Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-20
UNION AMERICAN
.wEDNEsDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1896. \
WINTER FASHIONS.

The New York Post has long review Of
the winter fashions, the feature Of which, it
SAYS, is their showiness and the expensive
ness Of almost every article of ladies' ap-
parel. Everything Is gay and festive. I'm,
sci and gold ornaments are much employed
on hats and bonnets, and wells sometimes
covered with gilt spangles. Few plain col
ors are worn, red being the favorite. There
are red petticoats, and red trimmings for
petticoats of black, white, gray, or striped,
and red for children's dresses and cloals.
Forbonnets. velvet is the -favorite material,
with small. rich ostrich feathers as the ele-
CANT decoration. The front is sometimes
made of velvet and the crown of satin, in
some contrasting color. The floating veil,
which is fully yard long, and about three
fourths of yard wide, is considered indis-
pensable with the empire bonnet. The small
wells, though still worn to some extent, are
no longer fashionable.
The round hats are generally preferred to
the bonnets by very young ladies, and are
much worn. There is the usual variety Of
shapes. The three-conered, the Glengarry
turban, the cavalier, intended for a riding
hat, and the Lady Derby" made of black
velvet, with round crown. The last-named
hats are also made in felt, and, II il were not
for the long veil, might be supposed to be
mems hats.
There are at present no novelties in dress
fabrics But there is what is called "a rage"
for expensive materials. So many costly
goods have never before been sold in New
York during the same length of time as in
this season.
Dress skirts are very full, and are usually
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30 some extent, in vogue. The richest ma
terials are onamented in a simple and not
snowy manner, if at all. The round, high
waist appears to be the fayorite, though
jackets have many admirers. The square
or Pompadour corsage is considered stylish,
and TO a good figure is becoming. There is
also n revival of a style of the seventeenth
century-the dress being cut low and square
in front, but higher in the back, n large box
plat at the back, which hangs loose from
the back, and the skirt trails for yard and
a half
Basquines, made Of heavy beaver cloth
and velvet, are the leading style, but circu-
lars and loose sacks are also mnch worn
Quilted skirts, made of black silk, black
alpaca, etc, and stitched or trimmed with
some contrasting color, are much worn.
They are heavier and warmer than the bal
morals and have neat appearance. Bal
morals are still made in almost every style,
Of white and black, gray, mixed, striped,
aud red, and are heavily trimmed The
red skirts trimmed with black are worn to
some extent. For evening wear a skirt Of
white moreen foupced is considered neat.
There is new invention, recently intro
duced to cover the lower part Of the hoop.
The cloth is cut goring and double about
half yard deep, and is neatly trimmed
with black or red, according to the color
Of the skirt. 1t has eyelets, about three or
four inches apart, upon the upper edge, and
Is laced upon the hoops. This not only
prevents the hoop from soiling, but looks
well, and with it The large hoops are man
agvable.