The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
Notes Of the Coming French Fashions.

From Paris Correspondence Philadelphia Press. ]
But let us turn from such dire and dismal
themes and seek refage in the more frivolous
news of the day. Take the subject OF dress,
for instance. Early in the season as it Is, the
fashions tor the autumn are already under dis
cusslOn, and here are one or two authentic
items culled from the floating mass OF chit
chat and reports, and impaired to me by an
unquestionable authority. False colors, as
they are called, that is, dead or mixed hues,
will still, l regret to say, be worn to the eX-
clusion of the natural and brilliant hues of
blue and crimson and purple. The fashion,
able tintS next season are to be marine blue,
bronze-green, mouse-gray and new and
reddish shade of plum color. Jet will still be
extensively worn in passementerie and en-
broidery, and an effort is to be made to intro
duce embsoideries and trimmings of colored
steel beads, whi-h are manufactured III va
rious tints of blue and red and yellow l
should think that the effect would be theatre
cal, but on materials of the same hue as the
beads themselves, the combination cannot fail
to be rich and effective.
THE PoLoNAIsE
is to be definitely abandoned as part of in
door costume, or silk suit, and is only to be
worn in heavy materials such as velvet and
cloth. In velvet the polonaises are to be
side, the looping to be caught up with buckle
and row OF ribbon. Bonnets are to be worn
rather larger, and trimmed with profusion of
flowers; a wreath placed inside the brim in
stead OF around the crown, will be the most
marked innovation The question OF strings
or no strings has been left in allegiance, and
probably will be settled Later in the season by
the fair workers themselves. Some effort has
been made here to induce boots of buff and
gray linen to be Worn with dresses of the same
shade, but the effect is bad, aud the articles
unbecoming. Natural flowers are mueh worn
at one side of the waist, and are arranged in
the following manner: A small bouquet is
placed in a tiny glass holder containing a few
drops of water, which is then concealed in the
folds of the sash
THE LATEST NOVELTY
IN earrings is probably the singular pair
which were sported by dashing Partisan
belle at recent wedding. From each ear
hung small gold gridiron, on which was laid
il heart formed of garnets, the idea to be con-
veyed being that Of a bleeding heert upon the
fiery Goals OF love. At the same wedding was
noticed dress Of fine Oxford linen in two
shades ct blue. with an almost invisible red
pin stripe; the founct s We're composed Of blue
suipure and Valenciennes lace. Here is a
recipe for getting up "a fashionable summer
of OATS and afterwards stick in a few field
flowers here and there to lghtup her couture,
and the ching is done.
THE STAGE
is, as usual, the great source of display i'll the
way Of toilettes, and it is a well known fact
chat many OF the newest fashions are launched
rom the boards Of the Gymnase, the Vaude
Vile, or the Commedie Franchise For in
stance, the long, iower-twined braids worn
by Mile. Cleo, in "Orphee aux Enters,
started the Enrydice couture, which was SO
popular here last winter, and probably con-
tributed largely to the low dropping style OF
back hair, which is now universal. Mile
Sarah Bernhardt, in ''Peril en- la Demeure,"
at the Coincide Franchise, the other night
had on a dress which was a model of bali
toilette for
ANY TALL, SLENDER WOMAN.
1t was composed OF the richest white SATIN
cut with long train behind, the skirt Dor
dered all round with a single narrow hounce,
md cut open at the left side, where the front
breadth was drawn up in gracefully draped
folds nearly to the waist, where it was met by
Il bouquet of white roses and white morning
glories, with green leaves and long, dropping
tendrlls hanging nearly to the bottom OF the
dress. This opening was filled in with pulled
tulle. The waist was cut square, very decol-
iete. DoIA oach anu uoHa anu UoIueIcu Will
wide lace, and the neck was covered with one
OF tulle, laid in folds There were
no sleeves Of the satin, not even a cap, but in
their stead sleeves Of tulle trimmed with lace,
which reached below the elbows. bouquet
of white morning glories and roses to match
those on the skirt was fastened in front of the
corsage, and single spray of the ME flow
ers for the hair completed this most graceful
and refined toilette, pure looking and elegant
as its gifted owner.