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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1900
Page
11
A London fashion note surveys holiday dress trends with velvet ribbons, diaphanous fabrics, and sculpted sleeves. Designers favor fringe, beading, and embroidered collars, while new capes, pillowy gowns, and sophisticated velvet dresses dominate evening wear, signaling an era of bold, refined evening attire.
The article notes a shift from diaphanous fabrics to more severe outlines in brocades and velvets, with pink chiffons and pale blue roses creating tender sunlit illusions. It discusses sash prominence, directoire influence, and the boldness of avant garde wearers. It also offers grooming tips for hands and nails, including night gloves, lemon rubs, and matching nail length.
New York notes eyelash and eyebrow transplantation as the latest personal adornment. Rich patrons in Paris and London already support specialists who graft hair from the head to the brows and lashes, claiming natural look under scrutiny and enhanced eye expression though it requires time, pain, and initial daily curling. Daisy Maude Rosebud ponders whether curled hair or an unshaven beard looks worse in the morning.
Washington society opens its winter season with two circles the old aristocracy and the official set. Debutantes include Melena Tillman Florence Field Lila Shoup and Margaret Jones among others amid receptions at prestigious homes and hotel hosts. The scene features heirs of senators judges and diplomats shaping social life in the capital while wealth and birth gate entries.
A negligee design features mauve hues with a medium flannel base and pale collar and cuffs bound in mauve silk. The article notes the yoke hidden under the collar and gathered fronts, suggesting a ribbon turmoil as a design option.
In past superstitions nail shape and color were linked to destiny. Wax and soot rubs revealed signs when sunlight shone on nails. Red and spotted nails were hot tempered, pale nails melancholy, narrow nails ambitious, round nails lovers of knowledge, and broad nails signaled gentleness.
A man vents about marriage after a failed dinner then returns home to a perfect Maryland fried chicken feast. He and a friend discuss society and family on the porch, then the man praises marriage as best for society, calling bachelorhood foolish.
This pretty high collar features a circular black velvet band faced with pink satin, tiny revers with liputian buttons, and a tie drapery with gilt ornaments. It pairs with white chiffon and silver embroidered appliqué, offering a novel blouse style with looser fronts over a narrow bell.
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