The New York herald., 1870-01-09
FASHION GOSSIP.
New Ideas for the Season-Vairies in
Gauze and Gossamcr-Popuiarity Of
Brocades-Fabrics Light Us Woven
Wind and Bright rs Woven
EA8onbeams-A Run Through
the Fashion Curriculum.

For party wear nothia! can be more be egilderngly
and fancifuliy beautiful than the exquisite shecpy
gauzcs, most OF them frosted or spancied with
woven diamond dust Just intro oluced for the adorn-
ment and peculiarly becoming adornmcnt TOO, OF
our lovely and sprituea courty women.
But not alone IN the ballroom do tnsy nad special
favor; but from their exceedingly n5nt and delicate
well as certain ctherai, so-calei bridal delcacy
OF texture. they have already been assigned the
foremost place as the greatest novelty and most
modish for wedding toiettes. AMI, verify, bridal
v,sage blushing beneath lustrous irost-spar8i,ng
vei OF this same drean-lke illusion must be piain
indeed, not TO borrow Tor the MON ,nt clarn oil
something which - more tnan elrlniy beaaty-or
possibly Ueca 30 OF IT, something winch Is some.
thing less.
As matter OF course ballroom inhabited by
syiphs clad In such attire looks more as peoDcd
by floating transient moonoeams or vertable gem.
ilttcn undncs. but "for tns night am scene ony.'
Tae late wedding robes OF the Princess Louise OF
Sweden valued ut 80, 900 rancs was OF this exqul.
site gauzc-shot with silver and exauisltely en-
broidcred by hand Win seed pearls aud tne most
delicate silver flowers.
Not alone ara these robes frosted In silver al.
though for literal dream beauty nostAns can ex-
ceed this description OF style long, sheely silver
fringe being the only auxiliary BY which 1t IS per-
mlssbie enhance It's beauty; but that gllstening
In brilliant gold, gold ana silver mixed, diamond
dust crystal dropped, pearl po ydercl, ana even
those light ieecy ilusiona dllntily and closely
hand embroidered by tiny running vines IN scarlet
canary, bright blue violet AMI wnto SILK, as also
those with SILK and billion embroidery interm,xcJ
are inexprcssiDy beautiful. The flowers are al way
uny; for instance, vcsy small one. rcsemblin !,
the common. but always exquisite, summer scarlet
bean In miniature, more than anything else, and
tiny seed pearl fringe in great profason, Iavisnly
lntymingled with q heavy sheen OF white six
fringe ALSO Is Of the most beautiful and uni
yersally becoming. Another, embroidered all over
with o species OF tiny white SILK star, held each q
immature bft OF verlta2le blood.rcd coral IT.
heart and waved on IN the bright now VI real coral
trimmed nounces. The smallest ilnaginaD,e order
OF Maltese crosses, stars anchors crosses and
woven birIs-Ie SIZE and ssnaIicr-botn the canary
and the ruoy-throated hunmlng bird, are newly
| established favortes and impressed ornaments
This gauZy material. although maniiesly the
| greatest rage In the styles above QuOled Is very
much worn and ADMIRED when danuy striped
either In gold or SILVER or In the exquisite decltey
| united six embroidery also previously mentioned
striped In The cross way, or course, since tue El-
saiadrn to Algeria are iinltedly raged aooui.
Nat, OH that Crepe dc Chne.n Frou having
| for some months been the envy OF our Parlslan
sisters II has now crossed Inc ocean. In ali us be-
wl0ering and unconsci0naoic beauty 40 worrit
out the heurts OF American sisters here on this
Continent. Attraction apar from It's really notice.
aolc, but by no means sil gsneTis beauty. is Its
absurd price: Is made entirely oi SILK, Is as iight as
well, absolutely malden's heart, or a dream Of
the lrosthcnd Illusion above quoted-cosis jour,
as the jewelers. say OF other single precious gems
| fully iIty, anu sometimes even sixty francs per
| yard. or course when trimmed with the rich laces
which seem its only appropriate decoration, ltl
price may run up say. well, anywhere into bcjonl
Dejond. As matter bare,y worth mention IL
cannot be imported into Paris iasI enough for It's
preconcuded salcs.
Tne celestial iouard another much more season.
able but nearly as pretty Ia every respect evening
! SAX, Is another novelty. aud In style OF the two
special sl sdes OF VI een-One OF the raging Iints o
the season-is very popular, and peculiarly beco n
ing, especially among the y0ungish young ladies' IN
society. mixed suit OF one OF these foulards one
OF tho Algerian cross stripcd-green, for instance
over either white ana silver black end silver O,
utes uersa with gold, IL esteemcd gen.Iixe cos
i tune In TACT, as written In my letter OF las
week. gold Is worn literally more or less upon every
| thing and BY everybody. There s no doubt how
ever, that fasn0nS this season run u the bizarre
snd that cccenlricity, extravaganza and unlimited
display ntoiet reigns already supreme In New iorx
~ well a. Paris.
Among other cxtravaVances the usc OF perfumes
Is largely finding renewed iayor IN fasnionaole
society.
/ 4 happy thought IN the way Of an exqp,sitely