The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-28
The Fashions-.- -1e76---The Antique
..-- Revived.


an endless variety Or gorgeous toilets.
Bah and evening dresses will naturally
hold the most prominent place, though
walking suits have reached degree of
elegance not to be surpassed. Nova
days fashionable danes wear scarcely
anything less costly than an entire vel
vet suit trimmed with most costly fur,
and this for ordinary walking purposes.
The velvet most employed Is black, but
particularly elaborate suits are OF rich
blue and many other dark shades.
The cut Of dresses for the present year
will be about the same as during the
preceding one, that is to say, every thing
will be tight fitting. We are returning
with its long train, and waist opeAing
square In front, and puffed sleeves en-
circled by bands, is certainly an antique
style, and especially with the present
system OF raising the dress on one side
over q false skirt. This skirts made Of
any material but that OF the dress, and
trimmed with flowers, while the remain
der Of the dress has plain trains This
is an economical fashion, as the hand
some material remains entire. There
are several ways OF arranging the prin-
cess dress. The front of the dress
and back of the cuirass
waist may be. OF black velvet
and train skirt pearl-colored lampas.
The sleeves are also OF pearl-colored
lampas. The borders are trimmed with
peacock's feathers, which also run up
the middle in front, and similar trim
ming encircles the sleeves at the wrist.
A combination in another style has a
train skirt and pfincess-shaped front,
trimmed withpufiings and cream-colored
taille ruchings. The back OF the cuirass
is long and the fronts are of brown vel
vet extending down the sides in long
flaps, which fall over the train OF the
skirt. Ostrich feathers surround the
borders of the velvet flaps, and trim the
train and front of the skirt. A velvet
pocket trimmed with feathers is on one
side of the apron.
For evening wear, various rich mater
ials are employed. Dresses enriched
with gold and silver in the style Of the
Marquises Of the court OF Louis XIV are
new being made. A ball dress just sent
to Russian Princess will serve as IA
model Of tnls revived fashion of the
eighteenth century. Over a pale pink
fallle skirt are trimmings of silvefed
gauze, fastened here and there by strips
of pink and silver ribbon. The princess
unique opens in frontand on the sides,
whicn are Joined by silver and pink rib
bons. The unique is surrounded by a
shell-shaped trimming of silver blonde,
and forms on the side two long
square ends; it is altogether open in
the back, thus slightly contining the folds
OF the skirt, which hang from the waist
in Watteau plait, half way down the
skirt, where it is crossed by a gauze
scarf and a sheii-shaped blonde trim
ming, which falls on the back over the
train like a magnificent peacock's tail.
The combination of pale pink and the
soft luster of the silver has charming
effect. The waist, to retain the impress
Ut the eighteenth century, Is long, cut
square in the neck in Pompadour shape,
and has shell-shaped trimmings of sill
vered blonde. The dress and hair are
ornamented with roses with delicate
petals, set off by dark silvered velvet
leaves, forming the only contrast to the
combination of pale colors.
These royal materials Will not, how
ever, be the only kinds in use. Bro
caded grenadines are SO varied in colors
and designs that they. will serve for
numerous styles OF evening dresses.
This material makes most elegant tll-
niques, us it is soft, hangs gracefully,
and serves over any kind OF light taille
skirt; it is both rich and simple. A
cream-colored grenadine brocaded with
pink is suitable for wear over u pink
skirt, and the same combination with
blue over a b ue skirt. In addition to
grenadine there are numberless gauzes
and silver anu gold tulle, i'll many new
designs.
Tue fashionable colors have, for a long
time past, been altogether in favor Of
blondes; now opinion is reversed, and
all the favorite shades are destined iof
brunettes. Straw color and cardinal red
are colors for Italian beauties. Cream
white is much less trying TO all complex!
ions than pure White or blue white
Cream white is in such general favor
tnat even bridal dresses are made in
this shade.
Among the many "reminiscences ofthe
age of l. uis XIV is dressing the hair in
"Marquise chignons." Tnis style con.
sists OF number of ringlets crinlped on
the back of the head and falling on the
neck in crimped catogan. The chignon
is in perfect keeping with the rich bro
caded dresses in vogue.
Velvet leaves are now in very general
use; they are in one color, either black,
white, cream, or blue, OF in any plain
color, to suit the individual taste and
style of the wearer. A very successful
way OF employing these leaves is Tor
evening coifures. A head-dress in this
style may be made in a diadem wreath
of cream-c colored velvet leaves. with
Colville lace intermixed, and barbes
crossed in the back and tied in 'front.'.
Colville lace is also much used for
coiffures, and is very suitable for head
dresses for elderly ladies.
Handkerchiefs OF point paiguil!e and
point PAngleterre retain their popu-
larity for evening use. For day pur-
poses the hemstitched batiste, with
embroidered in Gothic style,
are the most suitable.
A useful dinner dress may be gray and
blue faille. The skirt is OF gray fable;
across the back breadths are two bands
OF fine shirring of blue faille; these bands
raise the skirt and form puffs. On the
lower part of the train are folr gathered
fiounces bound with blue. The front
breadths are blue, and arranged in imi-
tation OF quilting by means OF small gray
faille scarfs, trimmed with blue pipings,
crossing each other and fastened by
knots; on the sides are bows and ends
of blue ribbon. The Lamballe fchu is
trimmed with lace. The blue sleeves
are trimmed like the front of the dress,
and finished ut the wrist by q shirring
with those upon the back
of the skirt. The hair is dressed high
on the top of the head, and low over the