The Osceola times., 1877-10-27
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FALL FASHIONS.

SILK CIOAks AND SACQuho.-I
long sleeveless circulars will be worn, but
a beautiful wrap answering the same
purpose is made with four seams, the
black slightly gored in to cling to the
figure, the side seams from the neck down
the shoulder curving gracefully, while
long, narrow sleeves arc set IN, low
enough down 10 give good effect to
stout figure. This wrap will be made
up in Siciliennes and plain or repped
silks, amurc and matelasses being also
fashionable for such garments; fringes
and heavy galloons will be used ior
trimming until the winter season, when
furs will be employed. Long plain,
sacques of silk or the repped and figured
wools will be worn until late in the
season and, II made with regard to the
figure, are becoming TO nearly every one.
shorter silk sacques will be moderately
fashionable, long Louis Q1inze being
one of the new suggestions.
The pretty pale-hued csshmeres intro.
duced last season are coming into special
favor for evening wraps. -Four yards
will make mantelet, and the designs
are various crossed pieces in front /; one
end longer than the other, and which
may be Thrown over the shoulder diag0-
nal seams-all such ideas find their way,
with many others, into these garments,
and the fanciful galloons form beautiful
trimming.
FALL WRAps.--Although too early in
the season for wraps of any weight, yet
even fall costumes must be made up with
some reference to them. The designs in
wool and silk costumes provide for some
kind of outside wraps OF the same mate
rials, which may be worn later in the
season and at no time has fashion so
lcniently considered every type of face
and form. With the costumes, includ-
ing overskirts or upper drapery, sacques
and jackets of various lengths are shown,
none, however, being very short, while
every possible variety Of cut and trim
ming Is displayed. A wool and silk cos
tune trimmed with hands and buttons
had a jacket fitting closely in the back
and loosely In front, cut with long front
pieces, the sides being cut short and
square, the back similar 10 the front.
From the side pieces straps OF silk but
toned down into the dress, while the
back was trimmed with downward straps
and buttons, the front to correspond.
Some costumes have long plain jackets
very little trimmed, and others have silk
jackets in one color, which may be worn
with any dress that harmoniz.s. The
NEST popular form is the simplest
modification of last years long sacque,
although that will also be used to a
certain extent. Until late in the season
the polonaises need no outside covering,
unless it be one OF the lipht fchus or the
crossed Dolman. The Dolman of last
year is altered this season TO a more be-
coming garment--closer seams, longer
front pieces, and a more clinging effect.
1t will hardly be 50 popular wrap as
formerly.
BoNNErs-Felt bonnets arc not seen
among the earliest importations for au.
tumn. Various materials are employed
for the covering of bonnet frames. The
shapes for fall and early winter retain
the favorable characteristics OF last scason
with welcome improvements. Prominent
among the new shapes is one suggested
by the popular capote of last season, the
brim deeper and better shaped. This fits
the head closely at the side, and can
have lace trimming or not, according to
individual fancy. A second style has a
round crown, with brim slightly bent a
la Marie Stuart. Another style has a
diadem front piece above curved band
where the flowers or face trimmings may
be set in. The modified cottage shape
will also be worn, and is particularly
youthful and pretty. In general effect
the bonnets are small and dainty in
design, while their trimmings are entirely
novel. The fabrics to be used Tor the
covering as well as fall trimming of fall
bomcts, and probably those worn late
into the season, are silk, plush, satin,
and, for ordinary wear, wool material
like the costume. The colors arc various,
plush of delicate hues being shown in
dress hats with satin trimmings, or vice
versa dark rich satins, the rew tints in
old gold, mulberry and garnet, bronze
and seal brown, being prominent. The
bonnets covered with plush have outside
trimming in soft rolls or loops, and face
trimming in satin of the same shade,
while those covered in satin have ban
deau of plush outside and in, loops at the
left side, and occasionally binding Of
plush or tiny pleated cape. This, OF
course, only forms the foundation both
flowers and plumes will be used, the
iorme, in endless variety, although there
are certain styles, simple, rich, and Gle.
CANT, which will take the lead. Feathers
will be used as complete trimmings for
the crowns Of all the bonnets described,
and are shown in every conceivable shade
and color. A pale blue has the aigret OF
darker blue going up the center, and
may be effectively worn on blue satin
or plush bonnet. The short tips have
given way TO three-quarter-length
plume, which will partially encircle the
bonnet, being finished with loops of satin
or plush, or flowers. The cloth bonnets,
like the costumes, will be trimmed with
bandeau OF silk OF different color, Of
feathers, later in the season, with u mar.
row rim Of fur.-HUper's Basar.