The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-07
NEW ORLEANS FASHIONS

Headgear is still Of the most various,
fantastic and indescribable description.
There are about q hundred different
shapes. The contention between the
large and small bordered bonnets is
quite as animated as that between the
short and trained dresses. There are
black straw bonnets with fat crown,
under which runs light wreath OF field
flowers, mingled with grapes, or a cor
onet Of roses with exquisite foliage;
others have long plume round about
the crown, while bow of ribbon with
double loops turns up the brim on one
side.
THE NARROW. BoRDERED BoNNFTS
nave simple crowns, recalling the shape
OF O baby's cap, and over them are
placed q tiny spray or wreath and a
dropping feather, which latter has quite
q charming effect The double strings
OF narrow double-faced ribbon of faille
and satin are tied at the side In bow,
forming four loops, two Of each color.
For travelling, there are toques, with
silk border, trimmed with a bird and
with short feathers, and scarf of
brown, black, or navy blue gauze, which
Is thrown round the neck, and loosely
tied at the side.
Among the many pretty styles seen at
the establishments of Madame Emery,
Mrs. Logan and Madame Villio may
be mentioned
HAT OF WHITE CHIP,
with dropping front brim, the back
turned up and filled In with quillings
OF moonlight-bl satin ribbon, from
under which droop double loops Of wide
ribbon Of the same color The outside
garniture Is composed OF a number Of
natural wings handsomely shaded, and
bow Of jacqueminot ribbon. Another
hat Of pale dove colored chip had the
brim widely bound and lined with ca
nary colored satin. Blue foulard and
canary colored satin trimmed the crown,
en-, torSade, and over the crown are
wound two feathers OF the different ,
colors, caught at the back with blue |
ribbon loops. Strings of canary colored |
ribbons. lovely white chip bonnet |
has bows and strings OF satin Of two |
shades Of tilleul inside q white tulle !
huting and row of tilleul beads; the
garniture consists of flowers and grasses
OF the same shade of dull green.
A CApoTE OF BLACK CHIP
was handsomely trimmed with cIus-
ter Of mignonette. A cluster of feath-
ers encircled the crown, while the
strings at the back were Of blue watered
satin ribbon. A Clarissa Harlowe bon
net of white French chip was bound
with black velvet, with scarf of white
faille enwrapping the crown, and a
al ~ al 1.
stem OF q long white ostrich plume.
Another dressy bonnet was Of white
straw, with
FRINGE OF PEARLY GRASSES
falling over quilting of Valenciennes
lace. On the side was q cluster of four
pale roses in quilting Of the lace. The
curtain was composed of a fall of Valen-
ciennes, gathered together by bow Of
white watered ribbon.
wATTEAU PANIERs,
in the style Of those worn by Marie An
toinette at Trianon, have been in I
troduced by Worth in the fashioning of
summer dresses; aud this coquettish
costume, all ruched and be- ribboned, and
the milkmaid's skirt, Topped up at the
sides within the pockets, has already
become quite the rage in Paris. OF
three most bewitching toilets from
Worth, oneis a Mercedes dress in pure 6
Castilian style, somewhat short, with |
three hounces Of fancy gauze, brocaded |
with straw colored sprigs. A scarf
tunlc OF black satin, fringed with jet,
is draped round the skirt, and falls in
lappels upon the left side. At the back
this tunlc forms g. train, Topped up into !
three puffs, which come down to the !
bottom OF the skirt. The Spanish bodice f
is Of black satin, with a waistcoat of g
gauze, brocaded with straw color. The b
next is an S
ALBANI DRESS OF sICILIENNE. =
with deep, gathered dounce n
OF striped silk, with an open tunic and
gold embroidered pockets. Tue tunic
does not extend beyond the flOunce In r
front, and comes down behind to the ;
very edge of the skirt. A large, flowing +
bow OF black silk clasps the tunic. o
puthng it up somewhat. Bodice Of Sici-
llenne, covered with gold embroidery, e
with a wais Dan d in front, fastened vii b e
buckle OF dead gold. The third is a
WATTEAU DRESS OF BLACK GAUzE,
widely striped with black satin, and
skirt trimmed with double quilting of {,
black and white lace-ChartiIly and | "
Tunic and paniers OF d
gauze to match, and similar quilting of a
black and white lace. Bodice OF black | p
gauze, with basque at the back and
waist band in front, with a buckle of
pebble. Ruched fichu of lace.
with the ends passed inside the waist 2
band. With this lovely toilet the an l
propriate hat ia leghorn, trimmed |
With black velvet, and With large red. n