Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-02
lFrtm the Few York Commercial Advertiser
Fall Fashions.

LADIES AND CHILDREN s WEARING APPAREL.
This year ladies' thoughts run in a more
exalted and sadder channel than they have
during the preceding years, and they have
less time to think of fashion, its whims and
foncies, than of old. Still, they and the
children must be clothed, and the love of
the beautiful and of harmony in colors as
we'll as in sound, sends their fancy in search
of pretty things. But the Opening day"
of the year 1861 is quite different from the
"opeuing days" of former and more prosper
ous years. and there is but little display this
season. STILL taste reigns supreme. In
ventive brains have not been idle. Women
driven by stern necessity, have to study to
adorn the gifted, the favored, the beautiful
end the gay, the thoughtless and the fiat
tered, little dream to whom they owe their
success in captivating.
This year the Court of France, being in
mourning, black forms the groundwork for
the display of every other color, setting all
colors off to great advantage, and making
the style of goods generally becoming.
The predominant color just now is Carl.
baldi, a bright deep orange color, but It will
undoubtedly be superseded by the different
shades of red, the shade ia rose sublime
taking the lead, as almost every one can
wear red. GAribaldi is, however, mixed with
every color.
Ladies show great taste nowadays in fol-
lowing nature, that true and faithful
guide, and adopt huas in accordance with
the different seasons. Pale colors are chosen
for summer wear, when to look upon any
thing brights exhsusts us; bright beautiful
tipts are selected for autumn, while warm,
rich colors are preferred for winter. In the
spring, green and violet speak modestly for
themselves.
A new shade of purple has come up this
fall, of blush cast particularly adapted
to the blonde, a very trying color, however,
to dark or sallow complexion. Thus bru-
nettes and blondes as usual divide the day.
But green, bright emerald green, is now
favorite, and may yet be the color, for every
body can wear green.
The oath and 25th of this month being
day fixed upon by milliuers for their open
ings, they must be the first on the tapiS of
fashion. Opening days" are going out Of
fashion. Milliners and their customers are
alike disgusted with them. They are toll
some 10 visitors, and very wearisome to mill
liders, and they are at last voted down.
Probably this very meager opening is the
last we shall ever have.
BoNNETs.
Shapes Of bonnets are but little changed.
They Iecede still more at the sides, and pro-
ject much more over the top, though some
ladies wear regular old-fashioned cottage
far inside the hat. This fashion is both En-
glish and Ame1ican the other is exclusively
French.
American ladies decidedly object to bon.
net that sits up so high on the top. Their
faces are too long and thin for that style,
and it makes perfect frights" of some other
wise pretty ladies.
A thin long face, with large bunch Of
flowers over the forehead and perfect gar
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ugly, and thus disfgured many ladies walk
Broadway.
But most American ladies rebel against
this very trying bonnet SO milliners strike
out for themselves, exercise their own invent
i've powers and combine the two fashions,
thus hitting upL n me edium shape that's very
pretty and very becoming. Madame Fer
rero is very happy in this particular and has
a beautiful shape out this fall, as have our
other leading milliners.
The bonnet most worn this fall will be of
black hair, trimmed with gay colors, in
fruits, flowers, ribbons and feathers. Orange
color is mixed with every other color, and
few bonnets are without some shade of yell
low blended with other colors. All the COL
ors of the rainbow are combined upon some
bonnets, and they are SO tastefully blended
that almost any lady will find them becom-
ing.
Madame Ferrero has two very unique bon
nets. One, white quilted silk with a blue
velvet crown, SO made as to be perfectly
simple, yet elegant in the extreme, aud
colored velvet, with floating ostrich plume
and velvet braid lOoped gracefully up at the
side. Flowers of black velvet, frosted with
steel mixed with black lace, and side tabs,
ornament the inside. White strings will be
universally used for all dress occasions, An
elegant black velvet mixed with orange
color hung at the side of this recherche dahlis
bonnet. But the trimmings of these hats
can not be described, so great is the simpli.
city and elegance of the manner Of putting
| it on.
Capes Of bounets are deeper than ever
some are circular, thick and thin, all sorts
Lace walls are all the rage; black and whit
face vails black thread lace, gauze and illu
sion are all worn, and lace TO fall over tn
font Of the bonnet is particularly admired
Velvet and silk combined will be the mate
rial most used for white bonnets.
At present, heavy straws, all black, blacl
and white, and black embroidered will
bright colors, are used for travelling an
shopping.
A few Leghorn and white bonnets ar
called for and some gray are sold, but blacI
ones ale most fashionable.
Black velvet is mixed with every sort {
trimming.
The feathers this season are particular
elegant, consequently they will be used ex
tensively. For dress a new style of feathe
is made, partly ostrich, partly marabou
with heading OF velvet flowers and feathe
leaves; leaves made to initiate lace, tied Il
gether with delicate, skillful fingers, th
teathery tibers tied into a net work, an
most ingeniously woven into the shape of
leaf. Then there is little stiff feather useC
which We see on military hats, called tn
agrette. No evening bonnets are exhibte
this fall, as prudence bids ladies be carefu
of their MEANS and they will only be mad
to order.
Misses and children will wear round hat
beaver, felt and velvet, of the boulevard
Union, turban and ZouaVe forms, various
trimmed with velvet feathers, flowers an
ribbon. Ruche addresses and a Turks
head.dress, made of black velvet, will b
the chosen style of head gear for dinner
dress and home toilet.
CLoAKs.
| Cloth will be the material most used fc
cloaks; velVets for those who can afford {
buy it. Basques, sacks, circulars, will eac
be worn. The most fashionable establish
ment exhibits quite new patterns.
One pattern has an immense sleeve platte
on the cloak, square at the bottom, and fall
ing down at the edge of the cloak.
Another had three plaits in the back, an
was sack-shaped in front, with trimmin
running over the shoulder.
The leading pattern, however, is the Ads
line, black cloth cloak, very long and full
and circular in shape, with circular car
inserted just below the shoulders. The bac