The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-10-06
For The Cecil '
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

humorous WRITER says, ~ III you want
to do we'll in the music business, have
top note" My verdict is, eff you want
to do well in the fashion business; i. e., if
you wish to be Acknowledgement beads
Have them on your bonnet; shower them
on your costume; wear them peeping forth
from beneath your dress, bestrewn plenti-
fully GU your stockings, 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
tune jet, of which we shall see and hear a
good deal before the expiration of the
Winter. Bronze will be the leading color.
IT'S going to be bronze, bronze, bronze-in
silks, dress goods, millinery, and l know
not what. Now "why is this thus?" one
asks and l answer, for several reasons.
Firstly, because the various bronze shades
harmonic so we'll with the different yell
lows now so fashionable. Then again,
bronze is handsome color, and affords
variety from brown, on which the changes
have been rung SO everlastngly that de-
somewhat tired of it. Running the gaunt-
let of colors over, we find that bronze is
more generally suitable than blue, green,
plum, or grey, and therefore, while we
snail see all the above hues patronized, yet
bronze will be the color.
DRESS MATERIALS.
Ts II reSu1t of rirbtc tb,t
dress materials look rough enough to suit
so many Amazons going to war? Be that
as it may, it is a fact that they do. Yet
the vanity of the sex comes out in the
bright intermiuglings of color which are
apparent-gay dashes or dottings-(maybe
BOTH of red, blue, or yellow scattered
broadcast and at random over the goods,
as one would SOW wheat in field. The
ground work may be plain, or again it may
be wrought in mosaic figures, but regular
ity 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 doubling soul exclaim " You have
just said that bronze is the leading colorr'
So | have, and so l do now. Let me ex-
plain. Bourette goods being so rough,
need an effect, and here comes in your
bronze; effective in plainly woven woolens
and silks which will appear as parts of
combination 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 pre-
ferred by purchasers of discrimination, and
in mohairs the beaver brand is excellent,
being silk finished and fast black, while
the sable brand of Turkish brillantne
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 avidity of widower "along in
years" who seeks to fascinate a girl of
sixteen. Velvet is classed as thoroughly
respectable but who wants to dress Gre
specially >" We want something stylish
something which is new, and which will
cause Mrs. A. over the way to look at us
and feel jealous. In millinery especially,
sparkles the clair de lime jet. IT'S every
where-placed on plain foundations, brist-
ling on aigrettes, hanging as petals, be-
strewn on leaves, glistening on moss, peep
ing forth on braids, cleaning on buckles,
and giving out changing hues with every
change of light. Shapes are various, with
square or slightly pointed crowns, and
narrow brms and foliage is massed in
heavy montures occasionally lghtened 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
the 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 Czarina " polonaise
is also novel and distinguished, being a
unique design in which the waist, both
back and front, is partially shirred and
confined in 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 "Juanita overskirt is If
regular in arrangement, and very stylish,