The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-27
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

Editor anderson ktelligencer::
A humorous writer says, IF you want
to do we'll in the music business, have
top note" My verdict is, "If yon want
to do well in the fashion business. e.,
if you wish to be fashionable
beads" Have them on your bonnet,
shower them on your costume, wear
them peeping forth from beneath your
dress, bestrew plentifully on your stock
ings, and even on your shoes. The
beads just mentioned are bronzed, or
made to glitter with metallic effect, the
latter style being the clair de lune jet, of
which we shall see and hear good deal
before the expiration Of the winter.
Bronze will be the leading color. 'Tis
going to be bronze, bronze, bronze-in
silks, dress goods, millinery, and I know
not what. Now, "why is this thus 2" one
asks, and T answer for several reasons.
Firstly. because the various bronze
shades harmonize so we'll with the differ
ent yellows now so fashionable. Then,
again, bronze is handsome color, and
affords a variety from brown, on which
the changes have been rung so everlast-
ingly that, despite its many advantages,
we have grown somewhat tired of it.
Running the gauntlet of colors over, we
find that bronze is more generally suita-
BILE than blue, green, plum or grey, and
therefore while we shall see all the above
hues patronized, yet bronze will be the
color.
DRESS MATERIALS.
Is it result of woman's rights that
dress materials look rough enough to
suit so many Amazons going to WARP
Be that as it may, it is fact that they
do. Yet, the vanity of the sex comes
out in the bright interminglings of color
which are apparent-gay dashes or dot
tings (maybe both) Of red, blue or yellow
scattered broadcast and at random over
the goods, as one would SOW wheat in a
field. The ground work may be plain,
or, again, it may be wrought in mosaic
figures, but regularity of design is thus
set at naught and counteracted. New
silks also are devised in similar fashion,
and both come under the heading of
bourette goods. But should some doubt
ing soul exclaim, "You have just said
that bronze is the leading color!" So I
have, and so do now. Let me explain.
Bourette goods being so rough need an
offsett, and here comes in your bronze,
effective in plainly woven woolens and
silks, which will appear as parts of COM
bination costumes. Standard materials
are among the first importations, and as
for general wear nothing is so desirable
as black. We find that special attention
is paid to the better class of black goods.
In cashmeres the "Grand Opera" brand
is preferred by purchasers of discrimina-
ton; and in mohairs the "Beaver" brand
is excellent, being silk finished, and a
fast black, while the sable brand of
"Turkish Brilliantive" possesses the
highest degree of brilliancy, and is the
most beautiful black lustre goods ever
imported.
MILLINERY.
We are rushing after satin and plush
with the ayidity of a widower "along in
years." who seeks to fascinate girl of
sixteen. Velvet is classed as thoroughly
respectable, but who wants to dress "re-
spectably7" We want something stylish
something which is new, and which
causes Mrs: A over the way to look
at us and feel jealous. In millinery, es-
pecially, sparkles the clair de luae jet.
IT'S everywhere-placed on plain foun-
dations, bustling on aigrettes, hanging as
petals, bestrewn on leaves, glistening on
moss, peeping forth on braids, cleaning
on buckets, and giving out changing
hues with every change oflight. Shapes
are various-with square or slightly
pointed crowns, and narrow brims, and
foliage is massed in heavy montures,
occasionally lightened by flowers.
COSTUMES.
Princess polonaises lead, but close
fitting basques and overskirts are not
discarded, or, again, we find the princess
dress all in one. One of the handsomest
designs in tile last named style is the
Davenport" dress, having the front
draped across, quite low down, and a
plated train inserted about midway
down the back, producing fan-like
effect. The "Cyarina" polonaise is also
novel and distinguished, being unique
design in which the waist, both back and
front, is partially shirred and confined in
a deep yoke. The Camille" basque is
distingue design, tight fitting, with the
trimming arranged to simulate vest,
and the neck cut low and shawl shaped.
The "Janita" overskirt is irregular in
arrangement, and very stylish, the front
being disposed on the rightin deep dag
onal folds, While the left side is plain
and tapping over the right at the belt.
The closely clinging drapery, at present
fashionable, demands support for the
dress other than that afforded by the
ordinary underskirt, and hence we find
different kinds of tournures designed
which combine both elegance and COM
fort. Perfection has been reached in the
"Queen," which, besides being very
stylishly shaped, possesses durability
and elasticity, combined with gossamer
lightness never before equalled. 1t is
entirely new, made without pockets,
clasps, buttons, or other metallic device,
and the tapes are sewed to the wires by
lockstitch sewing machine of novel
construction, made especially for this
purpose. One will be sent, post paid, on
receipt of $3.50 by J. L. Colby & Co,
425 Broome Street. >.
LUCY CARTER.