The Cecil Whig., 1872-12-07
THE FASHIONS.

my tub around CECILIA.
THE FASHIONS.
WHAT COLD WEATHER BRINGS Us.
NEW STYLES IN URs-GENTLEMEN's FASH
IONS IN COSTUMES, LINGERIE, AND JEW
ELRY.
Furs have grades as strongly marked as
society has, though the law does not de-
fine them here as it did in days lang syne
in the Old World. Here in pocket takes
the place of legislation, and its pronuncia-
mento is far more potent than any decree
by Kings Or Parliament. To prove this
magnificent disregard of money, in no 9th
er city of the world are such costly furs
sold as in New York, and in so great profu-
sion. The last few years find many chang
es in styles and kinds. Wherever there is
glitter, warmth, perfumes from "Araby
the blest," and music, you find ermine.-
Growing few years ago to be the par er-
ce7lence, II univeral rivalry thereupon grew
up in cat, rabbit, and the English cony
skin, daubed in streaks with yellow ochre,
ntastically adorned with small ends of
grimalkins' tails, and sold for real royal
ermine, at such absurdly low prices that
the too snowy sets were seen in amicable
companionship with pilot cloth, beaver,
and sometimes woolen shawls, at which
genuine ermine, reposing only upon the
richest silk, the heaviest velvet, would
shrink with horror. Therefore the real
ermine has disappeared from every place
not rooted in, according to the DEGREES of
! fashion.
Only connoissuer in furs can judge be-
tween the Russian and Hudson's Bay Sa-
BILE, so nearly are they alike. yet the latter
has, from a caprice, lost caste in the fash
ionahle world 1t is not less beautiful than
| the Russian, yet the cost of the Russian
makes it very desirable. Very fine sets can
be purchased now for 1000, or 81 500,
the rage for fancy furs deteriorating slight
| ly from its popularity. Seal skin sacfues
are excessively popular, and naturally that
has raised the price. A plain untrimmed
IL
ity, from $3.50 to 5000. Trimmed accord
ing to the style of trimming) from $3.50 to
$3.50. Boas of course are cheaper, rang
ing from 80 to SEQ according to length
Boas, fiat-shaped and elegantly lined and
quilted in satin, accompanied by beautiful
| little muffs and turbans are in themselves,
| apart from the sacque, most distingNe adtii
tions to the Winter wardrobe. Boas,
sacques, and muffs of the finest seal skin
| are trimmed with tails and fur Of the beau
| tiful sea otter, an exquisitely fine fur soft
as velvet, and each hair seems finished off
with silvery point as OF airy thistle-down
irradiating the dark beauty of its depths.
| The sea otter is also made up into SETS,
even q muff and boa commanding so high
| a price as from $500 to $3.50. Seal sacques
are also trimmed with Blue Fox, a fur
oftener found upon the Boulevards than
| Broadway, yet fashionable everywhere, and
so expensive wlthal that the trimming sells
| for $S $12 yard. Sets of this fur cost
from SO to 800; it is an exceedingly fluffy
elegant fur of brown, which might, to
crafty dealer, be called blush, and one
might finally be persuaded into saying it
really was slate-color.
Other fashionable trimmings are the
Isabella Bear, light, thick, soft brown;
the Silver Fox, at 70 cents yard, fine and
soft likewise; the Black Martin, at SO
yard, sometimes called Alaska Sable
Every article of apparel has been called
after the little "diva," so we have a clue
ca Sacque," of seal skin. lined with amber
satin, cxquisitely quilted and provided
with the indispensable inside pockets
| The Silver Fox, from extreme ice-bond
regions, possessing the rare, silvery, this
| tie. down fluf1iness, with lovely, velvet
depths. also bnisl,. This is only used for
trimmings, at from s. to $l2 a yard, and
in muffs and boas, as high as $3.50. Tie
Black Fox is yet another high priced and
elegant fur, and from its rarity is consider
ed perfect enough for the trimming of vel
vet, as well as seal The rates range quite
high in value. the best for $G00 The col
or is very dark, and the fur soft as plush.
| Astrakan has lost caste in the fashionable
world governed by the pocket and caprice,
yet is popular where warmth and comfort
are desired, and especially by those in
mourning. There are several grades Of
Astrakan, the very finest, made of the Per-
sian lamb, bearing that closely -curied, wa
tered look; and the longer haired, of the
sheep. They range in price, according to
quality, from $50 to 500. Mink, like
deposed queen, is always affectionately re-
garded by her errng and capricious sub
jects, therefore mink is yet fashionable, in
rich, dark colors, coming mostly in muffs
and boas. The large cape and cloak are
utterly obsolete, and only seen upon low
ers of antiquities.
Mufs are yet small and trimmed with
ribbons; the tails Of the animals form
more appropriate garniture. Cellars are
left for elderly ladies, (rather to adopt
more pleasing expression), for those who
admit themselves slightly passe; young
ladies' particularly those who pride them
selves upon what Mrs. Mantillni would
call their " outline affect boas either flat
or round. Lynx is also rescued from long
ablivion, and, being new to the present
generation, is rather low-priced at present,
but from its rich. velvety black, glossiness,
with glimpses beneath on the pelt of
superb red brown, it is destined to great
popularity. Gray squirrel is extensively
used for lining silk, velvet, and even fur
garments; for that purpose the fur of the
gray cony is also used. Childrens furs