The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-21
PURPLE AND FINE LINEN.
Autumn Cushions Tor the Far Sc
From Harpers BnZar.

Autumn Fashions Tor The FnIr See
From Harpers Bazar.l
The Indy Washington basque, prin.
cesse apron, and iun-train is an excel.
lent model Of fashionable French COS.
tunes Of this season.
Breakfast sacques of bright colors are
worn again, after having been abon-
boncd so long for shawls They are made
of cream white, cardinal red or blue
cloth, prettly embroidered, and cost
from 81 to 81,
Ilolbein green is q quaint olive tint
used by Parisiennes in combination
with light blue, 1t is newer than the
cardinal and blue combination now
adopted here Gray trimmed with black
that is piped with cardinal remains one
of the tlyorite combinations OF caIai..
Figured goods are finally pleasing the
popular fancy. Instead OF plain black
cashmere polonaiscs, those that are now
most worn are OF basket-woyen or other
squarc-hgued black wool goods, while
the small neutrality-suspicious. are chosen
for rich silk and velvet overdresscs.
The extreme French fashion is to have
the back Of the ovel-skirt almost as
plain as the front; but this has not yet
become fashionable here and instead
the slight looping Of the overskirt is
placed very low on the figure while
others are in large perpendicular pleats
that life almost Hat ON the lower skirt
Evening cloaks are large Dolmans of
white embossed velvet, or of pale blue
or cream-color, trimmed with feather
bands Instead of these many ladies
use their carriage clo0.s of black gross
grain with fur lining, or Of grey camels
hair richly embroidered or braided and
bordered with feathers or with fur.
Cardinal red is the iayorite color for
Balmoral skirts this season. They are
made OF felt, and are trimmed with two
wide llnile-pleated IrilIs, or else with
three or four narrower ones pinkcd on
each edge. They cost from So to s.
each Still newer than these show the
navy blue and cardinal combinations
now in vogue.
There is an effort to introduce swal-
low-tail basques with the long narrow
ends lost in the intricacies Of the two
lower skirts, but these do not seem to
meet with favor. The front has an inner
vest in the long Continental shape
while the insides begin at the throat to
slope away and extend backward to the
swallow-tail.
There are many polonaises without
drapery, but these look as plain us an
Ulster or casaQue, and the preference
here is for those that are slopcd plain
for half Il yard or even more below the
waist, and then draped and folded in
shawl shape, or with Tapped ends caught
up to the plain part, on each side, or
pleated in double box pleat, with
some irregular looping still lower down,
Ladies' who have evening dresses left
over from last season will find it an easy
matter to remodel them, as the new
dresses are combinations of several ma
terials. The partly worn dress will at
least serve for foundation; the thing
most necessary to be observed is that
one tint is used throughout all the ma
terials the contrast must come from
the flowers with which it is trimmed.
The imported evening dresses are
very rich this season. They are comb
nations of two, three, or even four ma
terials, all of one tint, and are then
trimmed with flowers or lace The
trained skirts are usually of gros grain,
The corsages and draperies are OF bro
caded silk or embossed velvet, or
Chambery gauze, and the facings are OF
satin, while the pleatings are of crepe
lisse or of silk
The fashionable modistes End the
leading furnishing houses have had
their last openings for the season. at
which were displayed the latest Partisan
styles. There are no great novelties to
record, as the new dresses, though dir
ierent from those OF last year, are OF
The same type-are evolved from them,
Iced and it is to be hoped the pro-
.eS5 OF evolution will 90 on until II per
feet dress is arrived at
There is an effort made by the dress
makers to combine the two lower
skirts, and this gives very much the
effect of a polonase suit but this fash
ion will be confined to the elaborate
dresses made by modistes as it is so
complicated that ladies fear to under
take it at home The long separate
oOver-skirt, draped in more financial
fashions than formerly, is still the pop
uIar upper skirt with ladies who make
their own dresses
The clinging princcsse costumes worn
without crinoline are the marked lca'
lures. The newest idea in these is that
OF having the whole costume in one
piece, instead of in two as with the polo
holSe and skirt, or in three pieces, Il:
with the basque, overskirt, and lower
skirt. The e new dresses of single
piece have founce or other trimming
auued TO what seems to be princ5sst
Polonalse, and the costume is complete
The long double-breasted sacque suit
Is good model for serviceable alpaca
cashmere or silk dresses. while the
wrap may be of the dress material
though it is designed for the soft flexible
V,othes now in market. Basket-womcl
cloths are the first choice, after these
zone ormme figures and wide dingonals
Dlrck is the iavorste color; navy blue
! also much used; occasionally tho
ngnter gray clothes are made by this
pattern.
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