The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-09-13
SEPTEMBER FASHIONS.
The Newest styles ia 5IaterIaIs and Gus
tOn1s-The Coming COIOr-EcOnOmi-
cal BRIDAL Outfits, and New
SILK Underwear.

tOnzsThe Coming COIOE-EcOnOmi-
cal BRIDAL Outfits, and New
SIX Underwear.
New YORK, Aug, 22.-The buyers of I
the "great" houses have returned from |
Paris and London, from Vienna and Ber- |
lin. and though the "nOvelties" have not |
arrived. vet there are still some interest |
ing facts to be stated to those who wish |
to commence their preparations early for |
the winter campaign.
AUTUMN MATERIALS.
The moss-green shades and messy or
fbrous designs are the notes which have |
been struck for this coming fall and win
ter. No more Scotch tarlatans at pres
ent no more wide, solid stripes; no more
detached figures, or flowers, or spreading
patterns the dark mOss-shade Is the great
thing in plain wooden armures, matelas-
sizes, basket cloths, and the like; but
there are other fabrics, great novelties
in which there are several shades OF moss,
or bronze, or olive green. interviewer
and introduced ike specks in the messy
figures are tiny sunspots in yellow floss,
which brighten the dark surface, but
leave it dark still.
FALL COSTUMES.
These charming materials are accom-
panied by plain silk, and velvet of the
same shade, and tell their own story as to
the continuance of the pretty Overdress
and useful polonaise. silk and wool and
silk and velvet win be blended, as they
have been for several years past {; but the
beauty of color and the difference of de-
signs in fabric will give to the costumes
all the charm of novelty.
But it must not be supposed that these
ideal fabrics will be common. Of some
of them not twenty pieces have been I'M
ported, and the price is equally high.
Why. are novelties always double the
prices of the standard fabrics asks a Gu
rious person. Because they are novel
ties, because the importer pays double
for them. Of the standard fabrics there
are many of the new designs, only very
few. The manufacturer says: Take
them, or leave them I shall want twice
as much as have got before they can be
duplicated. So it happens that there Is
very little of the choicest descriptions OF
dress fabrics to be had, and If they are
| not fortunately obtained in the beginning
/ of the season, they can not atterward be
! found at all. There are several forms for
! fall costumes, so that ladies will not be
/ restricted to the "Princesse." a newer
stvle than this Is the coat dress, consist
| ing of a fiat plated train, a skirt trim
med in front, a coat cut away into some
what long but not sharp points upon the
! sides, and a back narrow but straight
across, and trimmed or filled in with en-
| broidery, or with rich fiat trimming OF
chenille or silk and chenille, which latter
! harmOnizes wonderfully well with the
| handsome taffeta silk and wool materials.
! Of course there are infinite possibilities
in the coat dress, but it ought to be al
ways of a rich material, and not at
tempted except by a thorough nl0dlSte.
Neither the Princesse dress nor the
cuirasse basque has, however, been dis
placed. But the cuirasse basque is worn
with trimmed skirt, rather than with a
overskirt, and the Princesse dress Is trim
med also, or rather made from design
which is complete in itself and requires
but little extraneOus ornament. Many
of these forms may indeed be called
Cast Lake" for the beauty and finish
is all in the material and incorporated sc
strictly into the body of the garment, that
nothing seems to have been stuck OF
without use, on purpose, which IS sc
often the case with trimming.
Bows down the front are more ample
and effective than buttons, and one musi
be glad to see them revived, though not
to the exclusion of buttons for these
must always be used when the fastening:
is effected upon the side. Bows are now
made of ribbons nearly two inches IL
width. The outdoor accompaniment K
a fall costume is a sack Paletot of mediur
length, and made of heavy silk, or OF ;
material matching the overdress- o
course this latter is only the case wheI
it is a simple armur, or other cloth, in ;
solid color