The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-11-24
81 FAsMION, NOTES.
Costumes for Fall and winter Wear.

Costumes for Fall and Winter Wear.
Those who are in tho confidence of
the modistes say that French serge is
much preferred to the English. Both
are all wool, but the French is the soft
est, and has the twill more clearly de-
fined.
New autumn costumes are made in
soft wooden fabrics that are at once
light, warm and elegant. OF these sat-
in de chine and cashmere arc the favor
ties. |.. -....
Tartan plushes and Victoria plaids
are very handsome for young girls. The
most stylish suits of the season are made
with single skirt and a long full polo
naise or cassaque. The skirt may be of
black and the cassaque colored or the
order reversed.
The latest style of basque has two
darts and a side-form in the front, with
double side-forms in the back and a seam
down the centre.
Round waists are rapidly giving place
to points and postillions.
Corsages are worn somewhat higher
than they were during the summer, and
are finished at the neck with narrow
bias bands.
Bodices seem likely for the season to
remain open in front, either square or
heart-shaped.
Sleeves are now made wide or half
wide, with tight undersleeves for day
wear and open lace ones for evening.
A new style of sleeves is called the
Duchesse. 1t is rather close fitting, open
nearly to the elbow, and caught togeth-
er with bows. 1t may be trimmed
either with lace or fringe.
Black and colored velvet ribbons are
as much used as bias bands for trim
ming. Shaded velvet and moss trim
mings are very fashionable.
Grebe trimming will DE very much
worn on cloth and velvet suits, and when
mounted with seal-skin border it
makes an excellent and durable trim
ming.
Fringcs are in endless variety; plain,
crepe and plated, and headed with gimp,
passementerie, guipure or velvet. Many
Of the fringes are very elegant.
Among the novelties in solid garniture
are medallions of every form for dress
and cloak trimmings. Some of the pas
sementerie trimmings SO much in vogue
this fall are exceedingly rich, and can
hardly be distinguished from silk en-
broidery.
English embroidery has been revived,
and is much used for trimming silk and
cashmere.
4 new style of pGnnier is the Cava-
lier," square or rounded in front, with
three or four rows of open hemstitch,
divided by narrow stitched bands OF
plain cambria, with cuffs to match, and
narrow Valenciennes lace Oh the edge.
Hats-Gypsey, Franc-tireur and Ty-
rolese-are all worn high, with turned
up brim. Those of felt are turned up,
with velvet of q darker shade, of the
same color. Birds heads and wings OF
the richest plumage are worn as aig-
rettes.
Ornaments Of cut j ct, oval, mcdallions,
crosses, etc, are much in vogue. Jet is
also mingled with passementerie. The
latest style Of jewelry is French enamel
and onyx stone Belgian marble), set in
gold, with pearls and diamonds.
Gold clasps with a monogram in black
enamel are made to fasten those black
velvet bands with which ladies are SO
fond OF relieving the whitencss of a
handsome arm.
The most fashionable colors in gloves
this season are amarantha, sultana, royal
purple and Mephistopheles. The long
glove, with six buttons, is now selling as
high rs So and 81 q pair.
England is beginning to acknowledge
New York as the leader Of fashions. The
London publishers, to whom a promi-
nent metropolitan m0Ri8te has furnished
steel fashion plates for some time past
advised her recently by cable to increase
their original order one-third, in lieu OF
Partisan styles, American designs being
preferred to any other.