, 1875-10-03
FASHIONS.
MODES FOR OCTOBER.
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| NEW YoRE, September 1675.-Bonnets of velvet
very much trimmed With lace, will appear as tht
season advances. Feathers. birds, and the wing.
| and hearts OF birds are more used for fafts
Russian lace. Faiencienpes, and real thread ani
ChantillE are all applied to velvet bonuets il
conjunction with velvet flowers. the fine laces
/! being sometimes used to cover or tveil "-as il
! Is called-the velvet. Russian lace is g
novelty, expensive but coarse. and not likely to
acquire much vogua here, a. parsons Who could
afford it would probably prefer genuine an.
uque, OF which it is only an imitation.
''PUL1-BAcKs.''
The cheap wit which usually expende itselt
upon some part Of woman's dress, has found q
mine In the tied-back skirt, which has been
most industriously worked. The point with the
critics is the iudecency Of style which indicates
80 much Of the outline OF Q woman's form; brt
from this point OF view there is no reason what
ever for the structures. Why is . wonnn's form
any more indecorous than that OF man? And
why should not & dress outline tho form it
covers7 II it does not. what is the object Of q
form at all /? Aud why should beauty in design or
art itself be cultivated? twenty-five years ago
tho women wore an enormous mass Of skirta
which rendered them ehapeless and occasioued
them great trouble and Inconvenience. To pre-
serve O necessary and q barrei-ike absence Of
form. hoop-skirts were invented, the first Of
which we're from to yards round. and. with
dresses over them and woman inside OF them,
occupying the width Of broad city sidewalk,
and six {three On side) in Btreet-car. Dress
then Was attacked and lampooned for concealing
the form; the days Of the First Empire
were recalled, and the classic taste OF
the Empress Josephine and the ladies' OF
the renowned French Balon commented upon.
Codfish wanted display. wanted to spread itself,
and ought to have been sent abroad to study
painting and sculpture, the works Of the old
masters and the PRINCIPLES Of all modern art il
order to get ideas not utterly disgracefu to mod
ern civilization. Well, Goldfish went abroad.
Whether that hsd anything to do with getting
rid Of hoops and the more recent studies OF
form as applied to dress, matters not. We
hare, at least, got nd Of hoops, end ne hare
no st1alght nor scant, nor Objectionable,
in these respects the strict shor-Waisted, low
backed sbott-steeyed dress Of the seventeenth
century; that has, on the contrary, possibilities
OF beauty. grace, and elegance. it the uearer or
her modiste is an artist, aud knows how to take
advantage Of them. We llave dreHR which is
often stupidity covered with trimming aud ridic-
ulons1y made up OF parts which have no relation
shin to each other, but TINT ia lnevitabIo and on
the other eide We have gradually obtained a
more permanent than fashion, which gives dark
or neutral colors and almost uniformly sold
fabrics for the street, which enforces the ne
ce8aity Of restricting street costumes to limits
that will not obtrude upon the rights OF others
in the street-car or elsewhere. No stvlo OF dress
could be invented tnat silly girls and silly wom-
en- would not exaggezate-a fool always car
ries with him his cap and ls.-bnt why dress
composed Of several skirts, with skirts beneath,
should be considered improper, even though tied
back, xhile tho single tto1ser passes for highly
proper, it would puzzle lawyer to determine.
IMPORTED cosrUalrs.
of nnttinr eroat dnai of 1na.eriai into tnist1ca
which thoY send to America making them yery
fnsav- and charpinr a verv hob nF7ce for than,
They cannot understand Tint Ne bnye cot aver
navinc s5Gl} or 5000 for one dreas and sin 0D0
for tronssesn which did not amount tn 1nnch
after ali and thar s,i1l send sr;ts for which t}av
charge s35O. and recention dresses for which
thev charge S50G in enta of ali tlnt can he }ono
to preyens them. The consequence is that thew
ara iesd stock. and that our great houses ara
d-as:ea a17 roadv.ma1a oa1nenta ""' -
A sam dress was comnnscd Of sea, brown
o;iE xs;th ovarsL;rt and sleevayaaa haanre ~
1.. crenm.coiored cssi,nir brocai1od with eeni
brown. Tho overskirt waa trimmed with frinca |
end viz, ia nsnal cornn}ement ~ howa and |
n +ha aeevea snd et;rt had tn;fa.i.;ted a
rufIes Of siIk. and the dress was fnished ut The
aieeves and neck viii ToIenciennes 1.ce. reojv
tn mt IN: Int thu Ehola thing corId have heen (
gotten NJ for $3.50. and should not have cost ono
JhH finest hfocadaH cAHifnir 81 |
nar vard INIT Il ia E1 nchea vida and verv 1;,tia
'a roo1iraa ~ ~ ovar3reca ~ ~ aeeat ~ |
tr;nnno,nsv Of the skirt nroviie1 INV ;s nsa1 fo1
Enat nrTnose which in not aIxavs tIta c.sa
O.har imnorted costnmes n-a fomnose1 of a,lk /
trimmed rrith mothcr-of-n -nearl ana ia INV
strioed or nenred velvet. tTinmed with frinre
md thn nassementarie ornamenta wbici aro ra~
Cived h,1t these ar, very few in nun,her The
atter ara a 1,tr1e Tn nrofnsa for caod txsta snd
he cost invnlres tno 1nnch rist for these close
mea 'N0'~ o''"0
1rhara ~ nm ,,f,;r.+7oo of fur bainc rao1 4o-
r;7n1ning to tho a1tant IL W.. ,nst xentar r.
'.ct ~ manv ra,ao,,a T. doaa not rams;n nonn-
n eren NTH fashionahIe women. Who. It tnieht
"a s11nnosed would hardly conafler lie o,,estion
- roef Tha ch;of ona % fist ]nnfTa "a ntha-
rt;c1ea ~ street cnstnTna mnst match tba
TirnTninop ~ tha sn;t' 1'hia is Sometimes rerv
nconvapiant The fnre uanal,v cut m into
rmm;nr are r,rnr snch a. rrehes ernv or aiiye1
~ - +, ~ 5s1Gt ~ st1,nhe Now +hsea raraI1
~ IN rio i.dr,s s:sat ), md IN OF anntbar ~
ven tn hova mnff and hoa msde sn1 trimmed
- 1,,.rch fhe snt is mt ,twavs noss;hia Thsn
~ 10, on1v ha wn- ~ ot 49, ,a+a nno inoi,
ali ~ Tar., co1d vvootho- ND havson,o |
hn,,ooe . ara tIo,afora reon;rad rrh;ch 30 nnt
ns6oo ! a,a ts ,ract;cahfa >'' "'A'~11 1Ao Ao'
= T1don1hte5Iv 1 The hanaaomest wintar.ara4s