American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-06
Fashion Report.

BRocADEs have at last fought their way
! into favor, and are the choicest fabrics oil
the season. The wooden goods most
bought by people of fashion is brocaded
cashmere-a pure cashmere surface as
heavy as drap d'ete wrought all over with
raised silk figures, done by the loom, yet
scarcely to be distinguished from hand
embroidery. These are single width and
cost "a yard. They come in all the dark,
invisible shades and are used for sleeveless
| overdresses, with sleeves and skirt of
| velvet or of silk. The most elegant
combination suits of the season are made
OF these choice wooden goods over velvet.
Soft, loosely-woven silks with damask
| figures woven in them are chosen in dark
colofs as parts of street costumes, and in
| white, pink, blue or cream-color as over
dresses for evening toilets. There are
| white damask silks for wedding and
bridemaids' dresses, showing stripes,
diamonds, arabesques or other figures on
= basket-woven surface, and these are SO
yard, or perhaps as low as %. Then
there are others of solid cream-color, with
figures of the same shade, or else plain
pink, blue or lemon color. Still others
have white grounds with the damassee
figure of pale colors, blue, straw or rose !;
these are &c. Palm-leaf stripes in relief
on creamy white are among the most an
tique-leoking, and therefore the most
stylish, of these moyen-age brocades.
Matelasse of pale blue pink and cream
tints is shown for opera cloaks; price s.
q yard. An elegant novelty tor bridal
dress is white faille overskirt with the
tablier wrought all over with seed pearls;
there are also pearl embroideries for the
corsage, the glove wrists, and the white
satin slippers. Tulle fiounces and tabliers
that are embroidered with pearls are also
shown for Tousseau dresses.
Polonaises with all the new features
heretofore described are again seen on the
street. Among the most elegant are those
of black matelasse and velvet. The sim
ply.shaped polonaise has the Marguerite
back cutoff across the tournure in the
middle seams, and thus basque Is formed;
this basque is piped with velvet and folded
into shape. The lower part of the back is
square cornered, and the space is filled in
with velvet loops. The princesse front
has wide rows of velvet its entire length.
Black velvet lower skirts are coming to
be almost as generally worn as those of
black silk have been of late. Those who
have single deep hounce of velvet, or
else two narrower ones This compels
long overskirt, as the effect is bad if the
silk skirt 70 which the fiounces are at
tached is visible.
Blonde lace with silver threads woven
in 1t is one of the new trimmings for white
Chambery gauze overdresses. It is very
effective by gaslight and does not tarnish.
There are also very rich silver brocades
for full dress toilets. These have grounds
of pale color, Seyres blue, pearl, salmon
or rose, with the brocaded figures of silver
almost covering the ground, and render
ing the fabric heavy and stately looking.
Linen lawn fichus wrought with color
are among the prettiest additions to morn
ing-dresses. They are merely squares of
the sheer snowy lawn, folded three-cor-
nered, and scalloped with navy blue,
Turkey red or black. They are worn
high over the shoulders, held in place in
plaits by a brooch or bow behind the
neck, and the front ends are Tapped on the
bosom. These are variously called the
Martha Washington and the Centennial
fichus.
New white neckties are of linen lawn,
exquisitely embroidered in each end and
hemstitched all around. Some have
square, some pointed ends, but all are
without lace.
Touffes of flowers, especially crushed
roses, are again worn at the throat or in
the black lace scarf.-Harper's Bazar.