The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-15
THE WINTER FASHIONS.
WH4T THE LADIES ARE WEARING IN
NEW YORK.
Perplexed sboppers-New Materials
Fashions for the Street-Wraps and
shawls-Bonnets and Hats-The Lat
est Wrinkles.
NEW YORK, November lC.

Shawls-Bonnets and Hats-The Lat
est Wrinkles.
NEW YORK, November lC.
Broadway, these bright November days, Is
taking on all the brilliant hues and glowing
with warmth and brightness In all the shop
windows are piled soft wool goods, In deep
marine blues, dark olive greens, warm GRIM
sons and mulberry shades, glowing damsons
and prunes, and every shade of brown, from
the bronze brown, with the CLINT of gold run
ming through every thread, to the dull choco-
late. Silks are draped in shimmering folds,
one color ABOVE another, forming brilliant
mosaic; all the dark shades for costumes and
house-wear, and the lighter tints for evening
robes; delicate pale blue, with shadow OF
frost-like silver in Its folds just mere suspi-
clon of whiteness, like the feeclest cloud
that floats over summer sky, Is draped
above a bright maize color, while soft
pink, like nothing in the world so much
as the centre petals of blush rose,
falls over on the folds of green 80
pure and pale that it might be the very
weaving OF q fairy's loom for Tltanla's royal
wear. In the windows of the fancy goods
stores futtering ribbons tempt the feminine
eye, and yards of creamy lace hang In grace
full festoons above the gay mass of coloring.
In and out these stores busy feet go uooping
all day long; pretty girlish figures lean over
counters laden with costly temptations, and
fair brows are bent and pretty faces grow pref
tier and more charming in their perpleXity.
Momentous questions are being decided. and
the whole force of feminine Intellect is brought
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shoppers futter from store to store and from
counter to counter, and finally In sheer de-
spair settle down on something and hurry
away lest little delay should make them re-
consider their decision, and 80 all the perpex-
ity and uncertainty would have to be gone
through with again.
COSTUMES.
There is comparatively little change In the
style Of street costumes from last season. The
general effect remains still the same. although
there may be alterations In some of the minor
points. One thing of considerable Importance
may be sad just here-demi-tralns for the
street, that were 30 popular In the early part
of the season, have almost entirely disappear
ed, and costumes now are made Just to clear
| the ground on walking. The attempt to keep
the demi. train was entirely unsuccessful, al
| though It's admirers tried their vdgy-best to
make the fashion lasting one; butthe sensi-
| BILE women outnumbered the silly ones, and
| the effort at last was but an unsuccessful one.
| The underskirts are trimmeda q great deal, and
Id various styles; the narrow ruiz les are much In
favor, and so are deep founces put on with q
cluster OF side plaits, then plain space, then
the cluster of plaits again; festoons OF ribbon or
| In the centre Of the plain space with bow or
very full half rosette with ends. The over
| dresses are made with short, wrinkled apron
| fronts, some Of them scarcely more than half
yard in depth, while the back is very long and
| full and decidedly psnniered. The attempt to
put aside pannlers has been 80 far quite as un-
successful az the one to introduce trains In
walking costumes. A stylish belle shudders at
the thought Of plain gathered or pleated
skirts, and Fuckers and pufs and panniers
more decidedly than ever. For overskirts,
| lace or fringe with pdsse'nenterie heading is
| decidedly the thing, and where fringe Is used,
! and 1t can be afforded, 1t is knotted into the
material Itself, forming very graceful finish.
The bodies are made entirely with basques,
and round waists are entirely out, except the
pleated waists of last summer for neglig6 cos
tunes, which keep their place In the fa-
vor of wearers for their ease, simplicity
and csmfort. Sleeves are neither the
close coat sleeve nor the immense flowing
| drapery, but compromise between the TIVE;
most Of them fitting quite closely to the elbow,
then falling In frlll from there. Polonalses
are as popular as ever, the Marguerite being
at present the favorite. This is quite simple
In style, fitting closely to the figure, and then
making deep, very full basque for the skirt,
which is looped on each side by rosettes OF
broad gros grain ribbon, the ends falling down
on to the underdress. More elaborate than
this, and exceedingly stylish, ls the Leoni, or
Louis XVI shaped affair, with long vest of vel
vet, with cuffs and collar to match, and long,
| full back of heavy twilled silk. These are only
two Of family whose members are numbered
by the score, but they are the two that just
now are the most highly In favor. Besides
these there Is the Beatrice, dignifed and state
" as Its name; the Mousquetalre, stylish, pi-
quaint and jaunty; the Berenice, elaborate and
heavy with masses OF pdSSenenterie and en-
broidery; the Carlotta, the Adelina and all the
| rest OF the sisterhood of romantic names.
| MATERIALS.
Silks are OF course, as usual, first and fore
most when pockets are long enough TO meet
| the demands, with elaborate trimmings of
guipure laces, and polonalses Of Lyons velvet,
soft and fine, with deep lace edges, fine and
delicate, and headings OF pdSSenenterie and
| let, or bands OF feathers, soft and waving al
most like down; their very blackcess, which
shades on brilliant green, something mar
vellous In itself. In addition to the plain
black silks, they are manufacturing this season
large quantity of fancy. stripes, black
grounds, with stripes Of gold color, scarlet,
crimson blue and green. These for house
dresses, or for polonalses to wear over black
petticoats, are very pretty and stylish. Amer
| lean silks are gaining 30 much In favor that
the manufacture has been increased, and new
fkinds are being constantly put before the
public, and the very latest are these fancy
stripes.
| WOOL MATERIALS.
Cashmere, soft and clnging, still holds the
foremost rank among the wool goods, and after
1t come the all-wool delaines, and q new
French wool material, broken across the sur.
face with dashes of silk In the tinlest bars, call
ed EpinqlineS. These are In all the warm col.
ors, of which flm6e or London smoke are the
| favorites; though there Is the rich plum that
borders on the red, fruit-like color, showing
| the jncy dashes OF wine through liz lustrous-
ness, and the marine blue that is always 30
popular and pretty. Yet Notwithstanding all
these innovations of COLOR black still holds Its
own and is considered the most distingue.
Plaids are In high favor, made In the warm,
solt materials-such an Improvement on the
stiff, harsh-ooking poplns that have been
offered for 80 many seasons. A faVorite plaid
| Is the black and white, with line of blue
or gold color relieving the cold plainness
Satins are as plenty and as popular as
last year and assert themselves sauciy in
every store, while the empress cloths lay their
claims before the public and always find them
respected and themselves entirely appreciated
What would any woman of us all be without
her alpaca or brllliantine, the old-time stand.
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