The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-08
WHAT Is NEW IN STYLES.
FASHION, MINDFUL or TIE TINES nm
CREEING NO RADICAL CHANGES.
Greek Costume Not TO be Revivea-M,..
WARDS Society Dresses from wor,h,.-
Dresses and Hornets for the Pan se..o,

each season. There are changes in forms Il
garments and effects OF materials. but not "a
marked ms to be abrupt and striking departures,
from the styles Of last fall and winter. Sudden
and startling changes in fashions never occur
I'm peaceful times or In hard times" This
! conditions OF society are sure TO tell on them,
selves in the fashions OF the day. The fear Of
dull sales only stimulates manufacturers mo.
distes. milliners. ana dress designers to efortf
| In the wav Of improving tho stuffs that are nj.
ready In vogue. and the already accepted styles
| OF making them up. 1t Is simply the dream Vt
the ldealist that we can revive classic Crook
! or Roman costumes without n return 10 ,he
social conditions out Of which grow ths
| graceful robes which the picturesque. statuesqus
beauty ola Mary Anderson may wear on tina
stage. but there alone and even there they
| should be worn with sandals not white satin
| French boots with Louis Quinzo heels and
opera toes. The attempt Of English women
| Of rank" to create revival Of antique STYLES ia
as silly waste Of time as the costumes which
| they exhibited on n late occasion in London
| were ridiculous. All fashions originate ia thu
| necessities Of the many and the l"Aures Of tho
| few. Hence we have. for those women who Ia
| rcally feel the Pinch OF the panic about hard
times THE all. tho short round skirt. with its
| French Louis XIlI. or Regency coat falling
| back from Il long wastcoat, or worn over an
under corsagc. or tho cutaway Jacket and waist.
cont Of the passing season. only very slightly
| varied in form. Other styles Of short costumes
| are also seen among the pattern dresses of tho
| coming winter, some OF which are good models.
| others meaningless travcsties on the styles Of
| Comparatively few. Of these short dresses Will
| be Worn by fashionable women who can afford
| To- dress IN the manner demanded by the tastes
| Of American society. Young girls and school
| girls will wear them, not matrOns nor young
| married women, nor mature maiden lNllp3
| For them the domi-traincd costume. held IN the
| hand or caught by loop over button or hoDh
| on one side when walking will certainly be
| "A for those Marie Antoiuctte panier dresses
| which we have been confidently told would Ger.
| tainy be revived this fall. they have dwindlcd
into repetition Of the, princess and empress
and the back ornamcntcd with two small OF Que
RpSs. la ANA Marie Antonetis but p 1T point Bw
| and whore they Just artfuly and gracefully full
thus Or similarly, supplemented, The tight
| clinging effect Of the dress is not changed
Princess dresses and princess skirts worn with
| corsages having long points back and front
will sun be the leading style of toilet for tal
dress occasions. Thus are modelled three
Paris by Miss Geneyicye Ward. They arc no
| stage costumes. but dresses for society; They
are AL made in princess, style. and. whom. on,
hook like princess robes but are really each ir
| two pieces. Two Of these dresses have basques
G9saGes %R thr rsS. l2nf up Points in the front
The third is a Kind Of polonaise. with waist.
| coat front and long lraporics IN tho back. form.
tune. Tho jupe. or undcrskirt. is what Is
termed by dressmakors Of three, duarier length
over this. in clnging folds falls the trained
| draperies OF the polonaiso, forming q court
LETT arm in passing from the house to tho car.
riagc. There are small paniers ON two OF Miss
wHrd Is sc f '2by Below SSu lie wG s
OF the hips, the tails Of the basque u
corsaGe, falling between the r1dis' The
On the other, there is no spron or trimming
save a rich. broad, BEADED ealloon which De.
scrlbes line down the front ana tcrminates in
q handsome tassel agrafle near the bottom Of
the. sb.rt. All Of these dresses are composite
apa the different materials which compose each
elk. aud satin in rare and original forms enteI
into their congestion. Ono j. composed u
The darkest bronze blpe-greeq-S new shadi
called marjolaine-in brocaded flowers on a
sSdGSGge satin gSgsqPd ThI rT%ns
chenille, amber and gold beads WORKED
up into fringcs and p9assementeries and fiat
are trimmed with tho richest bead and chenille
iringes and embrQidcry galloOns, with mill
t9ry SSd ana silver b Eorh er9tplas TT
aeoe-Hori's IN the, way OF lace balaycuSes che
nile and gold and silk twist cords and tasses.
silk and lace. give them that From hy aii
united 70 ne MOST ore TASTE VII .h i7 always
observable Ia Worth'S dr. ssps-that j. 60 sly.
whom Worth knows that he is worsiuE Tor .
social or professional eel 'hrity for IL thn truth
must he told there are a great p,any taste ess,
silly. meaningless c1niccuuns In ia" way {
Costumes which are exhibited in Nm llr, NJ
ne beginning OF cach season, with Worti s..
makers tickets attached to them. which }, is %
be hoped were never seen by the gred =.
they are disgrace to them. ttDr dos, l.- H..ll
be pioAsd NJ every day among the drcssudkcls
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