, 1876-08-27
THE FASHIONS.
lntimations Of the Coming Autumn
Styles.
Beautiful Costumes for Different
Degrees of Mourning.
Novelties in neutrality-suspicious. Of
Parisian Modistes.
NEW YORK.

| NEW YORK.
| AUTUMN STYLES.
| 6pectd1 Correspondence QT The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23-This week brings u
our first glimpses Of the Autumn styles, but v
find very little Of novelty in them. They art
however, very pretty, aud. as rule, becoming
The materials are mostly the same that are moi
so popular,-the soft cashmere, the delicat
! tinted camcl's-hair, and debeges. One sees tn
oldest combinations and contrasts imaginable
but many arc as attractive as they are eccentric
! 4 style much in vogue is the union OF cardinal
red and navy-blue, occasionally with the intro
| duction OF sufficient white to render the COS
tune somewhat patriotic. 4 dress OF this de
scription has q skirt Of nayy-bluc cashmer.
trimmed with ruflle headed by plisse. Thu
Princess polonaise is of fine white faille, edge6
with fine knife pleating Of tue same The back is
elaborately draped and ornanlcnted with bows
OF reversible ribbon, nayy-blue, aud Cardinal
rcd. Some dresses Of blue cashmere are strik.
ingly oTuameuted with cream-co1ored lace em-
broidered in scarlet or crimson. Prominent
among articles Of dress ornamcntation are the
beautiful braids that are fast achieving an
:snviable popularity. Some are simply wrought
in shaded designs in the same color; others arc
richly or daintily embroidered with fruits,
flowers, ETC.; while still others are gorgeous
enough to please the taste OF Su1taua by virtue
OF the glitter and CLINT Of their metal threads
and patterns. Fringes, however, do not hold q
Some odd novelties in this line are the many
colored fringes Of cream, blue, scarlet, purple,
aud green. They are designed for trimming
dresses Of cashmere, de bege, or visogne, aud
arc seen in both silk and wool. Some Of these
fringes are known as the Moorish, and their ef-
faCt D1iOnHjSn nf 3rh casbr1
is exceedingly pretty. These brilliant trim
m1ngs, however, are adapted almost entirely
for home wear. A refined taste naturally
shrlnks from such display on the street or
abroad.
From gay to grave, one step will bring us to
one or two
ELEGANT MOURNING COSTUMES.
handsome piece Of Henrietta cloth is made
into trained skirt, trimmed with adeep founce
plisses of English Grape. As heading to the
founce, is a beautiful arrangement Of the
the polonaisc, entirely Of Grape,
is the popular Juivc model. Large, square bows
ebony, serve to loop most artisticaly the back Of
the oyerflrcss.
Another handsome toilette, designed for light
mourning, is Of the finest black chally. The
skirt is trained, and is made to ft with perfect
smoothness over the hips. A founce, l3 inches
deep, is pleated in clusters Of Eve, leaving be-
tween each two clusters p, ain space equal to
themselves in width These are oruaincuted
With bouquet Of flowers embroidered in every
sl shade Of purple The polonaiss has . tablier il
front, and is trimmed with crimped fringe head
ed by alittie zine Of delicate lavender, Or lilac
embroidery. The back is square at the bottom,
aud lined with lilac silk. Along the edge is
wrought rich embroidery about 9 inches vide,
While the square corners have bouquet similar
to the others. Wherever the polonaise is
looped, is i bow OF double-faced ribbon, black
and lilac This is altogether a very charming
Pretty travelling dresses for ladies in mourn |
ing consist OF black skirt simply trimmed with |
headed by rudie and bias band. An Ulster is I
made OF gray nlohair, or this material is made !
nto plain polonaise, bound with black and |
9oped with fe" black bows. A favorite tray
ling garment is long, round cloak made Of /
gray Alpaca with a double cape and arm-holes, /
Never before have such
BRILLIANT CoLoRs
been deemed desirable, or even admissible,
NOW it would seem that one cannot err BY ex-
css in this direction. Vivid plaids OF eyery con
eivable color, contrasts Of tie most striking de-
criptions, combinations hitherto undreamt Of,
ant and taste tasteful - Of fD' our p'S' leaders Sses
It fashion and their modistes. One Of the most
nd Cardinal red. But one cannot be too care
u ABOUT using TINS rather prononce mixture in J
aoderatfon. Handsome skirts Of brilliant Scotch
laids come III soft thick silks, and are often
trimmed with velvet Of solid color, as blue
"a, or green; while in the polonaisc, or habit,
c velvet predon,inatcs. There is probably no
gerdrcss more graceful than are these q lab
S" and among them the Lauzun is deservedly
opular- a pretty costume has skirt Of bottle
reen velvet: worn under an habit Lauzun OF
or{-" hlte cashmere, with very large pockets in
le Louis AlV- shape, and jabot Of lace and |
DRY y-and- -green-faced ribbon loops on each side.
great fancy exists for
EMBROIDERY
hereVer it is possible to introduce it. 4 pretty
ress Of pale buff DC bege has skirt trimmed !
itn three rows OF vide braid, each embroidered t
tiny blue and pink corn-1owers. The oyer ,
'ess is 9rnamentcd With one row Of the braid
SO so worked: p,s and the drapery is disposed in
1nong the contrasts so prevalent, the princi-
u seem to DC rose and lght-bIue, cream and
rbonler, deep violet and Gel-bleu, and crimson
I'd cardinal, as mentioned. It IS difficult to
2 onounce now what will be fashionable in the
after, but it is generally believed there will :
but little radical change Though the skirts
Z SO tightly disposed over the hips, there is 20
nser .+ tue 1 oid lmposssibiity of walking with
rded that though their effect is somewhat re-
lned, they themselves no longer exist There F
e so many 1
BEAUTIFUL STILES IN MILLINERY
at IN surviving to decide which are preferable | 4
t experiences the same difficulty felt in try
: to pronounce upon the bcst-dressed woman
Dali, where al are superb. To say hat is
giant and beautiful, BY no means implies that ,
is also expensive. Indeed, one of the most Y
mlrable features in millinery just now is that
nngs are so exceedingly cheap. Coarse straw
'ks pre,eminent, aud of course with it ouly
simplest trimming is allowable Pcrhaps
most popular, as well as the most elegant
!, is the Ga:nsborough, 4 aashing, stylish hat,
1ch may have mentioned before. It has RI
wn which threatens to terminate in point-
I . very broad, fat brim. It is up- :
neg only at the left side, and II