Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-16
EVENING STAR.
FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER.
lErom lie Eoifetl

ano As IL Will De- Just now, the large collet,
win q email straight collar, is the costume par
srceHence, being more suitable than any other,
over light dress; but as far we can judge,
for the winter, vestments with sleeves will be
The most In favor. These collets are made in
various styles. The most elegant are those Of
cashmere lined with pink or blue plush, and
1 trimmed with Tnibet fringe and passemsnterie
Others q re made Of a kind Of soft flannel, eithe
piain white, or black and white striped-the
biack stripes OF velvet, and bordered round
with 4 thick cord. -.-t-..-. To D. 800
very much adopted by ladies of good taste. Ii
is not now as It was last year, when the trim
mings cost frequently the price Of the dress;
but though many MORE, taffetas and even INNS
I. lin dresses are made plain, il is by NO means
rnIe withoutexeeption- PassenenterIs will still
be iavorite trimming; nor is this surprising
Wnen we see In what beautiful designs IT Is
made. Many CENTURIES are made OF 1t; and the
ss&e for bands Of all kinds is quite as great as
ever. 3D. ... -.-..- -s.-, =
The Princess make of robe is much in vogue.
1t - especially becoming for small figures
when made in thick material The cheInise
russe is very much worn, and 1t is very fire.
den rr; thus an underskiTt and chimisette of
d, strIped .fouIard, and the upper skirt Of un-
bleached linen. OF course, these dresses are
draw up by plaques or buttons, and are not
intended TO BE- let down; therefore, they must
neither be so long nor so wide dresses for
= fuller toilet, which are bet down when in
he room. The underskirt must not be very
long, and not more than about three yards and
ahah wide. I'D r.
OuE IcdUcIs VIII uuU our IlSt OF dresses mas
the charm of variety this month, as we en-
deaVor TO Gull them from different sources, SO
tsat they may be useful for any weather 0cto-
A robe of Lyons poplins, black and white
Checks; the skirts trimmed with pattes of black
velvet, rather more than quarter of yard
and buttons; the undersk irt of white alpaca,
with medaillons of black guipure. The body
q Il high, and trimmed. like the sleeve, with
A dinner or .oiree dress of eros grain: W bite
ground with turquoise blue spots Very long
ekirt trimmed round with blue cord, and
above the hem an insertion of black gyipure.
High body, with round waist, trimmed with
, Suipure., The sleeve 70 match. Ceinturp Of
blue gros-grain, fastened by gold buckle.
"A spotted MORE antique dress, of a deep
shade quite plain, with a train. The body
made with basques, and fastened with steel
- A dark drab more robe, with two skirts; the
nrst skirt plain. the second trimmed with a
wide white Thihet fringe. headed by plaa ues
OF rich passementerie carried up each seam.
The body IL made with basques, forming points
in front and one in the center of the back. The
whole trimmed TO match the second skirt. A
<s,stSrr Of .Passementerie. Sleeves tight, with
q fringe round the arm-hole. =.
i0EA dress OF white alpaca, the skirt trimmed
with fifteen very narrow bliss pieces Of sky
blue taffetas, upon which Is Cluny guipure
insertion, put on in zg-zags- The casaque of
the same, trimmed with nine bias pieces to
match Blue cefntaye. covered with guipure,
F. AID having at the side bow Of ribbon and
+, "A robe Of tanetss, pearl gray, trimmed with
pinked gray ta6etas, edged round with pearl
. beads. Buttons of pearl.
A toilet of mai 1e-c oiored foulard dotted over
= with black trefeiis- 1t 10 made with two skirts,
the 1rst trimmed round the bottom with three
rows OF black velvet trefoils Of different sizes.
The second skirt simply bordered with velvet,
saa having fiounce ofbiack ChantiiIy This
n caught mp at four different places by large
gaaeE win velvet trefofis and narrow. lace.
