The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-01-22
GORGEOUS CLOTHES.
The Toilets at the New York Acad-
envy Of Music Ball.

New York Herald: An imported
costume was of creamy white satin
and brocade, square court train of
plain satin, with Louis XVI. drap
cries, square necked corsage, round
ed at bottom and garnIshed with
exquisite chenille needle-wrought
bands of roses and carnations,
gloves of pale echru reaching to ell.
bows, gold jeweled bracelets, neck
lace of pearls, golden hair dressed
in Greclan style, black lace scarf
wound about the head, vailing the
eyes and forming a fichu.
One of the most attractive charac
ter costumes was that Of Nine.
Pompadour-short tunic of cherry
satin, quilted in minute diamonds;
lavender gray silk overdress, en-
broIdered in silver, dark gray and
cherry floral designs; bodice square
at neck, pointed back aud front
lace elbow sleeves, bound about the
arm with cherry ribbons; hair
dressed high in powdered puffs,
gray and cherry ostrich tips, caught
with cluster of cherry and white
half-opened roses; clusters of cher
ries on corsage and paniers; gray
silk hose, black slippers, cherry
mask and white gloves, with dia
mond horse shoe bracelets, dia-
mond earrings and necklace.
One of Worth's costumes was
composed of creamy white corded
silk, and satin of the same shade
embossed in brown velvet, tunic of
satin, with three paniers garnished
with white silk hand worked en-
broidery. front of corsage and ell
bow sleeves composed of silk mus
lin, court train OF embossed satin,
back Of bodice of same material,
with pipings of plain satin; sleeves,
bodice, paniers and train all elabo-
rately gsrnishsd with finest Valen-
ciennes lace, scarf completely con-
cealing head and face.
A companion to this costume was
of black velvet, deliberately hand
wrought in silk floss of all wood
tints, representing roses and carna-
tions with their foliage; the tunic
was of black velvet, trimmed with
narrow ruffies of velvet, each ruffle
lined with crimson satin; scarf of
the embroidered velvet formed the
tablier, and passing around the left
side formed a double court train.
which was held in place by clusters
of crushed roses combining all the
tlnts of the embroidery, tablier and
train, finished with fringe to CORES
pond; corsage square fastened with
jeweled buttons, hair powdered,
crushed roses and ruby velvet
toque. black velvet mask, black
gloves fastened with jeweled but
tons, magnificent diamond orna-
ments.
A Bohemian gypsy costume was
composed of yellow, crimson aud
black satin; tunic of yellow
satin, bodice of crimson, with
skirt of yellow and black satin, with
devices wrought in with
gold and silver thread, mask of
pink satin with gypsy vail of stri-
ped Roman pattern, tambourine,
small bells attached to bracelets.
A costume of garnet embossed
velvet and ecru satin was made
with alternate plaitings of the satin
and ecru crepe lisse on the tunic,
vest and elbow sleeves of the satin,
court train of the velvet carried
from the shoulders, cut square and
plain at bottom, surplice corsage
filed with crepe lisse, cluster of
ecru and garnet roses on corsage
and sleeves and holding up the
triple paniers at the sides.
An invisible green velvet was
made with plain tunic completely
covered with prismatlc- hued beads,
train long and square, flied inside
with plaitings of lace, square cor
sage and elbow sleeves edged with
bead passementerie and filled with
lace, ecru Spanish scarf forming
mask and fichu.