The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-04
FASHION NOTES.

| Opening day comes late ut the houses of
| fashionable modistes, and discloses the last
novelties prepared for the winter. Room
after room is filled with Partisan dresses
among which are many rich tolettes for din
ners and receptions. These have q distinctive
style not to be oonfounded with that of ball
! dresses. Black velvet is the favorite mate
rial for these stately robes in conjunction
| satin is the most fashionable for combining
with black velvet, and occasionally red fac
| lngs are added. Sometimes the three prevail
| ing colors-blacz, red and old god-appear
| Ia small figured brocade beautifully shaded
In some dresses old gold satin with wonder
| full sheen is used with golden brown velvet.
| Plain black velvet is used In some OF these
combination dresses while others are of the
embossed velvet. The broeades that are all
Of one color have q ground Of lustrous satin
instead of dull silk. For trimming these
fabrics are most brilliant passenlenteries of
iridescent beads, in which many beige and
old gold colors appear. .Fringes Of the beads
are made to correspond, and there Is also a
novelty in chenille fringe of very fine strands,
quite straight, and made double without
heading, In the way seen In the whalebone
fringes.
The richest velvet and satin dresses have
basque and single skirt with clinging front
breadths, and a moderate train, which may
have pauier drapery, or be q court train or q
straight flowing train. The three breadths
of the front and sides arc very narrow and
CloSSly HOi6U, anu are ubJly bIlulilbA Will
panels Of beads or lace. Though sometimes
draped with scarfs, they have not regular
aprons, and very few have founces, fringes
being used at the foot instead. These three
breadths represent pettcoat and are often
of q different color, and nearly always of q
different fabric from that used for the back.
The three or four back breadths are of velvet,
while the front Is satin or brocade, or else the
back Is brocade. The trains are not nearly
SO long as those of ball dresses; some Of
{h1v,N Il bn,r
o single large paner pouf with bows
beside and below it, and some. are trimmed
up the sides as court trains. Two or three
rows OF overlapping, chenille fringe are at
the foot OF the satin front breadths, and the
velvet train is merely edged with a three
inch pleating of satin, with perhaps lighter
pleating like the Satin of the front peeping out
below the bottom frill. The side breadths Of
many flowing trains are opened to show
facings Of the satin also. The French moires
fronts and facings Of black velvet dresses.
The corsage to go with the skirts just de-
scribed is a simpy-shaped basque of medium
length, cut square in the neck, but draped
and filled in with q quantity OF lace in
shape. The front may have a vest below the
square neck, or it may have q narrow belt,
| with tasseled ends, hanging on one side; the
back is of the simplest coat shape, with short
side forms, and slightly full below the waist.
TRIANON SHORT SUITS.
The short Trianon suits for the street have
panier draDeries behind, and other new fam
cies, such as Marie Stuart sleeves, MORE
vests, fur borders instead OF iiounces on lower
skirts, Vatican polonaise with Clarissa Har-
lowe scarfs and newest Of all are the coat po
! iOnaiSeS that have also an Overskirt accom-
panying them. Thus a black costume will
have velvet basque with Marie Stuart
sleeves Of satin, In which are velvet slashingS
| from the elbow up to the armhole The front
OF the skirt will be all velvet and beads, while
the silk back breadths will be covered with
pleated founces alternately Of silk and of
satin, and a panier drapery at the top will be
scarfs of velvet and silk. Another fancy is
that of making a. white MORE vest to a black
! silk coat, which has revers OF black MORE
| Some rich black silk coats have black MORE
vests instead OF the satin or velvet so much
used A new caprice is that of putting two
rows of pleated white Breton lace on the edge
OF black silk or MORE vests.
| The new coat polonaises are made with a
short front which is scarcely more than g.
basque, while the back is long and slightly
boutfant. This is made of silk, or Of bango-
line, which is soft-finshed repped silk like
Sicilienne. and is worn with a short over
skirt Of brocade and a short round skirt of
| black velvet. These Polish costumes, having
| both a pOlOnaiSe and over-skirt are very
unique and picturesque, and when made for
midWinter the two skirts are bOrdered with
gray chinchiIla fur. The Vatican polOnaises
are belted in front with a flowing pleat be-
hind, and are especially handsome for bro
| cadeS.