Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-10
FASHIONS Foa OCTOBER.

The stores of A. C. Headley & Co., Gil
christ. Gray Dc Co., and James .Naughton
are full of beautiful goods, and only re-
quire purse full of money to enable any
woman to dress and look as pretty as in
exorable nature will permit For fall wear,
plain goods are always first in the field,
bnt this year they seem to possess unu-
s1al claims to consideration, and for some
reason or other are thought unusually sty-
lish. Tartan cloth for fall wraps, Tartan
poplin for fall dresses in the strictest OF
well-known clean patterns, are likely to
lie the rage. 4i-Hi At~ lt1
Dividing the honors, however, are the
plain Irish poplins in splendid shades of
coloring, striped sarins used as petticoats
to wear with black or colored Pompadours,
an immense variety of rich shot or cha ge-
able silks, and the embroidered silks and
poplins which rarely do Justice in their
makeup to their cost or the labor expend-
ed on them. The decided novelties are as
yet not numerous. There are fine qualities
OF water proof cloth in new colors and
combination for suits, Imperial serge and
Scotch winsey for suits also, and lastly,
cloths of rich shades of color, garnet null
berry and olive green, with surface like
satin, which are imported expressly tor
ladies' winter suits, and made complete
with appropriate mountings, would prove
the ideal of winter costume. But at pres
ent these heavy fabrics are only thought
of by enterprising merchants and fashion
writers. Ordinary suits for ordinary wear
are made of black alpaca or grey serge.
More elegant suits are of pure irish poplins
and the fancy costumes worn by dressy
young girls, or those who would be consid-
cred young, or stripes or plain silks or
satins, with the black "Pompadours" or
short over-dress before mentioned. These
over-dresses are variation from those
which have heretofore been worn, and are
a0rc rfrt
ticularly useful idea.
Last year the under-dresses were made
high, the 0ver-dress in the form of low
gored tunic I; this year the under-dress
forms merely petticoat, low or short, and
the upper part of the costume short, high
dress, paniered at the back, and having the
characteristics of both tunic and pelisse-
This upper-dress bears the name of Pom
padour." When it is made, as it nearly al
ways is, in black silk fully trimmed with
ruffies, or fringe, or lace, it can be adapted
for wear with several dresses. For instance,
it can be worn to complete black silk suit
for the streets, with a short colored silk un-
derskirt in the street, and with trimmed
skirt of striped silk or satin for dinner
dress at home; over a trained skirt OF
black silk, green or garnet satin, it would
also compose handsome visiting toilette
Black "Pompadours" are therefore all the
rage.
openings at the various millinery houses.
We attended that of Mrs. j. II. Wilkie, and
found several new styles in hats. This
house is doing very little in bonnets.
For them our lady readers must depend on
simmons. Mrs. Wilkie displays the finest
assortment oil fringe trimmings we have
seen In Columbus. At Simmons Millinery
HEADQUARTERS, in the Opera House, we see
that .openiugs" are no longer confined to
! one day, but stretch all the way along the
fall.
no anything to speak OF, simply nothing
but the smallest of Fanchons with the oval
brim necessarily small surmounting the
front. It forms very Pretty little head
dress however; it is no longer fiat, it is
high, often composed of single puff OF
velvet or satin, with the surmounting brim,
and y tuft of short curled ostrich feathers
placed standing at the side. High cOlors