The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-02
The Ninter Fashions.
TFIom the Evening Mail. !

w e can NOW epcdA With more Ger
tainty of the winter styles best adapt
ed to our climate and taste. Cos
tunes in cloth, in linsey, and English
velvet or velveteen, will. be generally
adopted for walking dresses; trim
mings in the same color, of different
material, will be the prevailing taste.
Costumes, entire, of the same fabric
Ii. e. under skirt, dress and sack, or
jacket, will be in better taste for ma
ture persons than those in contrasting
colors. For young ladies, gay plaid
and striped skirts. with dress and
paletot of black, grey, or brown cloths,
will be much worn for morning walks,
or shopping. For calls or promenade
dress more elegant costumes, are en-
tirely of cloth, velvet, velours, or
heavy poplins. Silks, save in black,
will not appear on the streets, or ia
the short winter costumes. A very
pretty and effective walking dress is
under dress of blue poplin bound
with blue velvet, the pelisse IN black
cloth, crossing over the front, fastened
down the entire length with a row of
crochet or jet buttons, the bottom cut
in round scollops. This pellise or
fOuYredu is shorter at the sides, round
ing in the back and front of the skirt.
The scollops are bound in plain silk
braid; it fastens at the waist by belt or
sash, trimmed In pdsSdnenteYie of silk
cord and jets. Costumes for young
ladies are very pretty in rich plaid
poplins, trimmed in biased bands of
silk, corded with black satin. These
will be worn with dark colored, black
cloth. velvet paletots, or capete, which
is a double short circular mantle.
These are ornamented with silk braid
through the center of satin bias
band, or with crochet vines. Fine
silk braid or soutache formed in pat
terms. Another of the winter man
ties is the clochette. This is paletot
in dark chestnut cloth. The sides or
cores are cut much longer than the
back of the garment, which is rather
short. A pGSSGnleRteTGe forms q Greek
border, with long, dropping ornaments
or heavy fringe, pointed epulette and
square lapel falling in the back.
Another new shape for cloth or
velvet mantle, is the "scave." The
back part is a circular cape with a
page sleeve falling over a close sleeve.
The front is sack-shaped and pointed;
the trimming is satin braid and ro-
settles of satin. Elegant or full toll
cts, except for very young ladies, are
all full trains, if the skirts are plain;
in double skirts they are shorter or
demi-trains,- the upper one only
trimmed. Nearly all the dresses not
cut in Princess or Gabrielle-that is.
the bodice and skirt in one piece-are
made with round waist, and worn
with Wristbands, with long trimmed
sash, peplums or the new Bayadere
ceiIlture. Among the full toilets, one
bridal toilet was exceedingly tasteful.
Dress Of plain white antique silk, high
bodice, plain sleeve, skirt long, and
full train, border of rich lace up the
front of the bodice and round the
neck, fastened by a branch of
flowers, upper skirt of embroidered
tulle, scalloped at the bottom and
train shaped, looped up at either side
with bouquet of flowers, wreath of
flowers down the front of tulle skirt.
Couture, a waved bandeau in front,
chignon formed of four. loops. form
ing bow fastened by a plat; another
plat forms diadem with half coro-
net of flowers, full tulle veil. Visit
ing. or carriage dress, of silk, full
train, Indian chashmere shawl, white
border, bonnet of white silk, lap
pei of embroidered tulle covers the
border, and is tied at the back, bou-
quet of roses at the side, from which
a long curled feather falls over the
chlgnon, satin strings, a jeweled clasp
or golden fly fastens the tulle lappets.
A visiting or town toilet, dress OF
Egyptian gros-grain silk, long, train
shaped skirt, trimmed in bias bands of
velvet the same shade. The upper
skirt is trimmed on each seam with
the velvet, and appears to lap, as it is
tasted only on one side, high bodice,
rather wide sleeves open half way,
lined with white satin or lustrous silk. |
the waist band with basquine or sash |
bound in velvet, silk bonnet, Cato-
lane. and lace border and scarf across
the top, forms lappets, and is fastened |
IN front with bouquet or gold clasp. |
A torsade of velvet forms the under |
trimming over the face and carried |
under the lappets; bouquet of flow
ers or velvet foliage, with gold CEN
tres. In nearly all the Winter bon
nets, the Spanish or scarf veil is a
marked feature. RUTH RozA.
From Harper's Bazaar.I
W0OLENS. -.e
In wooden goods brown and Rus
sian gray predominant. Merchants
say they are selling ten pieces of Bis
marck to ore of any other color
There has been imported larger as
sortment of bright plaids than at any