Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-06
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
wooLBNs AND SILKS.

wooLsNs AND SILKS.
Black wooden stuffs are excepted from the
general reduction of prices, As they are staple
goods, do not 60 out Of fashion, are universally
worn, and consequently may be kept until an
true, however, of black silks. Some establish
mepts announce y reduction Of IS cents q yard
on silks worth over 81 yard, and, indeed, all
since the war. Black silks with the large Otto
man reps once thought 30 desirable show great
reduction, costing only IS SO or 81 yard, in
medium grain, which Is now more fashionable,
Is sold in excellent qualities for costumes ut 81 50
or g. This has fine lustre, and the faintest
tinse OF blue Is over the black, which makes it
especially handsome for associsting with blue
black Lyons velvet. Colored silks in the dark
shades used for skirts and trimmings of cancels
hair and cashmere costumes are sold for 81 q
yard; these are not the heavily repped silks
once chosen for suits, but are of the light quail
ity and fine lustre now thought good enough,
smaller quantity is also bought Of these, as two
narrow side pleatings around the skirt has be-
come the most acceptable trimming. Striped
silks cost from IS cents upward.
The opportunity to get bargains is not con-
fined to the necessary materials of ordinary
dress, but extends to the region of ve,vsts aud
gNniture. yelvets with deep thick pile and of
good blue-black color are sold for 50 or $40 a
yard in the convenient three-quarter width pre-
ferred for cutting Dolmsns, English jackets.
and poonaises; lighter qualities, for basques,
eiccNelcSs ltCktts, UOunCts. Anu Vi
suits. cost from ss to SIS The narrow velvets
for bonnets cost $3.50 or 81 q yard; these are
also used for bias bands, piping, revers, and
other dress trimmings. The garniture tor vel
vet cloaks is also Cheaper than formerly, as
very handsome passementeris ornaments, con-
sisting of Jet sprinkled stars with pendent tas
with very little jet are 30 cents. Simple open
worked galoons are sold for 50 or 70 cents a
yard, bat those so covered with jet beads As to
appear TO be solid Jet are far more expensive
Is AN at at m 90
beads, but these are cOarse-ooking, and 80
heavy that they tear or cut the material with
which they are worn. The silk fringe, with
strands of jet beads twisted and pendant at in
tervals among the silk threads, is considered
very stylish, and is much used for trimming the
long over skirts of black silk dresses.
WRAPPERS AND HOUSE DRESSES.
Ladies on economical thoughts intent make
wrappers and house dresses of the repped ma
terials which are now out or style Tor street
suits For instance, there are French and Irish
poplins of good quality, though not Pins best,
for ~ yard, in very good dark shades and IN
all warm bright hues. When trimmed with bias
velvet bands or cords, these make elegant Wat
teau wrappers or simple house dresses, with
basque and square oveTskirts. Epingeline worth
81 % yard is now sold for 95 cents, and is very
suitable for afternoon dresses that are not sub
jected to hard usage. For useful morning wrap
peTs for home breakfast tables and for service
while performing household duties there are
empress cloths in admirable cloth colors as low
as 81 \ cents yard. The pressed opera fan
nels so excellent for dressing gowns and inva-
lids robes cost now from 80 TO IS cents. There
is sudden caprice among stylish young misses
for wearing costumes Of gay Scotch plaids.
Several of these have LATELY been i'm ported for
the school girls Of wealthy families, who are
seen on the promenade arrayed in the bright
Stuart or Victoria plaid made up of every color
OF the rainbow, or else the dark blue and green
plaid SO popular three years since. The COS
tune is a short skirt, with two narrow kilt pleat-
ings, and tight long single breasted reding.
ote, trimmed with wooden bali fringe in which
all the colors of the plaid enter. A blue and
black plaid redingote with silver buttons and
clasps is worn stylishly over black silk skirt.
STEEL BEADS.
The latest Partisan fancy is to trim black
cashmere wraps with gray crocheted p assemen-
terie in which gstening cut steel beads are in
troduced. A DOlman of black cashmere has a
border of this kind with gray and black tassel
fringe, and black cashmere polonaise has the
large ide-pockets covered with this passemen-
terie, while there are horizontal rows Ia n,itt-
tdire across the fronts. The mixture of black
and gray is also seen on sacques OF cashmere
braided all over with black soutache, sprnkled
with steel beads, and edged with band of the
gray fur OF the siiYer-toN, or else OF chnchills.
CONFIRMED FASHIONS.
The simple styles described early in the sea.
son have met with general approval, and new
costumes are distinguished from those Of last
year by their absence OF elaborate ornament
Overskirts of costumes are longer aud more
simply shaped than ever. Some stylish over
skirts have the three front breadths fitted as
plainly as the skirt beneath them, and reach
within fourth of yard oi the foot; the back
breadths are then tied backward, draped in a
pouf near the TOP, ana hang almost to the edge
OF the demi- train: the fullness behind is sewed
to the belt in two large box-pIeats that hang
fatty instead of making boutf4nt tournure.
Fringe of silk and jet for silk dresses, and of
WOODEN balls for camel hair and cashmere over
skirts is more stylish than ruiiies A piped bias
band, OF else a narrow side pleatiDg, is much
used. Young ladies who have enough rediDgotes
made with tight basques and the long overskirts
ust DIES ribed; these are 50 simply shaped, cling
so closely, and are so devoid OF trimming, that
they are called habits" and do resemble ri
ding habits in appearance. An imported suit
of this kind is in two cOlors Of cancels air
dark gray and indigo blue. The gray skirt is
bordered with two rows Of narrow pleating, each
their depth, while the full lower edge is loose
as a ruffie. The long plain blue oyerskirt sim
ply hemmed has three smooth clinging front
breadths, while the full back breadths are
draped yet Nat. The basque is without postil-
ion pleats, and hangs In two square tabs be-
hind. standing English collar is around the
folds and edge the wrists
costume Is Of indigo blue felt, turned down
close to the ear on the left side, and turned up
high on the right, trimmed with blue silk folds,
and q curling ostrich plume in its natural gray
NEW YEARS EVENING AND RECEPTION DRESSES.
Dresses for the opera, evening parties and the
approaching New Years receptions do not par
take OF the simplicity advocated for street cos
over dresses are the favorites OF the winter, in
stead Of the muslin ones SO long worn. These
GAUGES have satin stripes over an inch wide,
either white or in delicate blue or rose, and the
silk skirt beneath them must match this stripe
in color, and is trimmed with pleated founces
Of the guaze arranged SO that a stripe comes in
each pleat. Pretty dresses for bride maids are
Of white silk, with white stripes in the gauze
basque, over-skirt, and pieatings, with wide
Hat sashes and gariands OF crimson roses. Blue
is the most prevalent color for evening dresses,
and is especially pretty under blue and white
striped gauze over dress, with the peatings on
the skirt sho wing the blue stripes. With such a
dress garlands OF roses of various shades, from
paiest pink to deep crimson, are very effective.
Stripes are also seen in other materials, such as
silk and velvet. A French costume worn at an
afternoon wedding has polonaise of alternate
stripes of white silk and black velvet, with a
white silk skirt and striped pleatings; the bon
net fer this dress is a fancitul Normandy crown
Of black velvet, with white and black plume
and feather ruches. The Princesse dresses de-
scribed a year ago, when Worth revived them
are worn by matrons and elderly ladies tor full
dress occasions. A dress prepared for receiving
New Years calls is of plum blue silk, made
with waist and skirt in one, in the princesse
style, simply fOunced around the demi train
a;d m he b..lf lie ,lo;,