FASHION NOTES.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 228, 24 January 1885, Page 10

FASHION NOTES.

By " Jenny Wren." A lady's under- j ersoy is of crepe ifc xante, with crochet edging- round the square top find arm-holes. It is drawn with narrow ribbon. An evening- frock for a baby girl has ;l bodice lined with coloured silk, and consist 8 of insertion and hainsook tucks. The nmterisr is white mull muslin. In the batiste chemise the trimming- at the top is muslin embroidery and lace, with pink ribbon passed through the insertion. Arm -holes to correspond. A parasol suitable for a wedding- is of white silk, brocaded with, damask roses, Irish or guipure lace, bluster of moss roses, and satin ribbon loops. A rosette very fashionable this season for bonnets is made of terry ottoman, or velvet ribbon of all shades, and is much used this season on both dresses and bonnets. A very pretty old lady's cap is composed of Mechlin lace and reversible satin ribbon ; the lace is mounted on a net foundation, and the lappets are hold together with bows. Some of the most fashionable hats have extremely high crowns — crowns oven higher than have yet been worn, and the bonnets, although generally small shapes, have the feathers and trimmings arranged high in front. Fashionable parasols : One is of poppy red silk, with a border of shaded yellow balls ; ribbons to match : rustic stick? Another parasol is of till-cut silk or sateen, printed with notes of interrogation in gold colour ; border of myrtle green ; bamboo handle. A sitting-up jacket, to be worn by a lady in illness, is of serge silk, or silk long cloth might be used. The trimmings are em* bi'oidery and guipure le lame. The sleeves are full, and the wrists ornamented with bows.

A dress for a child of six years of age is of a light shade of surah, trimmed with coloured, embroidery and velvet ribbon; high plaited, guipure and long sleeves of muslin : bows on the shoulders. For a ma-nresque lace fisclm the lace may be either cream or beige colour. It is made up as a tripplo collar "with plastron and. gabot cv cascade with a flat of terry ribbon at the throat. A lady's dressing jacket is made of fineflannel, trimmed with worsted lace and sorgo ribbon, the latter being introduced asinsertion down the front; the slashingsbeing button-holed to render them firm for washing. A home dinner toilette is composed of satin maize and lace. The plain satin skirt is gathered at the Avaist in front, there being several rows of fulness beneath the basque of the bodice. At the back there is a wide moire sash that falls at each side of the centre fulness, the loops b Q ing as long as the ends. The plastron front, and at the back of the bodice and the front of the sleeves are black lace. The high collar ismoire. I noticed at the Opera House last week a very pretty drees of mushroom silk and cashmere, relieved with gold brown velvet trimmings. The skirt had box pleatings, with stripes of the velvet between, the bodice being made en pannier with short back drapery and a pointed waistcoat of silk, closely covered longitudinally with rows of narrow velvet. The bonnet for this was a perfect gem of brown strawy with narrow velvet strings and a coronet of delicately-shaded leaves, in which brown and gold predominated. At a fashionable wedding- down South last week the bride wore a dress of cream .satin,, trimmed with lloniton lace ; sprays of orange blossoms in the hair being covered with a tulle veil ; her ornaments were diamonds. The bridesmaids were not all dressed alike, the two eldest wearing costumes of yellow cashmere and lace, with large hats to match, and they carried bouquets of azaleas and white lilac. The third was in white muslin,, trimmed with lace, and she wore a yellowsash ; while the fourth was in cream cashmere, trimmed with coffee lace, and she wore a cream satin bonnctt. A ball toilette for a lady has the front of blue satin and white lace. The satin skirt is bordered with a kilting of the same, headed with a narrow lace flounce and a garland of" (lowers. The lace tabher is draped. A pointed drapery ornaments the front of the? bodice, headed with satin folds ; and the short sleeves are lace and flowers. The back is blue satin and white lace. The satin train is turned up with a hem of lace. Presi lace,, the design outlined in beads, is draped above with garlands of red velvet flowers and gold tendrils. The pointed bodice is laced at the back, and has a cross-cut fold round theshoulders. Another pretty dinner dress is of silvergrey satin and seal - brown velvet. Thejacket bodice is velvet, lined witli satin to match. The satin waistcoat is long, and puffed below the waist at the sides. The-over-skirt is gathered to a deep velvet band in front, and drajiecl high at the left side, under an agrafe of Florantine bronze, with which the buttons correspond. The underskirt of satin is striped at regular intervalswith velvet bands, and the over-skirt is draped to the back of the waist; the ornamental agrafe on the bodice being similar to that at the left of the skirt, being of Florentine bronze. At the Opera House the other evening some very pretty all-grey toilettes were to boseen, notable among these being {l costume of grey plush and cashmere. The skirt was of" the former material, made in big loose plaits, with a long pointed scarf; drapery ornamented with half moons of plush. Thebodice, of cashmere, opened down one side with a fold, had a plush collar and cuffs, and some crescent moons on the front of the body ; square cap of plush, with grey ostrich-, feathers on one side. Another pretty dress--at the same place was of iron-grey* bieo-e. made with a long coat-shaped tunic of vicmna cloth, and lined with grey satin. The whole dress was ornamented with rounds of dark, oxydized silver braid, and a small toque was worn to match. Also a. very neat and pretty dress consisted of a short round bodice of black brocade, the pattern being of laiye walnuts and a well draped skirt of'biege, thedrapery of which was strewn with velvet walnuts cut out of the brocade and sewn in ;• on each side of the pleats of the skirt appeared three walnuts.