The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-09
NEW ORLEANS FASHIONS

Watering place toilets, this season are
composed mainly Of white nainsooks and
Swsses. some Of them a mass of fine
insertion, embroidery and laces, airy enough
and costly enough to prove heart
sore to an economical purse One hand
some costume made at the establish
mcnt of Mrs. Logan, had but little of the
organdic. which formed the body of the dress,
visible 1t was fashioned entirely of Valen-
Ciennes lace and insertion of Swies embrOi-
derry, and was intended to be worn over
princesse robe of pale blue The skirt was
made with q long train, and the corsage was
a jaunty little jacket, bordered an around
with deep frill of lace. Dainty bows of
blue satin ribbon, with pale pink lining, were
placed at intervals upon the skirt, down the
front of the basque, and upon the sleeves,
which were quite short reaching but little
below the elbow, and finished with two ruff
files of deep lace The popular and
MOST STYLISH COLOR NOW IN VOGUE
is the beige. which bears several gradations Of
brown in its formation. A stylish costume
may be fashioned of the lighter and darker
shades of this beautiful color by modelling
the cut after the pattern Of the plain, round
basque, Overskirt with side ploatS, and dem-
trained fan skirt, now so much used by mo-
dstes. This plain basque displays a fine
figure to full advantage, and the plastron
vest-its sole Ornament-may be laid aside at
pleasure or buttoncd on permanently, accord
ing to fancy. The Overdress has wrinkIed
apron, Is only slightly lOOped behind, and has
two sets Of side pleats, separated by puff
put on as trimming. In making this costume
the lighter shade should be of the beige and
may be silk wool or grenadinc; the darker
color ought to be chosen pretty leaf brown,
and should be either OF silk or of solid col
Ored wooden goods. For enlivening such
dresses'a dash OF the brilliant poppy tints, or
of dark Jacquetninot red, should appear at the
throat or on the straw bonnet.
FOR MORNING WEAR,
there arc many pretty dresses of Victoria
lawns, nainsooks, CambriCs and percales,
which are very effective upon the hot, dusty
streets. CambriCs are now made up with as
much pretensiOn to being q Ia mode as are
toilets of far more expensive materials. Linen
lawns and muslin are mainly trimmed with
plaitngs and Tuf1les, bOrdered with Smyrna
lace. The plated basque, belted in at the
waist, Is faVOrite style of making these
dresses. Loose house robes of nainsook are
made with a vatican plait In the back deep
hOunCe, trimmed with embroidery, finishing
the bottom Of the skirt, and q similar trim
ming extending down either side of the 'front.' |
Some sleeves are fashioned entirely of alter |
nate rows of tuCking and embroidered inser-
tion. Dressing sacques are quite deliberately
decorated with lace or embroidery and Orna-
mented with bows of lght-coored ribbon |
they are frequently lined with either pink OF
blue fOulard or silCSia which is much less cX-
pensive, and quite as tasteful and effective.
VESTS ARE VERY MUCH WORN,
either simulated upon the basque or polo
naise, or being actually separate, and made |
exactly as the masculine garment of that or |
der, with Silesia back, straps and buckle |
Thus one may have Il different c0lOred vest |
worn with black grcnadinc dresses that are
trimmed with black and white lace Another |
odd fancy to II" worn with such a costume is |
OF the new shade Of EaCQurminOt red in satin |
upon which ar" embroidered in black satin
sprays of flowers. Many rich imported cos
tunes are plahOratVly embroidered in fancy
colors. At Holmes. and Adams, on Maya
zine street, new CrHvat bows are seen, quite
fanciful enough to suit the present fashiona-
BILE taste for high COlOrinE. These are of en-
broidered or brocaded ribbon loops of very
bright tintS down one side, while the other
half is composed of white lace either Valen-
CiCnnCS or DuChcSSC. Others again are many
clustered loops of doubled satin ribbon. in
contrasts, such as pale blue with Iacqucniuo'
red, or olive green with pink. Some bows of
China crepe are Ornamentrd with silver bows,
and still others of pale tints are embroidered
on rich, dark COlors.
SILK AND THREAD HOSE
must match the dresses with which they are
to be worn. Black silk stockings are now
fashionable Ornampntcd across the inStep
with bars Of pink embroidery. or dashes of
cream-C0lOrod silk, while others are cmbrOd-
cred upon the sides with garnet or pale blue
An eXtravagant taste has the leg of one
color and the foot of another, as pale blue and
red combined, or lavender and brown. or blue
and cream-COlOr. Embroidered parasOls are
a novelty. These are seen in cOlors of white,
cream, or pale blue. bordered with needle
work in gay, contrasting shades, such as red.
blue and moss green; fly fringe, in which ali
these shades appear adorn the edges; the
canopy tops and long, floating ends Of bright
ribbon are handsome addition.
STYLES IN JEWELRY.
Earrings are short and fat, and the fasten-