Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-11-15
Mistellal,eous.
FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER.

skirts this season for street and walking
dresses, must by this time confess them
selves mistaken. So far from short
dresses having lost any of the vogue they
had achieved, they have gained great adj
ditional prestige. The most elegant ma
terials are now made up into short eos
tunes, rivalling in cost and pretension the
most elaborate evening toilets.
There are two lavorite methods OF
making these costumes. One consists OF
n skirt and full cGSdque or Polonaise the
other, of two skirts, the upper one very
long, and a basque, or short coat with
lapels.
The new methods of trimming exhibit
the most extrayagant use of costly mate
rials. Suits of rich gros- grain, OF the new
shades. have the full and elaborate trim
mng3, plated hounces, and headings
lined with velvet many shades darker,
and arranged so that the velvet gives the
warm, rich tone to the dress, without
being actually seen.
Suits of velvet are very distinguished
trimmed with very rich crochet cnIaoid-
cry, into which the smallest quantity OF
cut jet is introduced, and bordered with
wide guipure lace. The oyerskirts are
y
and looped very high at the sides.
The costume is not unfrequently COM
/ posed of velvet overslsirt and basque
worn over u petticoat Of rich satin trim
med with very narrow founces, and quilt
ed into design as heading. Black vel
vet is very effective in this way, over q
skirt OF blue or maroon satin, the entire
costume-hat, gloves, etc.-careiully
al.
other details.
The severity of the season following
close upon very warm summer, has
brought out IL great many iur-triinmed
suits of great beauty and elegance. Col
ors, such as fucshia, maroon, wine-color
and dark green, are even more iashiona-
bic than black, and are displayed to the
greatest advantage by rich bands of grebe
or sable fur, and collars, cuffs, and reterS
| OF satin, or gr0s-grain trimmed on.
Jackets of quilted satin, bordered with
fur, or without sleeves, are used ioI
breakfast and morning wear, and in
| white satin, with swans-down edge, are
not unirequently seen in the evening.
Many dresses for dinner and evening
wear are composed of rich gros- grain or
poult de sole, the iounces plated over
under ones of muslin, edged with Nalen-
ciennes lace. The upper skirt is looped
high, and bordered with guipure lace halt
Il yard wide and the waist is composed OF
muslin richly trimmed and having sleeves,
and small, loose jacket or bodice, which
displays the decoration, and has fancy
basques attached, which take the place OF
sash.
Very pretty dresses are made for little
girls, of white muslin. high in the neck
with long sleeves and bright Roman scar
let or blue sashes. The lower skirt is trim
med with rutlles, the upper skirt punched
at the sides, and cut into II round or point
ed apron in front, and very much trimmed
as is the putled bodice, with Valencenness
The winter cloth suits for ordinary weal
are becoming as popular as the linen suit,
for Summer wear. There is no wear out
to such suits, and they should be finished,
therefore, with thick galoons or heavy
braids that will last about as long as the
material. Furs are used for trimming
them by persons who expect them to serve
as handsome winter suits.
In furs, sable is this winter taking the
place of high-cass mink. 1t is made up
i'll about the same style, excepting that the
lining is thick gr0s-gTdtn, and no orna-
ments are used. Instead of tassels, anC
the like, the ends of the mutf are drawn
i'll with elastic, and close warmly over the
wrist.
WINTER BONNETS.
We are undoubtedly getting back rs fas
| as possible to the period when hats anC
bonnets had Il real existence, and Were
things to be seen, and felt, and admired,
and counted upon rs something that had Il
tangible existence. The "Sauarn bonnet
and the little triangular Fanchon have
gone out Of existence; and now the Dia-
dem is following suit, and in its place is
the high hat, with long, sweeping plume,
and the graceful and piquant Gypsy, with
curved brim, and jaunty feathers set
straight against. the small crown.
| a great many bonnets are made of the
mixture Of the browns, light coffee and
chestnut brown, and two materials, velvet
and groS-grain. The trimming generally
consists OF a long plume of the light color
and Il tuit of pink roses in bronze leaves.
y very pretty bonnet is made Ot blacl
velvet, the brim lined with blue, blue
strings, which tie at the side, and three
ostrich tips, one blue, two black.
a becoming hat, for II blonde, for con
cert or matinee wear, is OF sky-blue 9r0s
grain, the brim turned up, and lined viii
black velvet. The trimming consists o.
roses, bows of black velvet, and bows and
ends Of sky-blue gr0S-grain ribbon.
4 handsome hat of gray velvet has the
blim turned up and lined with black vel
vet, and a front heightened by standing
shell of white lace holding n jet aigreHe
very light and eXquisitely cut, a long
gray plume is placed on one side, anC
hangs low at the back; and covering tn,
end of this, is a small boquet of mixe(
roses with grass.
Another bonnet is of pale Havana vel
vet, surrounded by folds Of groS-gratn
which are carried down the sides, ant
form brides or strings. a group of smal
ostrich feathers, in ten shades, curl over tn,
top, and the inside of the brim is trimmet
with Il double quilting OF groS-grain,
small bouquet of roses, and knot of rib
bon with iringed ends.
One of the distinguishing features o
this Winters modes is the large colore,
ostrich feather, placed in a curve over tn
velvet or satin bonnet. 1t is also to b.
remarked that we once more wear some
thing like the tour de tetc, or cap of for