Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-08
FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER.

The city is putting on winter colors, an
very bright and gay they are. From tn
streets and from the shop windows all sign
of summer have departed, and warm, dar
tints and thick fabrics have taken thei
place.
FASHIONS IN FURs.
The styles in furs have undergone man,
changes within the past few years, an,
show some notifications this season, whicl
it may be useful to recount. 81.
% Taking tnrn through the establishment
of Messrs. Smith & Conrad, under the Nei
House, we found all the latest fashions il
turs there displayed. r. -.
The large, od-fashiOned vIctorine an(
''hat and cape" have disappeared entirely
as totally out of place, in conjunction witt
the new contracted street costumes. Even
the collar has reduced its dimensions, re-
tanning its shape only, and having tab end.
In front, scarcely wider than those of the
boa.
The ssboa" itself is not favorte OF
standard article. 1t is made with one enc
only to hang down, the other being orna
fastened with button and loop in front o
the throat. 1t is used mostly tor putin 6
round the throat on coming out of the op-
era and warm concert rooms, and, with the
I "pocket" mutf the front or lap of which is
also ornamented with the head of the ami
i
tutes the fashionable skating set"
Muffs for street dress or ordinary wear
have undergone no change, with the eX-
ception OF being made more costly by the
number of dark stripes used to compose
them. Mink and sable are, as ever, the
standard turs, and the dark stripes which
surround the muff are, it is well known,
found running lengthwise on the back of
the mink.
A two striped muff is composed of two
skins, which are quite sufficient to make a
muff of the usual size, but sometimes three
stripes are used, and this season we notice
muffs containing four or five stripes cut
from the skin OF the animal, altogether the
most valuable part of the fur, and, therefore
doubling the value of the articles for which
they are exclusively employed. The COM
mon dark and dyed furs, the French mink
and imitation ''mink," with which the
country districts have been flooded, are, we
are glad to say, in very bad repute, and al
most entirely ignored by respectable deal
erS.
Fitch is somewhat better; it is at least
strong, though a coarse and common fur,
but it is not at all so we'll thought of as the
soft, handsome gray squirrel, which Is at
the same time cheap, durable and always
natural, pure and cleanly.
Sets of gray Persiana are much liked for
ordinary wear, and are rather more dressy
would be as permanent. Black and gray
Astracan are in vogue also, the former
principally for morning wear. Cuffs are
no longer worn. They are obsolete.
The very newest style of collar is the
Collarine. 1t is really remarkably pretty
and graceful shape, not deer, but daintily
turned, and descending in tabs, which are
furred on both sides upon the chest. A
very choice SET of mink. consisting of i'm
perial collarine and muff, can be bought for
seventy-five dollars, the collar being some
what smallar. and, therefore, less eXpen-
sive than the Empress collar of last year.
There is also very beautiful half cloak
called the Csrlotta, which has an eXtraor-
dinary handsome fringe of fur tails.
FUR CLoAKs.
The large fur capes and fur cloaks are
now only worn by those who already own
them, and prefer weari;.g them out OF
fashion. rather thah cut them up into
smaller garments. They are quite incom-
patible with the present restricted style of
dress, and have given place to jackets of
sealskin. which, when genuine, are highly
distingue.
A very few of these costly garments were
worn last year, principally by ladies who
imported them for their own exclusive use
and benefit, but this year they are fea-
ture highly valued in proportion to their
Elegant sets of real Astracan. consisting
of sack or jacket, muff and cap, are also
among the novelties. The cap is sort of
Scotch toque. with furred tassels, very be-
coming, and the muff, fancy ''pocket" at
fair, the front cap divided into two points,
each mounted with the head of the animal.
The new round cloaks are cut quite mar
row upon the back, and are more shawl
than circular shaped. The very latest is
cloth cloak cut in this style, and lined with
fur, so that it is reversible, and can be worn
as fur cloak or Scotch cloak. The fur
is also cut deeper than the cloth, in order
to form a band, which is turned up, and
constitutes the trimming of the cloth side.
NEWEST CLOTH AND VELVET cLoAKs.
The sVersailles" is the newest and most
original of the cloaks brought out this
season. 1t is one of the patterns made for
the Paris exhibition, and is so entirely
fresh and, withal, so distinguished as to
have established itself at once. 1t is short,
and perfectly straight upon the back, bat
cut with sleeves, and square, deep, mantle
shaped ends upon the front 1t is made in
black velvet, and the embroidery upon it is
a marvel. 1t is lined with black quilted
satin, edged with either rich fringe or lace
The cost is two hundred and fifty to three
hundred and fifty dollars.
The ''Genteman" is a new and very
fashionable style in cloth cloaks. 1t is
sort of short-gored coats, usually made in
white, but sometimes a color d velvet
cloth, and simply bound with thick satin,
embroidered on with chain-stitch. When
made in white velvet cloth they are bound
"a third of an inch) with white, black. or
colored satin /; in colored cloth they are
bound with satin of the same color, or
thick galloon. The buttons are large and
either OF pearl or jaspe, matching the
cloak. They are almost close fitting. with
out being fitted to the figure, very jaunty,
slightly ''fast," and, of course, girls are be-
witched with them.
The Russian Pelisse" is a new, very
stylish and most comfortable winter gar
ment. 1t is rather long, nearly fits the
figure, and it is TIED at the back with a
sash. The imported garments are made in
silk, satin or velvet, lined and wadded, but
cloth, held at the back with belt, parted
at the sides, and pendant ends folded over,
would be less expensive, and most useful
for country wear. The long, straight.
open sleeve, with the coat-sleeve beneath,
is the proper style for the "Russian Pei
crime Cape" which can be put on or off at
pleasure. Only gimp, galloon, cord or
binding. is needed for trimming.
The "Roman Pallium" is the very latest
stvle tor opera and carriage cloaks. The
'Pallium," for opera wear, is made of white
Grecian cloth, embroidered with gold, and
edged with white and gold fringe. 1t is
straight, but draped at the back, so as to
form hood, finished with embroidery and
tassels, crosses the breast, and throws one
end over the left shoulder. For carriage
wear, it is made in blue, embroidered with
black in purple, in scarlet ani in striped
Algerian cloths, edged with white goats
hair fringe.
The "Haidee" is a new sleeveless break
fast jacket, copied after one made for the
Empress of Russia. 1t is the true shade of
Bismarck velvet, embroidered i'm black
che,ille and gold silk, and mountedregal-
L. with raiSed r. rent shell l-uorL