The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-10-02
FASHION NOVELTIES.

FASHION NO VELTIES.
The novelties of the period are mostly
in Vichy fabrics, of which fans and para
soils are made to correspond with the
Vichy costumes, now SO much worn.
Cachemire de PInde, soft woolen It's
sue, is employed in the making up of
rich dust-gray and cigar-brown silks.
The cachemire must match exactly, so
that the introduction of two different
materials be more perceptible to the
touch than to the eye.
The bodies of full-dress toilets will be
made longer as the season advances, and
tournures are to be discarded. The full
ness of skirts will proceed from draped
festooned hangings over the under
widths, and trimmings consist in drawn
fr1lls, founces, coquilles, and boui1-
tonnes. The heavier materials, such as
homespuns, cheviots, and the French
hmousines, will be ornamented with
galoon made of chenille mixed with
silk and with gimp fringe oil the richest
description /; also STAN ped velvet.
The new satcheIs are made of cut blue
of the same. They are larger and more
useful than formerly.
It is already certain that the art of
dressmaking will become extremely COM
plicated, and the charges made by first
faisuses will by no means diminish. It
is intended that elaborate needlecraft
shall set sewing machines at defiance.
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crustations of thread guipure and in
leaf patterns raised down the center of
fiat silk quiliings. It is revival of the
old Flemish art. Sleeves are to be
tight to the wrist, but much puffed. A
loose oversleeve will be introduced
the armhole, and only reaching the ell
bow.
The most fashionable jewelry is of
gold in three different shades, red, .yel-
low and green. A little p1atina is often
added to increase the effect of the mix
ture. Transparent enamel was mostly
blue it is now made in the Byzantine
shades, and when used for the mount
ing of precious stones furnishes glow
| ing background on which their relief is
| very prominent. The ichen, heather,
and moss shades will be preferred to
any other for the shooting season, also
| for walking and travelling dresses. A
new basket portmanteau has appeared
| for lady tourists abroad. It entirely
| does away with trunks and other i'm
pediments in the mountain passes. All
| the requirements for foreign tour can
be neatly packed inside, and this con-
venient contrivance can be strapped on
the backs of mules.
A material called bege is worn over
black silk for half mourning. It is
looped with black bows, and made in
all the new gray tints. A white crepe
chemisette under bodice that is open
en- chaIe, and white rufs for the wrists,
relieve this somber attire.
Little girls are not very tastefully
dressed between the ages of Z and u.
There appears to be no distinction be-
tween grown-up daughter and that of
her youngest sister. Lengths and sizes
alone vary, but the trimmings are
equally overdone. Young girls should
wear frocks and not sacques. The fol
lowing are very desirable in this sea.
son: Striped blue and white material,
the skirt bordered with deep frill cut
on the cross and sewed on with head.
ing. Bodice with a fan-shaped plated
basque attached to the waistband 6
large collar either separate or simu.
lated with the material sewed on Will
embroidery. An afternoon frock should
be little brighter, but almost as plain
a gray bege in the light shades trimmed
with pink silk three frills round the
skirt, two gray and one silk pink be
tween; black cashmere jacket trimmed
with fancy braid.
An evening frock for the dinner
table, white pique over which blu.
sateen redingote. The skirt is trimmed
with blue braid, the blue overdres.
with white. 1t is open in front; ne
earrings, no bracelets, no necklaces
but blue velvet ribbon round TIL.
throat with a medallion or 1ocket.