The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24
NEW ORLEANS FASHIONS.

In New York city, and are very stylish whel
handsomely made; II Of wooden goods, piping
OF silk or velvet should decorate the bottom
of the kilt, the short upper skirt should b.
turned M In wasberwonlan fashion and facet
with silk. and bow Of the same should orna
ment the back breadths, holding them dowl
close to the kilt. To lessen the weight of TIL,
skirt, very deep yoke to which the kilt is at
taehed, takes the place of the original model
This style of short costume is a. very cpnte
1,ient one for walking. and no doubt will on
day be patiOniHed for it's cleanliness. yer,
graceful costume made after this fashioi
was of myftle-gipen cashmere, the Skin
Killed all the way down and all round, ant
without train. Above this skirt a deep scar
Of bronze falle dfa1ed across the front, anr
loosely hnotted twice at the back terminating
into two short pleated ends. The bodice was
pleated also and put on TO square, plair
shonldef-piece; 1t was finished with q par
band round the waist and buttoned in the
and dark hat with feather aigrette complete
the costume. 0
For spring dresses a pretty model will be
found In the +
CUT-AWAY COAT WITH VEST, SHEATH OVER
.. SKIRT AND WALKING SKIRT.
Light bourette cloths will make up III this
way very stylishly with vests OF silk. silk
folds on theovefskirt aud silk LOUNGES ON the
lower one. Black, elk or grenadine suits
made in this. way will have vests of brighter
colors, viz: black satin stripes. an inch wide,
alternating with velvet or with silk stripes
or even vests Of old-gold, or cardinal or yet
of pale blue with olive green stripes, which
latter is now q tavurite combination. When
these colots are used, double ppings of blue
and green trim the edges Of the coat, the
loops of the bow, aud In the hem of the
pleated nounce; this hem ID turned III anon
the right side an inch wide and piped with
blue and green folds
Nk.,,, a. -
bound on the edges with fine linen tape o,. has
q bias fold OF the material ornamented by
several rows Of stitching done by The sewing
machine. The vest may be Of different ma
terial, such az Of white Turkish towcling.
piuue OF of white embroidered euods nr II
may be Of solid color darker than the percale
OF the coat. The long sheath overrkitt has
clnging front and sides, with q dropping puif
behind casped very low down by d bow Of
ribbon or Of the material The Flower skirt of
the solid percale ~ the vest is OF SUCH has a
deep kilt-pleated founce.
Another tasteful design for caicoes, lawns
and even spring bourettes is the
LONG sACQuE WITH PLAsFRoN OVERSIGHT,
It fits gracefully 10 the figure, and both
sacque and overskirt have q plastlpn front
merely stitched on outside. Few new suits
are made solely of one material; In pertales
even, there is a combination Of plain and fig
ured goods. The fabrics introduced Tor spring
wear closely resemble In style those OF the
winter season, with the sole difference that
they are Of q lighter texture; the grounds are
tufts Of floss elk or chenille; these soft, silky
dots are generally Of brighter or lighter
color than the ground. very beautiful sam
Pile was. Of pale blue, tufted over with tleeey
balls Of white. The pfincesse is quite the
the cuirass and basque bodices both appear oe-
casiOnally In new costumes. For evening toilets
the princesse shape is the most CONNIE IL fd,tt,
with pleated folds across the front, draperies
at the back, and q profusion of bows Of not
everywhere.
BOWS OF RIBBON
are more fashionable than ever and will be
used In great protusion upon all new spring
dresses. Az yet the modistes Of Our city have
had little leisure to work upon such costumes;
ball and dinner toilets are the momentous
question of the moment, and are indeed works
Of artistic excellence when completed. A most
delicate dress for the ball of our artlleryinen.
seen at the establishment Of Mrs. Kate
Logan. was Of ciel-blue silk, made
in princesse style, and with very long fan
trimmed the skirt a scarf of brochee silk Of
the same ethreal shade wound gracefully
around from the right side, and fell in pro-
fusion of folds over the train, while deep
balaveuse of lace added to the beauty of the
latter. The neck was cut square, and filled
in with rutfles of crepe lisse; the elbow sleeves
were of silk, with three pleated hounces of
the same, and finished off by deep plating
Of crepe lisse, The brochee silk that formed
the supplemental trimming for this exquisite
dress was, by some secret manipulation.
given a
NEW AND FLUFFY APPEARANCE,
very effective to behold, and was then said by
the modiste to be "chitofee" Another hand
some costume was Of tan-cOored silk, darN
brown silk and embossed brown velvet. This
tJ~ >r
brown silk and scarf draperies Of the emu
bossed velvet; the front of the skirt showed n
deep kilt, and the long train. rut,,as OF the
silk while the graceful puflinga mingled Free
ly with the scalee ends OF the velvet. Quite
regal looking dress was another of deep
purple shades this royal silk had sleeves Of
black velvet, plastron and side panels of the
velvet also. straps of veltet piped
with the silk buckled across the plastron,
and tho folds of velvet that swept around
the front of the dress showed a face Of Deep
crimped fringe and lost themselves in the
pullings Of the back breadths. dress Ia the
princess style at this popular establishment
was conceived after model Of elegant sim
with delicate lace and narrow pleatings Of the
material. The train was long and graceful ];
the entire front breadth was
A MASS OF FINE LACE INSERTION,
and wide panels of this extended down the
sides back into the draperies OF muslin. The
neck had pompadour OF lace and insertion.
and the elbow sleeves had full rutiles of lace
With the plain style Of the princcsse, ia
order to improve upon the figure, the under
garments now correspond. There is the
princesse petticoat, which is cut in a clnging
shape and is entirely plain over the hips.
There Is yoke one quarter OF n yard in
depth across the front and side gore. and this
yoke extends down the back to within half a
yard OF the bottom, where the fullness of the
back breadth is pleated in, and gives the APP
pearance Of a fan balayeuse that supports the
skirt in position. And now
THE PRINCEsSD CORSET
has come to the front with just claims upon
the attention of lady readers. One, exceed
ingly handsome, made by Mrs. Logan, is of
black satin, to be worn with black
satin dress 1t is exquisitely embroi-
dered over every bone, the curves sloping
gracefully to the figure, and the fit perfection.
For a dress to adorn well q line figure,
a good lifting corset is desideratum: those
made at this establishment of French c9tiie are
just what every lady would term entirely salts
factory and an nspection of the princess cor
set is recommended to all who appreciate the