New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-27
THE FASHIONS.
WINTER WEAR.

STYLES ~ HATS, COATS, AND oVERcoArs -
| WHAT MINIATURE GENTLEMEN MOST AFFECT
| LADIES' WINTER BoNNETs, sHAwLs. AND
| DRESSES.
Notwithstanding the pressure of the times
Vanity asserts her rights. aud Pride puts ON her de-
fensive armOr. that Mrs Grundy may not espy rent
in the family money bagsind speaking OF vanity re-
minds OF bonnets, by peculiar link In the chain Oh
! memory and OF exquisite bonnet madc up OF soft,
costly vevets and dropping plumes This dainty thng
imported TO correspond IN color and richness with
costume costing $500 the price OF the bonnet was soo
Naturally the styles were OF the very latest nor was
the lace OF the bonnet thread II one OF Vlrots
caprices to place upon 1t French lace sparkling ana
glittering with nnumerable little jets Here the econ
omy of the bonnet peeped forth. II one could but see
| it, because its Tyrlan purple neighbor deekeu III
real Chsntily, sans Jets, was OF the same price
But economy is TO be establi'hed as necessary e'i
let there consistency 10 that economy In tine SUD
den hts Of that virtue prevalent ladies' 100 many
OF them are endeavoring 20 make their own dresses
and other clothing 10 the dressmakers account.
Wat can Inc yperenced hands do with such compl-
Gated affair costume with ITS poufs, its drapiogs'
millner's fods bands, and multiplicity oil rim
mingsi AS we'll set landsman to rig man-ofwar.
Indeed this the economy OF the thing, 10 spO
costly fabrics empers, and most of ALL make paupers
| OF honest workngwomen. What else can be done TO
reduce expenditurei Pray of what did your brother
die r. said the Marquis OF spnoa to Sir Horace we're
He died Sir" replied We're, of having nothing to do
And so women in general are satisfied with far TOO Ut
| tie either OF mental or bodily exercise Ihey
| inger over bot registers, languish on
! sofas, take the regular drive, are bored 10
DEATH and then wonder that they have neither vgor OF
body equability Of spirits Better far employ the
poor sewing girl, who do nothing else reduce the
servants OF the household, aud try little sweeping
and busting for aud exercise The Princess
Of Wales every day SOFT flannel wrapper 10 said to
10 tbn hath
babies inspect and their food, and examine the
vessels In which IL is prepared thus following the low
example OF the two queens. her mother and mother
nlaw I the needless eryants were discharged tuefe
would for the sewing woman, whose poor life
knows no other hope but that OF her hardly won trade
Lot each gently nurtured lady take 1t into her own
warm and gracious heart make sacrifices Of useless lux
uries and keep the poor SewiDg-women in work this
coming Winter, saving thereby both body aud soul.
The les breath Of December will us 10
need OF warmer wrappugs. Furs have strongy-deh0ed
grades. In other city of the world are such costly
furs sold in NewYOrk, IN so great Drofusion The
last few years find many changes in styles aud kinds
Only connosseur can Judge between the Russian and
Hudson Bay sable, nearly they alike particularly
in texture The Russian Is the most costly as well as
fashionable Of all tho standard furs. An exquisite
quality richest, darkest brown, called by furrers
crown Russian sa0le is exceedingly rare; in fact 1t
il said that before many years 1t Will be very dlcu TO
an the orders for supplies. The handsomest sets sell
now for from ;lG0) SlGO0 OF simply muf and boa.
There are OF good quality but lighter IN color
for $50 to 400 The Hudson Bay is not so fine texture
as the Russian. sets vary from 800 to $500.
These beautiful sabe can never be popular from their
cosnes. but rage for fancy fus reconces one to
that. Sea-skin is both fashionable and popular. A
handsome sacaue costs uurimmed, from fl25 TO $780,
aud whatever is offered OF lower price may be looked
upon suspicOusly for fine quality OF seal cannot be
obtained aud cheapened. fashionable caprice some
times trims the sacque with the silver fox, an ex-
qusitely fine, dack fur, soft velvet, each
hair as II flushed its point with silvery tips.
Seal s too, sometimes trimmed with blue fox, fur
oftener found upon the BOulevards than on Broadway
yet fashionable everywhere Ii an exceedingly fluffy
dark fur, which, crafty dealer, might be called
blueish aud which might finally be persuaded into
Thinking slate Mink, another standard fur, comes
10 US beautifully dark and rich in sets from S25 to sO
Something this season in the warmest aud richest
OF browns the fisher the tails ofhe animal mostly
used rather resembles sable, and these are made up
In very elegant SETS at from $50 TO t5 lt is cIassed
among fancy turs and belongs to the sam> family
with the black, white. and silver fox the africa chin
chla lynx, French lynx. black marten. ermlne. silken
Persianer. Astrakhan Russian lamb black monkey, and
gebe although grebe il not fur but feathers from tho
breast Of the Russian duck Astrakhan sets OF sacque,
boa and mu not fashionable a. comfortable, but
arc very popular mourning Those sold for SO are
NJ excellent quality the finest. made Of the Persian
higher in price, from 500 to $50. Ermine no longer
regns excepting midst the glitter, warmth. aud per-
fumes Of an opera evening or in wraps for full
evening dress. So the pretty, creamy sets OF boa
and muff are low $50. africa chinchila looks
very much like the beautiful silver fox. 1t Is
very CANT trimming for seal, fne CLOTH or velvet,
with muf aud boa match. The sets alone sold
for $50 and SIS and the bands for trimming at 81 and SIS
ward according 20 width aud quality Lynx is not TO
be recommendcd 1t does not wear WELL being prone 10
rub OF and inure the dress, and yet from mysterious
inconsistency the prce has risen since last Winter The
trimming black fox. sells for 81 and SIS per yard
white fox for 81 and ST. silver fox from s. to s2
Alaska sable s. s.. The bands mostly from three
10 four inches OF surface. Muf have scarcely changed
in shape or size. They of the jtse miIeu There
are collars for nvads and elderly ladies' but the Nat
boa affected by young ladies, particularly those who
pride themselves upon what Mrs Mantilin would call
their outline" Chdrens furs come to US in great
beauty and variety The most costly Is the sealskn. in
sets Of sacque boa mu and turban sacques rate from
$50 10 u.s. the NUTS IS to s and boas the same caps
about 81 and So There lovely little sets OF white
cony, xpensve and aucifully lined with bright blue
and pink and cherry silks with perhaps feather In
the cap The these cost ut the highest but
40 and tue pretty NUTS and turbans each but So
There are too the gray Krimmer lamb, white Persani
and other comfortable and inexpensive furs yielded by
the monkey, cat, weasel and others.
Now word upon tho fashions for gentlemen, |
who Notwithstanding that their fashions have |
been 90 much encroached upon, have still |
something left the way OF novelty The hat has
the yeoman belcrown nearly eight in depth the
rm has the Count dOrsay graceful curve, and is an
inch and seveneighths broad These are 50. fanciiu
opera OF evening hat is soft, with an Alpine crown
rather wide brm and Turned up all around. This Of
finest felt costs &5 be easily rolled aud put in the
rocket Business hats are Of felt and also heavier
with round crowns and the same grace shown |
In the curved brim these cost S. There are, too
sott elegant turbans from So to ss Others OF