The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
OF INTEREST TO THE LADIES.


Being an Authoritative Exposition of the
Latest Kinks In Fashionable Female
Gear.
From Harper's Bazar.1
TRAVELLING TOILETTEs.
Very simple toilettes are chosen for
travelling, but there is wider range in
regard to colors than formerly, when
brown and gray were worn for even the
shortest journey. Now the foundation
of the dress may be of dark and quiet
hue, but it is usually enlivened by gay
accessories that relieve its dullness. The
most popular fabric is ecru or almond
colored camel 's-hair, or else a heavy
quality of French bunting; but there
are appropriate costumes made of the
dark cypress green, of gendarme blue,
old gold brown, and of blue-gray. The
richestcombinations of colors are chosen
in the small-fgured mosaic silks that
serve for parts of these dresses. One
beautiful suit of almond-colored camel's-
hair has the vest, pockets, collar,
sleeves, and cver-skirt trimmed with
narrow bands OF the gay bordering used
on Iudia Cashmere shawls. A second
costume, imported on purpose for trav-
cling and morning wear, is of olive
green bunting, with bands of red, green,
and black Scotch plaid A suit of bot
tie green camel's-hair has what are
called Creole borders in the bright red
and yellow bars of bandana plaids.
The newest fashion of making such
dresses is that of the plain redingote
with short round skirt. The redingote
is long plain overdress, cut with waist
and skirt in one, in princesse fashion,
but is shaped like gentleman's great
coat. It is entirely without drapery,
hanging plain nearly to the foot of the
dress, and is open up the middle of the
back from the waist line down. 1t has
a middle seam, and short side form
beginning in each armhole; two great
buttons designate the waist line in the
side form seams, while pleat is pressed
in each to the end of the skirt. The
front is variously shaped, but is always
provided with rolling collar. 1t may
be single breasted or double; in the lat
ter case it has vest which is seen only
at the bottom, and the redingote is
sloped wide open in front. The cut
away front discloses the first cores of
the lower skirt, which may be plain and
entirely without trimming, or it may
have q simple cluster of pleats forming
border fiounce. tits more customary,
however, to put either two or three deep
kilt-pleated founces across these
breadths, or else to trim them length
wise with box pleats of satin or silk, or
to lay the dress material in the small
religieuse pleats from the belt down.
The edges of the redingote are simply
stitched, large snowy buttons are used,
and the whole needs tailor-like finish
| to make it stylish. This costume is
very handsome in seal brown wool, with
mosaic silk accessories of old gold and
seal brown. 1t is also made in ladies'
cloth of the light almond shades, with
simple stitching for its trimming. Cor
respondents who have asked for hints
about making travelling dresses for the
autumn can not do better than to carry
out this design.
Ladies going to the mountains wear
en- route the short flannel suits they have
prepared for mountain excursions. Ma
w blue flannel as smoothly pressed as
cloth remains the favorite fabric for
such dresses, though newer style is the
English homespun cloth, sleazily woven.
in small checks of olive brown, gray, or
green. These are made up in a some
what neglige manner, with box-pleat'
ed blouse waist that is worn with a wide
white canvas belt. The blouse has three
box-pleats in front, and the same num-
Der behind; the edges are plainly stitch
ed. The long round overs skirt is draped
on the sides and back, but is not bunch
ed up, and the lower skirt is without 8
flounce. The blue suits are sometimes
trimmed with wide black worsted braid
which adds to the expense without add
ing to the beauty of the dress. A small
bonnet of rough straw, or else an En-
glish walking-hat of dark chip, accom-
panies such dresses. The veil, gloves
and stockings are the color of the cos
tune. Linen or mohair travelling cloak!
are of long princesse sacque shape, will
i the back finished in redingote style
with great buttons and flat pleats, whil'
the sides have enormous pockets set OIL
underneath, with the flaps at the wais
line.
WHITE BUNTING DRESSES.
Among the prettiest day dresses worl
, at Saratoga and other resorts are thos
). of the thin gauze-like French buntin,
which the French call toile religteuse
They are worn by ladies of all ages
| One lady with gray hair worn in puff:
with q white silk turban, has her whit
bunting dresses trimmed with blac
! velvet bows; a younger lady uses pleat
: ings of Breton lace on the knife-pleate
flounces, and white satin ribbon for
. belt and sash. Still younger ladie
!, choose contrasting colors of silk, e.
70 pecially pale blue. The short whit
skirt has shell flounce of pale blue {
the foot. The front and side cores al
covered with pale blue brocaded sill
e set on in pox-pleats placed at wide il
:, tervals, and ending in series of blr
n rib 2on loops. The long white coat
g of the Lafayette shape, with a shire
e panier vest of blue brocade draw
Is back to disclose deeper vest of plai
It blue silk.
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