The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-11
The Latest Fashions.
FALL REDINGoTEs.

The warm red.ngote of diagonal cameps
hair, is 'e fist garment that will be donned
when cool autumn days require heavier cloth
ing. This comfortable over dress, that so
conveniently compltt tes a suit when added to
the black or other dark silk skirts of the pres
ent season, is very largely imported, and
shows but slight changes from those now
worn. The new fall redingote is long close
garment that makes the figure look very slen-
der. The long clinging front h'ngs smoothly
without wrinkle, has two darts, or else is
slightly loose and belted, is double breasted,
with two rows of buttons its entire length,
Las round revers collar instead Of the square
and pointed revers now worn, and in many
cases this collar is only set on for ornament,
while the close, high neck of the garment is
finished by still higher ruff of the material
of the dress or its trimming. The bacl. of the
waist is ti.ht-htting, having but one seam
down the middle or else three back seams
placed wide apart, in Engli.h fashion. while
the drapery of the skirt is most abundant,
consisting Of many deeply fo'ded loopings in
the three back seams but these draped folds
hang so softly that they do not give that bouf-
MuICu - now So OuJtCilOUdDC.
Plain COAT sleeve, are universal, int cuffs are
more fanciful than the present square cuffs.
Pockets also are not merely square bags, but
have ornamental flaps, and are set On oDqe-
ly, or cut in points, or rounded. Belts of the
material or of the trimming fast n ID behind
by large silver clasps are on all redingotes;
and few sashes are seen on the early importa-
tioDs. Above e,eIythine else the standing
trimming about the Ieck makes itself conspic-
oS nO arn n hTrf
also the English collar With standing back and
turned-oyer points in trout; and On dest of all
is the fancy for turning up the back of wide
revers collars, just as gentlemen overcOat
Collars are sometimes turned up in the back
by accident or carelessness, though riainly
never by design.
Soft, thick woolen fabrics are used for red
iDgotes, al the rarment is made suficie. tly
warm by nins the waist with flannel or far
mer's satin. The heavy diagonals and ar
mures resembling the cloth used for gentle
mems semi-dress coats are the novelties of
| the season, and are in especial demand in in
| digo blue ard dark green shades. A dark
| blue redEgote will, it is propresied, be the
| popular garment of the autumn; next in
| favor after blue is slate color-w1ch is a
dark blush gray-then olive shades, myrtle
| green and bronze These deep colors will, it
| is said, be more used than black, though black
will by no means be abandoned. CamePs
| hair serge, cashmere roughened by cameps
| hair fleece. and the tufted camel hair al
ready described, will be the accepted mate
rias tor&overdresses, with silk or velvet skirts
| OF the fame color. Few suits entirely of silk
will be imported. Woolen fabrics associated
with velvet or silk Of corresponding shades
| are preferred to silk costumes.
The trimmings are fiat HAS bands of velvet
or silk. pipngs and cords, put on in the way
worn hitherto, with the more fanciful a1di-
tions on collars, cuffs ard pockets al eady des-
| ignated. There is a fancy for carrying the
| trimming up the back and side seams of the
skirt to the waist. Quantities of embroidery
are used, especially lines down the front of
the garment between the rows CT buttons.
! Swinging cords are seen in abundance. The
novelty for trimming canelss hail aud cloth
is yak braid. broad, substantial, AMI similar
in appearance to the Hercules braid formerly
| used. Buttons of metal or pearl are colored
| to match the fanric they trim. For instance,
| there ar blue and steel buttons dark as sap
phires, bronzed stee buttons precisely like the
| cloth with which they are used, and smoked
! pearl buttons that show all the olive green
and olive brown shades. Handsome Japan
ese buttons, black, with gilt or silver figures,
are also shown, and there are quantities of
dark oxidized silver buttons. with clasps, buck
les ard brooches carved to match.
Childrens redingot, are imported ready
made in precisely the same designs and col
| ors described for ladies A square sailor col
lar with ruff above it is tavorte ornament
for wraps and overdresses for young ladies
and girls.