Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-13
SPRING FASHIONS.
What Man and Women Will Wear this Spring,

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Dry goods merchants are very
busy now preparing for the spring
trade, and q general description OF
the coming spring fashions for
ladies will be interesting. CamePs
hair cloths and Indian cashmeres
will be the prevailing fabrics this
spring for walking-dresses and din
ner costumes. Out of large num-
Der of these freshly imported and
newly designed cloths the "Virgin-
la" the "Shanghai rate" the
s'crepe fantastic" the "chevron,"
the "velours vigoreux,"the "Pekin
rept,u tie "Pekin fseonne" and the
"caehemere beige'' are the princi-
pal ones likely to attract the most
attention and become most popu-
lar. The demand for navy blue
and garnet will probably continue.
The stripe is enjoying so much
favor that 1t is even woven In the
plain cameps hair goods, as in the
chevron, in which the stripe is
made visible by the weaving, and
not by any difference in the color
of the threads. The fancy goods in
silks have brocade, satin, watered
and velvet stripes. OF these silk
stripes the Pekin rept is the richest.
The fine check patterns formed by
the silk mixture and the camePs
hair are likely to be very popular.
The short mantels, the fichus, the
light jackets, the light-tinted
sacques will be similar to those of
last year. They will be made most
ly of fancy cloths, basket cloths and
Sicilian cloths (silk with worsted
interweaving). Scarcely any trim.
ming will cucumber them, except
fringe and lace on their borders.
With regard to the coming style
in spring costumes, there is ten.
dency to dimInish the amount of
trim ming and increase the number
Of folds and plaits. The upper part
of the costume is very close fitting,
the lower is reasonably light. The
princess style has sold we'll during
three or four years; Paris dress.
makers say that it will again be the
fsvorits this year.
Cotton goods costumes are
trimmed with chintz borders. They
are made with basques and with
out, and the basques are slashed as
we'll as plain. The neck can be
low or high, square cut or pointed.
When low profusion of lace
should be used to supply the de.
fioiency. A neat outfit of this sort
is made with checked cotton goods.
1t buttons from the waist up high
in the neck, and has no basque,
and q white linen collar encircles
the throat.
Of the large number of new
styles in which fancy goods are
made up, a costume Of the popular
sapphire blue is especially attract
i've. The close-fitting basque is cut
away in front, is combined with the
overskirt in front and falls over al
most the entire length of the train.
The vest is of satin, is corded at the
edges and buttons tightly. The
overskirt ia looped up just below
the vest by satin bow. This year
the skirts are growing looser, but
they are still gathered together be-
hind enough to present u smooth
front. In the sapphire costume,
the edges of the basque and over
skirt are bordered with plated
satin and fringed with lace.
The spring bonnets and hats for
ladies are usually fresh and pretty.
Chip straws, Milan braids, Tuscan
straw and Canton CIepe will be
used mostly for the body of the
bonnets. AS to color, white and
straw color will be greatly used;
but the shade likely to become the
most popular is the " Jasper" This
is q new shade, and is something
like the old peacock blue that was
worn so much five years ago. The
principal trimmings for bonnets
are flowers, lace and silver orna-
ments, the last holding brilliants
to fash in the sunlight. A large
bow of lace is fastened on the top
with o silver ornament, and the
strings are caught at the sides with
ornaments to match, giving the
bonnet very bright spring look
with the Breton lace and silver.
In the new spring styles of cloth
ing no startling innovations, nov-
elites or changes are noticeable. In
suitings there is Of course leaning
toward lighter colors. An attract
i've variety of mixed goods for ev.
cry day wear is provided, and
cloths of subdued shade and pat
tern are provided for middle.aged
persons. Mems coats are growing
tighter, while their trousers are
growing looser. In the newest
full-dress evening gehtlemen's suit
the coat Is rolled very low; the
lapels are of good width; the skirts
are narrow and long, and the edges
of the coat are bound with silk
cord. The vest is of the same ma
terial as the coat, or of white satin.
Tho latter is the novelty this year.
In business suits, five-buttoned,
single-breasted sack coats will pre-
vail. Last autumn O four-buttoned
sack coat was the proper thing.
The sack coats worn this spring
will button very high in the neck, |
and the vest will match. The four
buttoned Newmarket cutaway suit,
close-fitting coat and large trousers
will probably be preferred by
many. Ia England the coats and
vests of these suits are made of one
material and the trousers Of anoth-
er. The skirts are shorter behind
and not cut away so much in front.