Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-02

EVENING DRESSES.
Evening dresses for receptions and
the opera are composed principally OF
silk of the faintest tints with dark vel.
vet garniture. They are made with
| pigeon tail trains and many of them
are without overskirts. These dresses
are usually provided with two waists,
one of which is long pointed corsage,
the other fanciful basque with high
ruff and demilong sleeves plain to the
elbow and ruffled below. Dresses that
have no overskirts are trimmed to the
belt all around. A novel way of orna-
menting these skirts, it shows three
different kinds of trimming on the va
rious breadths. The front breadth is
trimmed with diagonal bands, the side
cores have graduated puffsor folds put
ON PERPENDICULAR, the back widths are
founced horizontally to the waist,
with alternate founces of crepe isse
and silk. The effect of this is excel
lent and the dress should be worn over
the new sloping pompadour hustle to
display it's voluminous trimming.
TRIMMINGS.
There is revived furore for Jet this
season. There are Jet fringes, Jet ga
loones, Jet buckles for fastening belts
and holding sashes in place, jet coro-
nets for bonnets and also Jet buttons
and ornaments for dresses.
Steel trimming is again very fashion
able, and when not used to excess is
very stylish and pretty. This bur-
nished blue steel is beautiful and very
appropriate for trimming the dark blue
cloths so much used.
Embroidery and braiding sprinkled
with fine jet beads are used to great
extent. Fringes and the exquisite or
trich feather bands are taking the
place of lace, which if used at all has
jet intermingled. There is also new
camels hair braid, especially appropri-
ate for trimming heavy fabrics.
Stylish buttons are of blue steel, Jet,
diamond cut steel, oxydised silver, and
velvet. They are used in greater pro-
fusion than ever, if such a thing be
possible.
BoNNETS.
Before describing bonnets it will be
necessary to say that there is change
in the arrangement of the hair. The
new couture for day wear consists of
single chatelaine braid on top. The
front hair is parted in the centre, and
brought down low on the forehead, IN
long ripping waves, which are far more
becoming than the false fuzzes and
fringe that ladies have worn so long.
Bonnets have large low crowns that
fit the head snugly, and high broad cor
onets. Velvet laid smoothly over the
frame is the chosen material for winter
Soft twilled silk, mingled with velvet,
is used for trimming. Nearly all bon
nets have face trimming of silk and
velvet puffs, or a wreath of tiny rose
buds mixed with lace. A few have
band of feather trimming all around;
the effect is very pretty, but becoming
to but few faces.
Two demi long pl1mes are preferred
for bonnets, while a single long ostrich
plume is used for round hats.
Shaded ostrich feathers have been
this season. They are very
handsome and very expensive, but have
failed to find favor as most ladies pre-
fer plume of single color, or black.
Bonnets are chosen to match the
principle costume of the wearer, or else
a black bonnet is selected, which can be
worn with various dresses.
For evening wear these bonnets are
ightened with bright ostrich tips and
fanciful face trimmings. Some steel |
and get ornaments appear upon bon
nets, but they require to be used with |
great caution.
Very little lace is used this season.
ROUND HATS.
Round hats and bonnets are of simi- |
lar shape, differing only in the matter |
IF face trimming, which is confined to |
oonnets.
FASHION NOTES AND MEMORANDA. |
The short mask vail is again in favor,
replacing the pointed kerchief vail
worn last season.
Long gloves, fastened with three or
four buttons, are chosen in dark shades, |
TO match the costume To wear with |
black and various dresses, shades of |
gray and buff are preferred.
hu1IS dTe Ildu6 VI Iue uldUcTldl VI |
the dress, lined with the same, or with
A becoming color. Another fancy is
20 make them entirely of colored silk |
and use in the place of a neck tie.
They must be very full and pleated
either in side pleats or double box
oleats. Inside the dress ruff is a SIM
lar ruff of muslin, lace, crepe-lesse or
Julie.
Small bows of ribbon or else of |
louble silk are favorite ornaments this
season. They are worn at the throat,
IN the front or left side of the belt,
md also back of the neck in vatican
fashion,
Clusters of long loops, scarcely to be
called bows, are placed down the 'front.' |
and sides Of dresses. A small buckle |
If cut steel or jet holds the loops to-
yether.
Belts are universally worn. They |
nave buckles behind and before, and |
the favorite chatelaine attachments.