Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-08
Fashions...Early Fan Styles.

The new styles for dresses, suits, wraps and
children's clothing are very pretty, and ey-
erythlng Is proiusey trimmed Velvet gui-
pure lace, Cluny lace and fringe will be much
used for trimming. When the skirt has
Hounce Of the material, the oyerskirt is often
trimmed with wide fringe
Gay plaids will be worn in wraps, drapcd
on the back as burnous, and one corner thrown
over the left shoulder.
A novel way Of arranging square shawl
is to take few paits in the back, the same
in front; the corners them simulate the front
and back of a basque skirt, and the shawl
hangs loosely over the shoulder in form Of
mantle.
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laid, and fastened at the back of the neck
and brought down to the belt, from which the
shawl falls loosely. In front are folds also
just how this is done cannot well be described
but a shawl draped in this manner is graceful
EVENING DRESSES.
An evening dress of blue is very handsome.
trimmed with black Cluny lace and black vel
vet with white edge. The bodice is a Lady
Washington waist, medium high on the back,
and open ia front to within four inches Of the
belt, with wide lace falling around the neck
and narrow velvet heading it. Sleeves are
plain, with a wide, pointed velvet cuff The
belt is Of velvet, edged with white and has
bows and ends Of black and white. The skirt
has one wide tlounce put on in lan-shaped
palts, with black velvet star between each
upon the plain space at the top. The over
skirt has the front plain, slopinp up to the
side and joining the back oue-iourth of a ward
from the belt The back is in two pufs the
upper one has a fall Of lace, and there is wide
lace around the entire skirt, headed by vel.
vet with wide edge bows Of this ribbon are
set on the side whore the front and back ioin
A purple dress with long trained skirt has
one fiounco around the bottom an oyerskirt
bound with white satin, and trimmed at in
teryals with clusters Of purple leaves, bound
with white satin, The waist and sleeves are
trimmed to correspond, and there are white
satin buttons in front
SUITS.
Suits will be much worn, and there is not
even rumor that Dame Fashion thinks of
ruling them out for winter they will be
wadded, or warm vest can be worn under
the basque. An elegant suit has one wide
hounce around the bottom. There are two
narrower founces, set one above the other.
to represent two skirts, and at the back is
short pulled skirt Of basque. Sleeves are
plain, with cuffs ofvelyet and there is n cane
that falls over the shoulders aud back. com.
posed Of three rufles.
A very neat pretty way of making an over. |
skirt to be worn with black silk suit for
early fall wear, or may be worn for evenings /
is to make the back open to within one.fouTtb
OF a yard from the belt the edges are trim.
med with wide Cluny lace, and Joined by
velvet bow the front is composed of CluDy
lace, set together over silk Of some CONTRASTING
color, as brown, pink, or blue rosettcs are
made OF this lace and silk to ornament the
sides.
a morning wrapper has wide Aounee on.
ly on the back breadth, that extends to the
neck in Vatican style; the front breadth is
trimmed in form Of a rounded apron, and the
side ones are in points; the trimming is com.
posed Of three rows of velvet, one wide be.
tween two narrow and this extends up the
seams from the trimming around the bottom
10 the belti the waist is French STYLE with
reyeres and collar described by rows Of velvet
Children's suits are made much in the STYLE
If those of larger growth, goring or circular
orm. The materials most used are in cav
'olors, plaids or stripes