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Fashion Sprays

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
August
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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hvening drospos are worn at the moment in 1'arin with high ncck and short sleevos. Aniong l'arisian caprices aro largo doublé oollars on many drcsses prcpared for early t'all wear. The round baby waists are adorned with su:iro nocked triuitDÍDgH or broad Directoire i'c.i'lill ¦. B:ioiues or bodjees are cut pointed at the back or front, iind short on il ir hiiwj with nu trimming. The i'jsliion of wearing walking drowea short is so sensible tbat it will donbÜeM contiuue for a long timo. Short sleeves have frills of lace or tulle as an edgo, with a cascado of ribbons, like evádete, falling over the arm. Ve'.vet is to be the rage next winter. Satiu will be tolerated, but velvet or pluah in various patterns will be tho popular rival. Hlaek dreHses are still favorites, and both black and wliite droBses can be varied by the fichus so as to prosent a pleasinK variety. The dainty 'kerchiefs which have ono short end, and aro worn with tho other i'Moned to thu waist, are made of brocado grenadine. The colors for winter dresses are to be various shades of purplo, such as bishop 's purple, holiotrope, pansy, plum and prune .hade. In woolen goods fancy plaids, according to Frenoh ideas, are offered for the autumn. These are presented in great variety of shades and designs. The stock of silks contain new colors very softly woven in twilled banket pattorns, and strewn over with brocade figures of quaint Egyptian figures. ötnpes of plush or velvet are shown again for tho skirts of oostutnes. The handsqtnest are pluh stripes, with very losg pile on satin of the same shade. New bonnets are quite broad and so trimmed as to give inereased breadth ; and chatclaioe braids or ooil at the back of the head are in general much wider. W'hilc long-waisted corsages, with vandykea back and front, are worn In Paris, the tendency is to the short waist and belts of ihc first direotory period. Some of the new basques are cut long and square in front, with a pocket put on each side of thia square front. The backs of such basques are short, and cut to form two points. A ncw Parisian fimey is to line the bodices of grenadine dresses with eilher yellow or red, nmitting it in the skirt. A narrow plaiting of color is addcd rouDd the cdge of the skirt. The rage for yellow has extended from bonnets and dresses to the outside of cottages, which at present should be in some shiide of that color. Tbe Quoene Anne chimneyH can be red. I'laids are revived in the first woolen goods imported for early autumn. These are not the tartana of Scotch clans, but are fanciful plaids which phow Freneli taste in their daring, yct wellblendcd combinatioD oi' oolors. The f'ashionable colors for early fall wear are pheasiint red, tete defaisan, false blue, lapis, rouge de Venise, tawny red, and various shades of metallic, olive and bottlegreen, and for evening the glaucus-green or marsh grasscf. Tea gowns made of somc soft, delicete, ïliogini? stufifaud quaint coloring, arewithmt trimming or loosely flying ends of ribbon or drapery. The plain trimrned skirts liang like the folds of a druid's robe. The sleeves are loosc and hanging, or "log o' aiutton." Tho coiffure is arranged with :ho sirnplest scverity, with a low knot at Lho back oí' the head, fastened by a fillet ar chain of gold or silver.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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