American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-11-07
Winter Dresses.

The preference for winter walking
dresses is marked for heavy, rough goods,
or rough goods apparently heavy. Many
of these are woven to initiate the diago-
nal cloth and cheviot of which mems
clothes are made, and, while by no means
burdensome, have that warm, comforta-
BILE look which belongs to winter cos
tunes, Many of these are in mixed
colors, especially dark brown, with
threads of gold and gray and black
Others are of dark blue, and of course
black is always fashionable. The newest
and most stylish goods are plaid cloths
in broken checks in two shades, as dark
and light brown, or two shades almost
melting into one another. These plaids
are made up with solid color, generally
dark brown, or with mixed goods. The
making is naturally an artistic per
fOrmance- The undeTdress is simply
trimmed, usually with deep kilt plat
ing or a bias flouncc with eight or nine
shirrs. The overdress is made of the
plaid, with long apron front turned up
with several rows OF stitching; the back
has scarf ends, lOoped. The basque is
short and round, with stitching on the
bottom. Down the center Of the basque
in the back is a shape cut like the center
portion of the back, but extending from
the shoulders instead of the side seams; ,
this is stitched on with good effect. This
piece is to be of the solid color, as are the
sleeves, which fit closely to the arm.
Buttons are of smoked pearl.
Dark green goods in plaids or diagonal
lines make up handsomely in poionaises,
with basque backs and the overskirt
shirred on in a dozen lines. Two rows of
old silver buttons trim the polonaisc in
front.
Cashmeres are not so popular, but are
at
over silk skirts and are trimmed with
silk. Lead brown is the fashionable
shade. Black cashmere polonaise Jackets
and overskirts embroidered and heavily
beaded, are still fashionable. They
should be worn over black silks only
Black silks are reasonably low. Amer
lean silks very much improved in quality
and very pretty in appearance sell at 81.
Various grades of French silks range
from $175 to 3d. Heavy silks are not so
much sought after, and the oldfashiOned
taffetas are very much worn. Lighter
qualities of silk make up the prettiest
with shirred f1Ounces and jet trimmings
Heavy silks are mingled with velvet,
which is often beaded.
The same fashions little elaborated
are used for silks as other light materials.
The sleeves are close, the cuirass bodice
a favorite. The collar is stanuing and
slightly fiaring in front. The apron front
and plated back are most suitable for
younger people; and the tabtfer front
perfectly plain, with the exception of a
bias fold, as if the dress was fastened
down the front, trimmed with jet and
beaded buttons, and recers on the sides
for elderly ladies. All dresses are worn
drawn plainly back with the fullness in
the back width. This is accomplished
by two narrow side cores and two plain
back widths
Black alpaca certainly finds no favor
acceptable for home toilets. For these
there is nothing SO pretty as the French
waist, which has undergone several
notifications. The three large box plaits
are still worn, but not universally. A
cluster of folds of alpaca, silk or velvet
meet on the shoulder and taper toward
the waist; extending, form a kind of
basque worn with belt. Waists are
again formed with alternate folds of the
goods and silk, likewise forming a
basque These fashions are particularly
suitable for young girls.
Home dresses of percale and chintz
are made of the dark blue and white
striped goods which are so distinguished
in appearance, and the new designs in
chintz They are cut with French waists
lOosebeltcd polonaises and underskirts
trimmed with bias fiounce.
Plaid goods, especially in shades of
blue and green, with possibly cord OF
red, white or yellow, are worn by school
girls. The waists are French or basques
buttoned in the back. The kiltplaitins
on the back is very deep, say two-thirds
of the skirt, and the Overdress is very
much like a scarf looped in the back
Rural Neo Yorker.