Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-05-14
New York Fashions.

New York Fashions.
RY--COSTUMES-SINS OF Com
Observation-Disclosures
Correspondence Of the Stanton vINDrcAToR.l
Nxw YORK, May 10.
In millinery IT, SO Is /. rrySsEread eagle |
freedom. We find red, blue, violet, orange, |
purple. green, as we'll as all sorts of rami- |
fications of those primary rays, reposing |
side by side with the greatest equanimity
and in as thoroughly tranquil assemblage |
as the happiest family that Barnum ever
brought together. Or il one choose, one
may wear hues SO delicate that they seem
dreamy suggestions Of color, rather than
realities. Then too, your bonnet may be
turned up one way, or turned down anoth-
er; it may be broad brimmed, uarrow
brimmed, without any brim at all, br0au
crowned, narrow crowned, OF Without al,
crown at all; the deficiency being made up
by silk. satin, OF perhaps u miniature 1iow
er garden. Again, there is lilersy in The
placing of flowers, sill, Q they can be spreac
out IN the expansive style. just mentioned
or they can bs put at the side, in front. OF
at the back and can furthermore be large,
SMALL in bouquets or sprays. Manifold
too are The ways Of putting ones hat upon
ones head. They can I've set we'll upon the
head or caused to assume gracefully slid
ing c # positions characterized by greater
or less degrees of danger. until last and
81. fain In,
manner, young ladies tilt their turbans
back from their fOreheads at various an-
giles of inclination. All express certain
audacity, bEt the farther removed from
the brow, the more pronounced becomes
such character, and in view Of this fact,
there are cases where the turban appar-
emily becomes new variety of or substi-
tute for the chignon of former days. In
all cases they have the face very much ex-
posed and for this reason are unadapted to
any but quite young. fresh countenances.
Yet they are desirable as forming jaunty
and inexpensive flush to costume us
some folds Of the figured silk employed in
trimming. form the turban and may be
caught by one Of those very large gilt Or
naments at present SO stylish.
COSTUMES.
Remarkable latitude of choice appears
in the making up of wash costumes.
There are half fitting jackets that upon
occasion can be belted in; there are unlin-
ed basques cut close to the figure, while in
both styles, there is either trimmed skirt
or an overskirt; in the former case, the
trimming being arranged of course, with a
view to the requirements Of the laundry.
Polonaises and overdresses are seen occa-
sionally, and Hamburg edgings, Breton or
Languedoc laces are favOrite trimmings
for the thinner varieties ot goods; while
Torchon lace is often seen on pretty morn
ing suits Of gingham. A stylish. yet mod
est addition to the last named variety of
outfits, is a bingham parasol. Novel and
very pretty costumes Of soft Null are IN
delicate shades OF blue, pink or yellow.
But nowhere IN costumes do We have any
''set Styles" and therefore the lady who
cannot find something at once fashionable
and Individually becoming, must be a
phenomenon of perverseness. For time
close, clinging princess ideas were aban-
doned; it seemed as if willing or unwilling,
we should be obliged to wear punched up
dresses: the universal reign of the panier
appeared at hand and woful to relate, even
stout ladies were beginning to adopt it.
Perhaps it was in view of consequences 50
fatal, that costumes close on the hips and
hanging straight at the sides again came
up. Lord & Taylor, believe brought
them back to life, but along with them
were seen the redingote and surtout styles
which as we know, are a new variety OF
plain falling drapery. And Furthermore
we have the short walking skirt, the demi-
train and the train long drawn out. Just
| here, however, there is perhaps little less
liberty than elsewhere since the square
train is almost necessity. In outside
| garments there is like latitude of choice.
There is the summer dolman, small of
course, as adapted to summer wear: fchus
of high and low degree; coquettish sacques
| or sacques OF such gravity of outline that
| a clergyman's wife might wear one with
out raising breath of scandal. Then
there are soft, graceful scarfs of Spanish
lace, black, white or laden with gilt, and
these will adorn and give light protec-
ton to the shoulders of society bellies while
flirting on the piazzas of summer hotels.
SINS OF COMMISSION.
But liberty is not license, and while
there is much that we can do, there are
also some things which we ought not to
do. In your costume there should be 4
genuineness of combination. What ap.
pears on the upper portion. should charac
teriZe the lower and vice versa. Sure it IS
that in the redingote styles. we often find
the upper garment quite different from the
lower, but invariably the colors agree
either matching exactly or harmonizing.-
In these efforts towards harmony, con-
trasts are quite lost sight Of indeed, since
the plain material is similar or identical in
shade with that which predominates in
the figured goods. The exception is in
the case Of the brocaded basque which now
often forms the upper part of the costume,
since this is OF Oriental colcrs in bright
assemblage, while the skirt is black or
quite dark. The Croisette basque is we'll
adapted to such costume. The Delphine
costume has also simple basque which,
If desired, could be made up in Oriental
goods, while the skirt has the advantage
of being very much shirred. I use the
word advantage because as we all know,
there is such rage for shirring that it
can hardly be misplaced. The Maun Ella is
jaunty model for the street and for trav-
cling. the Windsor rediugata is new and