The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-26
Fashions in Furs.

A Paris correspondent writes the following
about the fashion in furs for the comino seo
son:
Among the novelties, / remarked paletots
and muffs made entirely OF astrakan, and dec
GRATED with embroidery in the oriental style.
This embroidery consists OF red worsted braid
and gold soutache, forming arabesques, and Is
placed in straight bands down the paetot and
around the sleeves, each arabesque terminate
log with red and gold tassel. Astrakan pale
tots are likewise trimmed with black gimp, in
which jet beads are largely introduced. Mufs
trimmed with two bands OF this handsome
gimp, which Is ornameDted at regular intervals
with long cut jet drops, and completed with
two tassels, have an extremely handsome ef-
feet. These gimp bands arc arranged across
the mufi, and il this respect differ from the
bands Of fur.
Velvet muffs are bordered with fur at both
ends, and in many instances, small heads of
the ennine or sable are added as decorations
When only two bands of fur are used, there
are two heads, one at each side of the mulf;
but when there are three bands, single head
is fastened to the centre One
Mals made of cloth and richly embroidered,
attracted my attention. They are in excel
lent taste, and very suitable TO be WON with
costumes made OF cloth, so popular last WIN
ter in the Faubourtf st. German. They are
and bordered with bands OF otter, also black
cloth braided in black ard edged with squir-
rel, formed exceeding pretty mulls.
Another variety consists OF scarlet velvet
cloth, embroidered in gold and decorated Ell
ther with ermine or white fox but these are
fancy muils, which will find but few purchas-
ers and copyists,
The dresses trimmed with iur are exquisite
one was evidently made from the model of
the robe the Empress wore at the last open-
ing OF the Chambers. The material is white
satin, and three bands OF Russian sables' tails
are arranged at the bottom of the front
breadth of the skirt A single band COM
mences at each side Of the waist and descepds
the skirt, so as to stimulate mantedu de cour
The small paletOt with wide sleeves is like
wise trimmed with single band of sables'
tails.
A short costume which attracted my notice
was made OF amethyst velvet; the skirt is cut
around the edge in deep vandykes, and worn
over an amethyst silk petticoat, the vankykes
bordeIed with a narrow band OF very dark OF
ter. The paletot takes the form OF a mantelet
with square ends, but is not trimmed with fur
at the back. A band of otter is laid on to
simulate a large collar with long ends, and
thus has the effect of IL v.ctorne. A small
toquet, composed entirely OF otter, accompa-
nies this toilette, which is called "a skating
costume
L also remarked specimens OF toquets made
entirely of astarkan, grebe and ermine,
with single Jet agraffe at the lett side. But
bonnets in the Ianchon form, and made also
entirely of fur, were even newer than those
toquets Those composed OF 2rebe, and tied
with blue velvet strings, are exceeding pretty.
Chinchilla and sable are to be the popular
furs during the forthcoming winter, so hear
on good authority. There are great many
dresses trimmed with chinchilla at the Exhib-
tion and the most elegant, In my opinion, IS
OF Empress-blue velvet. The skirt is bOrdered
with chinchilla, and the revers on the paetot
Il e likewise of chinchilla, very simple, but ex-
tremely effective.
The couvre- -pieds, or Afghan quilts, made
partly OF satin and partly ol fur, deserve like
wise to he noticed. Imagine lozengcs of sky
blue satin, embroidered with either black or
white silk, and separated rom each other by
bands Of grebe; likewise scarlet satin lozenges
worked with gold and divided by other bands.
These squares are made separately, framed in
fur, and then stitched together afterward.