The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-29
FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER.
New Fall Fashions, in Materials. Street,
Suits, Evening Dresses and Costumes,
New sleeves, Skirts and Corsages.


sutts. Evening Dresses and Costumes,
New sleeves, Skirts and Corsages.
NEW York, September, 1S69.-ghe revolu-
ton in women's outdoor dresses was as COM
plete as it was sudden, and it will probably last
with this century at least. In factitis exceed
ipgly doubtful Il wieh could say impossible)
that the old train skirts, the old thin gaiter
boots and shoes, the three-story coal-scuttle
bonnets, should ever see daylight again. Wo-
men have now got convenient and useful
street dress, costly, if they choose to make it
40. but economical also if they choose, and
always neat, lady.lke and becoming They
have fortunately tried it and found the good
of it, end whatever Partisan milliners and fast
women may ordain, think American women
will hold on to it, as the best thing, until they
find better. This sensible and universal
dress is not a mere accident. 1t is isJpartrof the
modern and progressive order 'offhings which
is gradually removinea the barriers to the
greater activity and freer Development on the
part of all women. But now for details:
MATERIALs, NEW AND OLD.
The mere list of these might suffice for one
letter, and the great variety probably furnishes
the reason why, when women want new
dress they never know what to get. Quite q
new effect has been produced in this class OF
goDds this season, by introducing black ana
Rrn,ipp narrow speckled stripos Of blue and
black. or green and black, with white lines De.
tween. In wide English prints these are 30
cents per yard, double former prices (thai Is
before the war, but just about haif Wnat tney
nta I worth
the advance on our domestlcs from their per-
manent color and greater durability. Ihere
is something in the humidity OF the English
climate which adapts it particularly to the
printing and manufacture Of colors. Amerl-
can prints follow English patterns very mncn
in style and design, and are now almost at
anti-war prices, and can be bought from
fen .to fifteen cents per yard. Consider
ING the advance on the cost OF the raw cotton,
this is very low. and can hardly pay for
the cost Of manufacture. In white cotton
Goods the American manufacturer can now sus-
/ tain itself against all foreign competition.
There is nothing OF the same class SUPERIOR to
the Wsmsutta muslin. In dress goods, how
ever. the record is very different; French merl-
noes. English serges, Irish reps and poplins
are copied here the instant they make their
appearance, and copied SO that it is difficult to
tell them apart, except by their heavier body
and greater apparent strength and durability !;
but this is only apparent, not real. Ihey are
always mixed, and very much mixed with cot
ton. Worse still in black aud white goods,
and wherever black lines are introduced lnto
fabrics they are nearly always cotton, even
when the material is expensive, that is from
one to two dollars per yard, and the conse-
ouence ia that if worn upon warm day the
black runs into the white and the dress is ruin
ed. or il worn out 10 the rain it crinkles up,
and runs in streaks, 80 that it is never tit to
wear again.
THE JAPANESE PoPLINs
Are a sample OF this sort of goods very pretty
to look at. They tempted many to buy who
could i'll afford the cost, and made them sorely
repent when they found their money might as
well have been buried in the ground, or thrown
in the sea, for Japanese pophns," or the
speckled stuffs known by that name, are fiimsy
and poor in quality as we'll as liable to Iun from
the mixture Of black cotton. l repeat what l
have often said before, that pure goods, pure
WOOL pure silk or pure cotton, are worth all
the fancy fabrics in the world for wear and sat.
isfaotion in wearing them, no matter how pret-
ty or attractive the latter may be-. Even Irish
popIins are worth little unless they are war
ranted all silk. The mixtures OF silk and wool,
beautiful as they are at first, are unable to
stand either dying or cleaning without losing
body and tone. Among the very best OF the
medium priced goods are pure Mohar
black alpacas, double warp. These are lady
able. wide, almost as handsome as black silk,
They furnish O dress that will out-wear
several two-dollar silks, at the cost Of 70 cents
per ward. Then there are very good empress
cloths for 70 cents, and the very best quality
French merino for 81; pure wool plaid for %
cents per yard up, and all'wool delalne, fine,
soft, serviceable material, not half enough
used, for 80 cents. The white ribbed opera
and printed fannels must be mentioned also
among the newest of wool fabrics for ladies'
dressing gowns and for children's wear. Among
the best and most serviceable of the mixed
fabrics are the twilled "wash" poplns; they
are so cents per yard, and not only take the
place, to great extent, OF the old cotton and
wool delaines, but make very good looking
serge, one yard and half wide, for cloaks and
suits. which, speaking comparatively, is cheap
at 81 80 per yard. Popliu veuler, that is heavy
rep poplin, at 81 Is to 81 so. Cashmere morn
ing robes, in shawl patterns, in every shade
OF color, are offered at from $l2 10 Sl0 the
dress. or silk, black silks are incomparably
the richest. The Antwerp, or Cathedral"
silk. $40 per yard, and others stately and grand
in proportion till we come down to the two
dollar articles, which is the acmo of some lit.
tie woman's ambition. There are embroidered
silks grounded in every color known under
the sun, and spe ,kled all over with rich bou-
auets of wonderful flowers. buds, leaves. ten
drills, all grown under the swift magic Of girls
hands. These are held at $S75 the dress, or
about $25 per yard; o low price if you count
the hopes and fears, the wishes and the aux
ieties wrought into every inch OF the sllsen
surface, but high when We consider the
small amount Of duty which such piece
of gay plumage is ever called upon to
perform, and not to be compared in
distinguished effect with a rich plain black
silk, at half the price. In fancy silks there is
the novelty of altering narrow satin, stripes
with others OF changeable silk, Magenta satin
for instance, with the new changeabe green
cert Gedu cronpessdnte (stsgnant water,) and
deep brown with chaugeable, or as the English
call it, "shot' pink silk. The quality Of these
silks is very good; they are S6 per yard. and
cannot be initiated, as other striped silks have
been, in common striped petticoatng. The
'sWatteau" silks are another new style in fancy
silks. They are intended for dinner and even
ing costumes. arranged i'll the most recoco
| style. Antique sleeves, lace ruff1es, very low
square bodGice, punched up skirt, powdered
hair, bows of black velvet and black patches.
The designs are large checks, and the combina-
ton of color lightens the antiquity of their ap-
pearance. One was pink and blue, plaided with
black, and another amber and pink, plaided with
| green.
STREET SUITS.
The new suits for fall wear consist OF Scotch
plaid. English serge, or their American imita.
tlons. waterproofs tweed, plush aud silk, OF
velvet aud silk and several decided novelties
i in rloin and rihhod o1oth Si1ly 10 vnrv pnuol,