The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-29
FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER.
New Fall Fashions, fn Matters a ls, Street,
Suits. Evening Dresses and Costumes, J.,
New Sleeves, Skirts and CorsaEcs.

NEW YoRK, September, 18G9.-The revoIu-
tion in women's outdoor dresses uas as com.
plete as it was sudden, and 1t will probably last
with this century at least. 10 faotit is exceed.
ingly doubtful II wish could say impossible)
that the old train skirts, the old thin gaiter
boots and shoes, the three-story coal.scuttle
bonnets, should ever sec daylight again. wo-
| men have now got convenient and useful
street dress, costly, If they choose TO mako it
so, hut economical also II they choose, and
| always neat, lsdy-lke and becoming. They
have fortunately tried it and found the good
| Of it. End whatever Partisan milIiners aud 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 nero accident. Il is part Of the
modern md progressive ordersof things which
is gradually removing tho barriers to the
greater activity and freer development on the
part of'all women. But now for details
| WATERWAYS, NEW AND OLD.
Tho 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 10 get. Quite q
now effect has been produced in this class OF
| goods this season, by introducing black and
forming narrow speokled stripes Of blue and
black, or green and black, with white lines be.
i
cents per yard, double former prices THAT ls
before the war but just about half what they
| we're during the wor (75 cents.) and oil worth
msnent @ % color ri and greater Durability. 'i There p
| is something in Tho humidity of the English
| climate which adapts it particularly to the
printing and manufacture OF colors Amer1-
can prints follow English patterns very much
in style and design, and are now almost at
| anti-war prices, and can be bought from
ten to fifteen cents per. yard. Consider
this is very low. and can hardly pay for
| the cost OF manufacture. In white cotton
| goods the American manufacturer oan now sus-
tain itself against all foreign competition.
the Wamsutta muslin. In dress goods, how
ever, the record is very different; French meri-
noes, English serges, Irish reps and poplins
| arc 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 snd durability; !;
but this is only apparent, not real. They arc
always mixed. and very much mixed with cot
| ION. Worse still in black aud white goods,
! and wherever black lines uro introduced iuto
fabrics they are nearly always cotton, even
ono to two dollars per yard, and the oopsc-
| quence ia that IL worn upon q warm day tho
black runs into the white md the dress is rtiin-
ed, or if worn out in tho rain IL crinklcs up.
i aud runs in streake, SO that il is never fit to
! wear again.
| THE JAPANESE PoPLrss
Are o sample Of this sort OF goods very pretty
| to look at. They tempted many to buy who
repent when they found their money might a5
j we'll have been buried in the around, or thrown
in the sea, for ',Japanese popins," or the
speckled stuffs known by that name. are flimsy
and poor in quality as we'll as liable to iun from
| the mixture Of black cotton. repeat what 1
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-
1sty or attractive the latter may be. Even Irish
| poplins are worth little unless, they arc war
beautiful as they are at frat, are nnsbie to
stand either dying or cleaning without losing
medium priced goods are pure Mohair
like fer suits or house dresses; very dur
| able. wide, almost as handsome as black silk.
They furnish dress that will out-wear
several two-dollar ailks. at the cost Of rs cents
cloths for 75 cents. and the very best quality
French merino for 81; pure wool plaid for 75
cents per yard mp, and Atwood dealne, q fine,
used, for 80 cents. a he white ribbed opera
4 and printed danneis must be mentioned also
among the newest OF wool fabrics for ladies'
dressing gowns and for children's wear. Among
the best and most seryceable Of the mixed
fabrics are the twilled "wash". poplins; they
nro 30 cents per yard, and not only take the
place, to great extent, OF the old, cotton and
cheap suits. There is q very soft real SCOTCH
serge, one yard and q half wide, for cIoaks and
suits. which, speaking comparatively, is cheap
90 fopn yenes thas is hosvy
ing robes, in shawl patterns, In every shade
OF color, are offered at from $12 TO $18 the
dress. OF silk, black silks nre inoomparably
the richest. The Antwerp. or "Cathedrafo
ailk, $40 per yard, aud others stately and Grand
In proportion till wo come down to the two
dollar articles, which is the acmo Of some lit.
tie womau's ambition. There are embroidered
silks grounded in every color known under
the sun, and spe :kled all over with rich bou-
quets Of wonderful flowers, buds, leaves ton
drills. all grown under the swift magic OF girls
about s25 per yard; q low price If yon count
the hopes and ,fears. the wishes and tho apx.
teties wrought into every inch OF the sllkep
1 surface, but. "hiah when we consider the
small amount OF duty which ssnch q piece
OF gay plumage r is over called upon to
distinguished effect with "a richf plain Black
nav az ae sserns eeis saS sk sapss
with others OF changeable silk, Magenta satin
for stance, with the. new changeabie green
gert Teau cronpes:ante (sts2nant water. } and
call it, "shot" pink siIk. The qusllt- 'these
silks is very good; they are 80 per y.;d. and
cannot be initiated, as other striped silks have
silks. They are intended for dinner and evens
ing costumes, arranged IN the most recoco
style. antique sleeves, lace rnfies, very low
square boddiee, punched mp skirt, powdered
.hsir, bows OF black velvet and black patches
Tho designs are large checks, and the combina-
tion Of color lightens the antiquity OF their APP
peafance. One was pink and blue, plaided with
black, and another amber and piuk, plaided with
green. .,., .,,
The new R,its for fell wear consist OF Scotch
plaid, English serge, or their American imita-
tiOns, waterproofs. tweed, plush, and silk. OF
i velvet and silk. and several. decided novelties
in plain aud ribbed cloth. Silk is very much
used FOR trimmings upon all sorts Of materials
Il even upon velvet, ard the richest black silk
I dittdn Of lace. Most Of them -are mado with
ah upper ,ekirt, which form around full pannier
at the back and 'wihgs at the side, and they are
S2Tplesed by either q waste. With long GOAT
email jaunty coat with lapel, which spread
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