■ ;•- New Khyber cloths of light weight come in firirohecks'in the new colours. Q-old braid' gold cord, and gold effects in mil- j Jihery goods are a feature in the new hats and | bonnets. ■ Among the designs in the new sateen 6 are red fi^d green pepper* (capsicum) pods, with foliage . . • , iatft^stenie?'?.'d:~M'i£§%EP- p«-lwi-leaf patterns appear in involved s^^fpgi^ / ' covmr.y' f-;lie entire surface r.F yew i Uj^iwjoches of the finest qujtUtjr. • ••■ P*j£p Flat ornaments, »ucii as 'bands of rohei;, £.->tm, i ---'f^aillei or surah, are much liked for walking di'esses and' travelling costumes. "I .. - Hand-run Andalusian lace • with figures as ] tieavy.as those of embroidery, is the the fashion- * .iable garniture for black ottoman silk dresses. ." The hew bonnets, trimmed with upright frills •bf gathered lace, bows of ribbon with forked ends, ... and many small flowers, look very aspiring and defiant. ' Pretty aprons for home wear are ma'to of '.'. white or brown linen, with a border of Eatc-G-reenaway figures across the bottom, and a group . Joi figures on the pocket. The figures are usually worked in one colour. Lissues brocaded with flowers, or with dark bouquets on a light ground, are employed as plain skirts, covered by a tunique polonaiss of tilain fabric, with bodice fastened on the cross, .opening over a chemisette of surah or lace. The .. . tunic is draped high, and wide on the right side, . . under a. chou bow, or over a bow with two loops of wide ribbon. Pattern materials over plain skirtß are also worn, but are generally employed :f or casaquins only, and for these Bplendid brocades and rich fancy fabrics are used. The handsomest iflre of two or three colours, and can be worn with different skirts, of either of the colours of the brooade, or any tint with which they harmonise. Charming fancy woollens are among the most fashionable walking dresses ; large flowers are .disappearing ; fine lines with saw-like edges, en &oie, in dark colours, on light grounds, large ..cheeks of two or more shades of the same colour, ■crossed by fine groups of lines in contrasting .colours, are the styles adopted by the leading .coulurieres. The narrow stripes are generally of bright colour, on checks of effaces tints; for in- - stance, gold or bright brown on peacock-blues, .coral on moss-greens. These dresses are a combination of the pattern material, and plain, if one ' .of the darker shades. The upper part is invari- . *bly of the dark, and is either a variety of polonaise, or a well-fitting caaaquin or ' spencer, generally with cut out basque ; these are often "Bordered with a piping of the. colour of the skirt. jßme species of tunic or scarf, of the bodice f'^fcjerial, and the back drapery is formed of the -two fabrics. , A pretty walking costume is of myrtle-green jnerino— the skirt plain, with three bias bands, the tunic draped high on the left, and the tightfitting casaque trimmed with a zig-zag of wide .green mohair braid, bordered with steel. With this costume a green felt Kembrandt hat is worn, ;the brim turned up at the side, and ornamented ' with a, large rosette of innumerable bows of .. :■:•■ green velvet. Another very stylish costume con■•V of a skirt of iron-grey ribbed velvet, amd a polonaise of slate-gi'ey cloth, crenelated at the with large pleats falling in front, and . - 'fastened round the waist , by a silk cord girdle; '■. -one. side is draped by the. ends of the girdle, . •which. is here tied in a second knot. A small r to^ue of turkey feathers is worn with this dress. ;' .A. tjiird costume has a plain skirt of velveteen, a 7 M -tump of i cashmere caught up by an antique silver ; ; iand a corsage, of velveteen with oxydised ' buttons,' ; A velvet I ; capote, with bunches of ;^- = icente i d 9 , ; accompanies this costume. i