The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-14
FALL FASHIONS.
What Ladies' Are Downing for Fall
and Winter Wear.
New Fabrics Feminine Dresses Be-
coming More and More Masculine.

New Fabrics Feminine Dresses Be-
coming More and More Masculine.
The new fashions, new fabrics and new
colors come to US with suggestion OF au-
tumn, which Is especially delightful to US
who are still langushing under heat that Is
almost tropical. 1t s refreshing to read that
somewhere in this broad land women are al
ready retreatlng into
FALL
fabrics, and with charming appreciation Of
the fitness Of things are decking themselves
In autumn's own hues. We read that while
the foundation OF the toilet Is the orthodox
sober shades OF russell gray. bronze or /
olive, 1t Ia enliyened with brilliant threads OF
gold, orange, garnet, wine and glowing red.
The materials for exclusive fall use are never
very varied, but the trimmings and cornbina- |
tons which make them effective are like unto
the leaves Of the forest In number and tint.
Those materials Of grave color are beautiful
| ly combined in endless variety, with broche
cashmeTes, Persian arabesques, soft plaid
silks and veIvetS, gorgeous In many colors.
| This trimming occasionally appears on the
waist merely SIS deep collar, or surpllce on
the bosom. It may form the paniers OF the
poonaise, or the fold that finishes the basque,
the border for the skirt or the entire front
OF 1t.
AS sort Of herald Of the inevitable
WINTER,
importers ore already showing q new cloth
called amazon | will whisper to my fair
readers that 1t is suspiCiously like gladys
habit CLOTH and we have private belief OF
our own that 1T is "the rose" by another name.
II 1t fares as well, the importers can't COM
plain. There are also new woollen reps, Eng
lish homespuns and that class Of goods. both
in solid colors for sober taste and sad neces-
sity, or the same goods with dashes of bril-
liant coloTing all through, for those who have
taste aud opportunity to develop these hints
into telling conclusions. Would it be very
stllted II we should suggest that skilful
blending of colors, a graceful draping OF folds
and an artistic adaptation Of style to form
might BIO called the rhetoric Of dress? Or are
we stealing masculine thunder and clothing
feminine frivolity In the high-sounding phrase
of art2 But how we wander,
! In the imported autumn costumes
TIE MARIE ANToINETTE STYLE
4 Ia continued being dead, she yet lives"
: She still roigns over her constant-inconstant
people They lay her pretty head upon &
block and straightway erect u monument OF
, c,ffures to her memory. They put felon's
7 Rarb upon her comedy shoulders and set an
army OF dressmakers to initiate her royal
robes. Blunt old Carlyle says, SID rather be-
Q forgotten than misremembered in this way
. Being q woman We wouldn't, and we stoutly
q affirm that the world is q prettier place to
8 live In to-day because OF Marie Antoinette
J, having graced it once and having given q
u standard To which we can safely pin our fash
I ionable faith.
i THE CoRsAGEs
II are either severely plain and close-ftting OF
4 are made with fan pleats shirred at the waist
line, both In front and back. The former
g style Is adapted to full figures aud the latter
2 suited to slender and youthful forms. The
4 oyerdresses are short In front and quite long
, behind, with full panler drapery, which APP
Z pears conspicuousy on the hips rather than
8 in the back. These are finished with all the
"a pretty revers, scarfs and raDlierS Of the time
O OF which they belong.
y THE OYERDREss
Il that promises to be- popular Is one that ad
:. rnits OF great variety Of arrangement. The
z back is the usual long princess polonaise, and
: may be draped simply or deliberately, to cor
= respond with the material used. The seams
l. In the back are q compromise between the
: shoulder seam and French back and have q
7 very pleasing effect, suiting the majority OF
! figures better than either OF the more pro
J. nonce styles. The ends Of the back skirt are
y usually left square, and may be piped II in
Gil oil
. and handsomely stitched II the goods arf
u heavy or richly figured. They are draped by
y y one deep peat, quite high, on each side ant
! one in the CENTRE much lower down. lht
fronts of the polonaise are not cut very long
- and are made yet shorter by laying a mum
:, Der Of fine pleats on the back edges and secur
= ing them beneath the back widths. In SOME
j instances it Is desirable and tasteful 70 carry
~ the panier fullness Of the front outside OF The
~ back, and fasten 1t with ribbon rosettes o.
- sash bows behind. The front OF the overdres:
= is open, and la drawn back from the figure
- like curtain. The skirt for such polonais'
>. requires to be trimmed In front and on th'
~ sides in pnff'5 or pleated RULES from the bel
\, to the hem, if the goods are plain; L striped
~ or brocaded, It may be quite plain. rms new
~ style furnishes HI excellent excuse for utiilz
~ Ing any material on hand which Is insufficient
= Of itself for a complete garment, but is JUS
= what is needed IL combination suit.
10 IN BAsQUEs
le We are glad to see the shrred front ant
le back continued in winter goods. 1t is q prett!
l. variation OH the plain vest front. These ar
he sometimes shirred only at the waist line tn
ID upper portions being laid in pleats. This shir
id ring and pleating III silk Is piable and adjust
Itself costly to the lines Of the figure. Some
shrring is usually introduced into the. over
skirt worn with this basque. 1t Is q simple
IN inexpensive and effective mode of trimming
- - and we are glad to see 1T revived
~ striking dissmiiarity Is noticeable u
q street costumes and those suitable for recep
fJ1tf
y controls in the one, and the most exuueran
IL fancy rules the other. In street dress the ten
r dency to
- MASCULINE EFFECTS
II ls the same, necessitating masculine sim
ld plicity The skirt must be retained, but th