High body. Ceintsrs OF velvet and lace, and a
Prince Imperial scarf fired upon the shoulder
by velvet trefoil, and also upon the hip; and
the ends trimmed round with Chantiliy lace
ban dress Of tulie, with twenty narrow
double quilting, forming flounees. Every here
and there upon these is placed large pouf of
small bright colored bird. There are sixteen of
these or Daments- -.r ., E..
e.. Robe Of pink tafetas-Trained skirt, with a
wide nounce trimmed round with Thibet fringe
Square body trimmed 10 match, and a o,,inpe
Goihie sRipure. Wide eeintsre of guipure, cut
in three points, edged with beads; and a scarf
and bow, and ends behind; the ends beinr
fringed and trimmed with beads.
- Toilet for young girl: Pardessus Of white
tafetasi lower skirt Of white tulIe, festooned
round the bottom with ruche of white ribbon:
second skirt Of the same tulie, looped mp with
bows OF tuile and tanetas, and q boquet Of pom
over taHetas, and ruche round. narrow
garland Of small roses without leaves is placed
on the body, hanging in two rows on the front,
- and one on the shoulders, where it is held by
two bows like those on The skirt Small, short
sleeves, formed OF boxsltons of tulle. -
Evening dress of Chambery gauze, white
fround, with wide stripes Of straw-colored
silk. 2oopea UP AZ the right side with a small
boquet OF field flowers over a skirt of straw
cofored sanetas-J Small boquets to match on
the sleeves Head-tress formed of bandelets of
Mowers and straws, mixed with the euris be-
hlnd. The same toilet may be made in pale
green Chambery Eauze, over a taffetas of the
same color; the boqnets and head dress being
of grass, with diamond devy-d drops
Kobe OF white Grape, with a long train. A
nem nearly half yard wide, with a simple
unread OF gold This shirt Is worn over one OF
pale gray tafetas, with a plated fiounce,
rather more than a quarter of q ward wide
Inc body is plated on the center, of the En-
pire make, and the sleeves are q ute plain and
snort, the only ornament being threads of roId
down every seam. Ceinture embroidered in
gold, narrow, and tied behind in bows, with
oat ends. Canoes In the sleeves and BODY,
nnlsh on thus simple yet recherche dress -
Hats are still so much in request that bon
nets for the moment are almost overlooked
Sull there are some elegant new models TO de-.
scribe Tor our readers, mostly. however of the
shapeua empire, which is decidedly in the as
bonnet for the coming winter, the favorite
color being light grey, trimmed with black or
cherry enc .eoiored velvet; and long square veil,
khe shape that OF the empire modified
One very elegant model was made of white
SIX and rulle, edged with q band of male silk
reIFei, Asnyer cord follows the band of vel
vet and IL carried round the crown, fastened
n me top over graceful pink feather tipped
with silver; the inside trimmed with a bouiI.
soahc % PINK tufle- Strings OF pink ribbon.
Another was OF white royal velvet the front
plain. The crown fiat, and square at the back,
made in large platts, from which falls long
mt on orlght grass, forming a curtain; the in
sice trimmed with q bandeau of velvet, on
which are placed three heartseases of white
and lilac velvet. White ribbon strings
a "A white satin bonnst-from Empire-was
trimmed with pufhngs of tulle Illusion looking
quite snowy, and falling on each side in babies,
nstened by leaf of gold acanthus. At the
side branch OF white arnaryllis, with yellow
nearts and slamens Of crystal, surrounded with
raves ana berries OF gold, spotted with pink:
= small wealth OF the same carried round the
mont edge Bouillons OF tulle and small
~reaths inside. White satin strings
bonnet of velours neigp, a new material
Spai y nite, cut square across the back Three
nas loids OF black velvet and three of white
SSohPose ths front On the crown long bows OF
ptack Nefves fastened Win l. buckle OF mother
oi'peni ana from which falls a long branch
OF double cape tesmine, in white velvet with
yeiiow eentsrs, and a bequet OF the same on
ths otner side Bandean OF black vel vet and
flowers 70 match. Strings of black velvet
Another bonnet, very dishslgus, was OF royal
velvet pearl grey, trimmed with feather fall
ing 70 the left side. The Empire curtain
trimmed with canoes; the edge OF the bonnie
also trimmed NTH oar fa.t