Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-21
dLOAKS.
The Styles for Winter Wear-HOw
Made and of What MateFial-ScOtch
PlaidS Very Fashionable.

Inc Styles LOT winter mEaE-ElOH
Made and of what MateFial-SeOfch
PlaidS Very Fashionable.
There is a change in the style of cloaks
made up in heavy materials suitable for
winter wear. They are generally made in
the form Of a short sack not full loose
sack without seams, but sIoped out so as TO
hang loosely, without folds, and with a
small roucd cape or the new French hood.
cape. A style in heavy black beaver cloth
is bound with satin, trimmed wAh satin
folds, and has small round cape, eyed
with deep black silk bullion fringe. An
entirely new style has close-ftting body
the skirt plain in front, the back iull and
Caught up, pannier stile, and small French
cape with hood; the point extending be-
low the waist ia finished with cord and
tassel.
An elegant fine black cloth sack is made
in the style of last winter, but somewhat
shorter than those then worn. II has no
cape, but it is heavily trimmed with
two or three folds around the bottom,
folds across the shoulders, and to
simulate a pointed collar. Sacks made
up Of Astrachan cloth will be much worn
as the weather becomes colder, but these
are made entirely plain, and ornamented
with rich silk buttons and tassels, aud
sometimes lined with quilted silk Persi-
and cloth will also be much worn in cloaks.
This has finer curl than Astrachan, and
IS more expensive.
Waterproof suits are much in vogue for
ordinary street wear; indeed, 50 great has
been the demand for this material this
season that there is now a scarcity in the
FnarbaF A Of The io1 Of
English waterproof, recently worn on the
street, was noticeable for the neat style in
which it was made. The bottom Of the
skirt was trimmed with velvet ribbon; the
short, loose sack was lined with soft flannel,
80 that it could be worn on cool DAYS over
this was large cape, caught up in plaits
at the back, with hood edged with velvet
ribbon falling in long point below the
waist.
The Scotch plaids are very fashionable,
made in circulars with a small round cape,
asd are worn with the right side thTogn
over the left shoulder. These plaids are
also much worn in dresses
There is nothing very new in opera
cloaks. They are made 10 circulars of
white cloth, trimmed with white fringe
and cord and tassel, or short sack. Very
snowy opera cloaks are made of scarlet
cloth and embroidered in white or gold
color. A pretty and unique one is made
sack form, the material delicate shade Of
blue almost covered with white beads. 1t
ia principally for evening wear
Heavy cloth cloaks will not be so much
worn as formerly, except in extreme cold
weather, as suits are not only more fash
ionable, but far more economical, and are
rapidly obtaining favor. Pelisse wadding,
with lining of silk or fne cambria, is
fitted to the sack, SO that it can be easily
removed if desirable, making a suit as
warm as the cloaks made of heavy mate
rial. Paisley and camePs hair shawls are
worn at present with silk, velours and pop
lin dresses; and an elegant Paisley can be
purchased at from fifty to seVenty-ive dol
lara. The most expensive csmeps hair
shawl recently offered for sale can be
bought for three thousand five hundred
dollara