The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-11
CHIT.CHAT ON FASHION.

The cold gray ofthe November Skies
seems to invite warmth and comfort
which we find in the full colors and soft
thick fabrics which characterize the
fashionable materials Of the present
season.
The tinted bluffs, the pale grays, the
light browns, the delicate mauves, which
were worn through the summer, and
part Of the autumn, have given place
to WOODEN cloths, in cloth" colors-
olive, nut brown, plum color, maroon,
and more fashionable than all, the dark
tint of the purple grape, which is more
blue than purple, and almost as much
black as either.
These colors are repeated not only In
merinos, Partisan cloths, serges, Jams
cords and poplins but in plain rich pou'
de sotes, which are offered at four dollars
per ward, and are made without over
Skirts, and with little trimming except
the finish that the handsome lace col
larettes and sleeves give to compare
lively plain toilet.
The new lace sets have acquired so
much Importance that they are worth
more than a passing mention. The
sleeves are generally made flowing, OF
demi flowing, to suit the flowing OF
ruttied dress sleeves. The collars
are of all STYLES, the plainest cut
with two points in front, more dressy
ones forming square or heart,shaped
chemisette, and later designs still, vest
cut straight to the waist. All these are
made in Valenciennes lace and inser
ton, and the softness Of the exquisite
fabric harmonizes wonderfully well with
the somewhat subdued tint of the dress
and gives a thoroughly lady like tone
to the whole toilet.
The tunic, or overdress, has been
adopted with great readiness and proves
to be a most useful and universally cap
tivating institution. In English twilled
cashmere, it makes a very cheap YET
stylish garment, that can be worn in
the street or in the house, and uses up
all the old silk and poplin skirts salts
factorily.
In gray, trimmed with black velvet,
over black poplin, silk or alpaca, it
makes a very handsome and becoming
costume, yet almost any skirt can be
worn, with the cloth colors for TUNES
now in vogue.
OF course, the richer materials, the
wool satire velvet, velveteen and others,
are desirable, but they are used with
the exception OF the wool Saline more to
form the suit complst, than the less per
feet costume.
The union of velvet and gros grain
seems indispensable this season to the
formation of the grand toilet, whether
for the street, visiting or party wear.
Young girls, of course, do not indulge
in such weighty grandeur, but rich
qros grain dress, with dark velvet train,
and mountings, with perhaps fin
ishing Of narrow real point lace constr
tutes very imposing toilet for ma,
irons.
For visiting and street wear, the most
elegant suits complet are made of Lyons
velvet, mounted with gros grain, or with
a rich black moresco embroidery, In
which slight amount Of fine cut jet is
introduced.
The hats for these toilets are Of velvet
to match the suits, and are ornamented
with thread lace, or long ostrich
plume and feather aigretts, made OF Jet
and fastened with jet or jeweled orna,
ments.
| Very little satin is used even as trim
ming, although it certainly is admirably
ada pied to light up lustrors silks and
wooden fabrics.
One of the incest, cheapest and most
useful materials for evening wear and
for bridges in the country, is fine white
alpaca, trimmed with colors (gros grain
or satin), for evening, but with white
frosted or uncut velvet for a bride. II
can be cleaned and dyed and never
wears out.
The material that ranks next in
beauty to velvet, and by many preferred
to cheap qualities, is black velveteen.
Some of these are 30 handsome that
they can hardly be distinguished at a
glance from velvet. The choicest ones
have neatly quilted silk Innings, and are
trimmed with bands of gros-grain silk
piped with satin. The cheaper ones are
trimmed with silk galoon, laid on fiat
and have flannel Innings. Some of the
iauntiest are made coat form, that is
slashed in the back, with outside peck
cts, the front closed with yellow meta
buttons, and two on the back seams
Silk braid, an inch wide, is the variety
used as trimming. Jet buttons are gen
orally put on these garments in prefer
encc to metal. In this material, when
the shape is sacque, it is always short
reaching not more than ten inches be
low the vast.
The handsomest velvet garments are
made in the polonnaise form, that is,
the skirt presenting the appearance Of
an elaborate overdress, richly trimmed
with wide thread or guipure lace, and
embroidery gimp These are so SNOWY
themselves that the dress they aTe worn
with needs no upper skirt, these being
designed as substitute.
Another style ID more frequently
adopted, of making a similar skirt that
belts at the waist and can be worn in
the drawing room over a black silk
body and under dress, or it becomes a
velvet dress BY merely adding a pos,
tllion jacket Of the same material and
can be worn either with a short or trim
med skirt Of velvet, or gros grain silk.
To convert it into an elegant walking
dress, however, halfftting sacque or
basque is added. with short, slashed
skirt that falls over the handsome over
dress. A garment Of this description
reaches to the trimming on the lower
dress. The jacket being made separate
can be worn with any genteel dress,