The Portland daily press., 1873-09-25
The Latest Fashions.
GLOVES.

Artists in gloves have prepared kid gloves
Of invisible colors to match the dark costumes
with which they are to be worn. Forty diff
ferent shades of darkest hues are displayed,
including the new b,ack-blue, bottle green
olive, invisible brown, slate and plumb colors.
Good taste as well as style prescribes gloves
of simplest fashion, utterly without orna-
ment, made with long wrists fastened by
three or four steel buttons, and depending for
beauty upon their fine color and perfect fit.
Embroidery is only seen in the short gloves
fastened by one or two buttons, to which la
dies of conservative tastes still cling. The
gloves for general use With various dresses
are autumn leaf colors of every hue of the
the forest, also, the blue-gray slate color,
olive and plum. A novelty to wear with
semi dress black suits at church, visiting, and
the theatre is palest blue gloves; for the same
purpose blush lavender, Nile green, with
more blue than the gosng color, and buff are
also retained. For fall dress are chalk and
creamy white, pearl, and the palest gas-light
pink.
Undressed kid gloves are brought out in
darker slate grays and olive browns.
Substantial gloves for FIJI and winter are
made of English calf skin, with double stitch
ed seams, and the deep fiaring Sandrngham
cuff, prettly Scalloped like the petals of tu-
lip, and ornarlented with feather stitching:
price from So 25 to So pair There are also
calf-skin gloves warmly lined with plush, yet
not clumsy, for children's and school-s iris
use. Beginning with cnildren's No. l sizes,
and enl rging to ladies' size>, they cost from
50 upward; these are in all dark coors, and
supply the want of warm black glovss for
mourning. For fall and early winter are
heavy Isle silk gloves made with regular
seams like a Balbriggan stocking. For eques-
triennes are doeskin gloves, white, buff, fawn
and brown. do-5le-stitched, with the pretty
Sandringham cuff. Others have a good
gauntlet that the hand passes through, and
do not need buttoning. Soft fine cloth gloves,
all WOO, ,and of French manufacture, are lung
wristed and snugly fitted like kid gloves by
four seams IN the fingers.
HINTS TO DREsSMAKERs.
A revers collar in front, with box-plaited
ruff behind, is stylish way of finishing the
neck of basques, and INDUCES at once both
the prevalent capr1ces for the ruff and the
oentleman's coat collar. Basques now have
the wide Euglsh lack formed of four broad
pieces of the same width OF the waist, and
the waist is not defined by buttons. Two
cords on the edge of basques are far more styl
ish than any finish oflace or fringe, though the
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while the fronts are plainly corded. Instead
of full position paits PLAIN lappets sewed
in the seams, or else the square Jockey basque
is laid in plaits that are pressed fatty, and
held down by two lengIhwse rows of but
tons. Sleeveless jackets, especially those of
black or dark-colored velvet, will be again
fashionable, and are already worn with gren-
adine and silk dresses, accompanied by sashes
of velvet. These v.lvet basques are tight
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simple Unes worn last year. They are some
times merely scalloped and needle worked
around the armholes and basque edge. and
velvet ruff is invariably added; others are
rich with jet galloon, jet fringe and lace,
while more stylish fancy still is to border
them with baEd of ostrich feathers; some
are gay with colored embroidery. The new
blue steel beads are mingled with jet fringes
for trim1ling black silks and veivets,
black velvet revers collar. with velvet ruff,
lined with corded silk, is sold for wearing
with various dresses price S25. The silk or
woolen ruff is now as universal for finishing
the neck of dresses as has bands have been
hilbert. Instead of lining this ruff with
color, it is best to have it entirely of the
color of the dress. and wear inside SILK ruff
of any color that may be becoming, and still
anolher ruff inside this OF white muslin, lace,
or crepe issue.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH CALICO SUITS.
Beautiful suits for morning, either for
house or street, are made OF the new dark
calicoes Those with black grounds bright
ened by shell or star OF yellow, or else dark
blue with stripes or lightnng-struck lines of
white. make up most stylishly. They have
the double-breas ed redingote, belted, with
two rows of smoked pearl buttons down the
front, and single skirt with two lapped.
gathered tounces.-Hdrper's Bdzdr.
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