Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-09
THE FASHIONS.
Fall Styles for Ladies' = Rich and
Gorgeous Dresses.

Fall Styles for Ladies' = Rich and
Gorgeous Dresses.
A New York correspondent, describing
the elegant costumes for women brought
out for the fall, goes into raptures over
some of the handsome dresses he saw on
exhibition. He says men stood gazing
with awe on the mystery and magnificence
of feminine attire, and then he goes off
after the following fashion:
Behold the lilies of the field What
are they in all their glory but very poor
and smutty compared with these robes of
Sheba2 No bird of paradise, no fiamingo
of the tropics, in all their splendor of at
tire, ever surpassed the plumage of wo-
man, fabricated by Eustache Roberts,
Fournisseur de L. M. L'Ymperatrice de
toutes les Russias, de Ia Famille Royale
de Prusse, etc. These robes, all disposed
upon 'fOrms," and elevated on plat
form, are contemplated to perfect advant-
age. First, we have
RECEPTION DRESS,
composed of black velvet, gold satin, and
point lace. The train is of black velvet,
two yards and half long, trimmed at
intervals around the entire expanse with
clusters of god, colored ostrich plumes,
and autumn leaves. A deep scolloped
pannier of gold satin, bordered with
point lace, headed with wreaths of au
tumn leaves, has the effect of the wings
of butterfly. The front is of gold satin,
festooned with elaborate piping, gar
land of autumn leaves and flowers form
ing "the apron" The price of this dress
81, 200.
Next is a white dress, the train heavy
corded silk; the skirt of illusion. The
train is three yards long, edged with
white satin and bordered with water
lilies. The Illusion skirt is trimmed with
deep tabs of white satin and marabout
feathers. Price $500.
Here is violet silk, founced with
point applique lace, bordered with gar
lands of violets and bouquets of roses;
the sash, with two ends of black satin
and one of violet, trimmed with point
applique with long pendants of violets.
Price, $400.
A pink silk reception dress, of the pure
tint of blush rose, trimmed with Met
ternich ruches and festooned with long
sprays of blush roses and buds; the whole
enveloped in an over dress of pale pink
tulle. Price $500.
A gray silk under skirt, founced with
plated black satin over skirt in points,
headed with black feather trimming, black
and white guipure lace and ostrich plumes
Of intervals prioa 3500
A black silk empress train, three yards
long, flounced with deep Chantilly lace,
headed with jet pendants, and turned on
the side to the waist TO form reverses.
Price $500.
Next
BEAUTIFUL BLUE SILK
dinner dress-train two aud half yards
long; over-skirt two yards long, pulled
behind to form three panniers, between
which hang pendants of sable fur, the
entire over-skirt bordered with sable fur,
headed with rich black gimp. Price,
5000.
wonderfulrobe of illusion and famine
colored silk. The first train is of white
lace with deep flounce of silk beaded
one-half of the skirt with bows; the other
with exquisitely twisted wreathed of gers-
MUM leaves. Then comes two oVer-skirts
of white tulle surmounted by empress
train of famine silk two yards and half
long, bordered with point applique,
looped on either side with sashes of white
satin trimmed with white geranium flow
ers and clusters of rich leaves; the PAN
nier formed entirely of flowers and leaves.
prion 866n