Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-11

vOrite material, It's SOIL and cilDglng cnaIaS
ter masking 1t not only desirable but almost
necessary for the new styles. It makes q
handsome overdress, and worn over SIX
skirt of the same shade, or of contrasting
color, is very stylish.
Brocades, as modiste remarked, "are
too loud;o whether she meant too snowy or
too substantial, don't know. / suspect the
prejudice is that they are old fashioned,
great .grandmotherly There can be no
other objection to those broad stripes and
fine flower and leaf patterns, except that 10
this modern day they have an air OF up
holstery.
The season has been bad one for the
wiseacres, whether on the turf or in FASH
ions. In the spring it was confidently pre-
dicted that velvets had had their day, and
would pass out of sight and out of mind
with the arrival of fall fashions. As conf1-
dent were the knowing ones that everybody
believed them. But the plungers on the
turf ara not more disappointed and rue.
faced than they, as the demand
for this class Of goods for trim
mings has never before been
equaIled. Velvet is the regulation trim
ming for fall and winter suits, and nothing
else is absolutely en- regLe, though few
woman of taste and refinement has no OBJ
lection to make, whether on the score of fit
ness, or durability and economy. What
can be more appropriate, or give more mag
nifcent effect than silk velvet shade darker
than the dress, laid on in bias folds accord
ing to the taste of the wearer or modlste?
The rich massive effect appeals at once to
the patricisn heart and only in less degree
to the woman of lesser purse. She who
purchases silk must have it trimmed with
velvet; and she who purchases wooden goods
or inferior silks, finds that for four dollars a
yard she can purchase as fine colors in vel
vets as her more favored sister can for ten
dollars, and produce the same effect.
Velvets will not only be used for trim
mings, but also for polonaises and redin-
gotes by all who can afford 1t; and those
who cannot, viii be strongly tempted when
they see the effect of q garment made of this
regal material, worn over silk dress, to
have one, cost what 1t may. Vests and
sleeveless waists will of course be generally
made of it.
Made trimmings Lave been gradually
passing away; but, of course, nothing ever
passes quite out of sight, SO that new styles
are few. But some people are old fash
toned and others are fashioned old; so for
these we have costly and elegant patterned
bead and braid work, and heavy corded
and tssseled diguilletteS.
CoLoRs.
The statement made last month about the
colors to be worn this fall has been verified.
The royal color is blue, of which there are
twenty shades, varying from ciel 10 eryer, or
from the highest reflection of cloudless sky
upon the motionless lake, to the deepest of
blue-blscks. The fayorite is dark, but many
prefer the medium shades. Brown--in an
infinite variety of new shades-plum, green
Every dark maroon and wine color are Gin
the field" as the turfrnan say, sat long Odds"
For those who prefer it I could give French
namss-lapis, porphyr, martin lie pecheur,
algues, corbeau, lizard, bouteille, canard,
scabieuse, and SO forth. But gray-even
silvergray or pearl gray-is always gray, and
the new christenings are so arbitrary that they
only mislead, having no possible relation to
the colors indicated.
1t is really a pleasure to visit dry goods
store and look over the shades shown by the
quiet and attentive shopmen, for the improve
ment of late years has been something won
derful. A new and really fine tiCt was, but
a few years ago, 3 novelty; now we have a
score in season. Another and still greater
improvement is, that while in old times the
new and meritorious shades could only be
purchased in the coStliest material, now you
can get them in almost any goods and at al
most any price. This is of the greatest bene.
fit to the woman of taste and limited means,
for it enables her to dress as well and har-
moniouslyss her neighbor.
BONKETS AND HATS.
In millinery there is revolution. 1t came
in night, but was none the less thorough
and complete in Its victory, than If it had
been the result of a long struggle. The
Alpine, Schutzsnfest, and every other style
popular during the twelvemonth, has either
disappeared or will be seen no more after a
week or two. ......-. ,.s.....
The steady tendency for some time has
been toward the enlargement of the head
dress; and while there is little likelihood of
ever returning to the inverted "cosl-scuttles"
of our mothers, It is unquestiona5le that
the day for "postRge stamps" is over and
that an era of common sense is upon Us.
The shapes are notifications on larger
scale of the round, the diadem and the Va
lois. The material is velvet, silk, velvet and
silk, groS de suer, and satin barge. The
colors are, dark for promenade and light for
evening wear. In all cases the hat and
trimmings must be of the same color, al
though contrasts may be made by using diff
fereat shades. The trimmings are plain and
moderate in amount and consist of flowers
and wreaths in autumn tints, plumes dyed
to the color of the hat, occasionally bunch
of grapes and here and there beads and
buckles in jet aud steel. A feature of the
new styles is the revival of the old bonnet
strings, of two shades of ribbon, tied under
the chin in bow that shows the contrasting
tints.
The bonnet is worn squarely on the head
tilted neither forward nor backward-and
thus the forelock or friese is shown under
the front edge-an ever present reminder to
the beaux,
"Que la deesse etait chauve par derriere."