The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-08-28


following advance notes Of fashion from the
forthcoming fall number Of their magazine,
The FASHION QUARTERLY. This periodical
has Succeeded in establishing itsreputation
as the authoritative guide to fashion in all
its branches, as well as to the retail prices
and comparative values Of different fabrics
and costumes;
Short redingotes are again worn.
High back combs are no longer worn.
None but Derby hats are of plain felt.
Polka dotted stocking are much worn.
observation-disclosures retain their popularity.
Cardinal and old gold remains fashion
able.
Derby hats never 60 entirely out of
vogue.
ophelia is a new dark shade of hello
trope.
Gold and tln5el will be as fashionable
as ever.
Crown braids and puffs have gone out
of date.
The new coiffures are all very fat and
smooth.
French and India costumes will again be
worn.
Short dresses are worn on all sorts of oc-
casions.
Dotted fabrics are growing in fashionable
favor
Fancy feathers will be worn on Derby
hats
Jerseys will be worn next month, in
New York.
The polonaise in various forms will be
revived this fall.
English and French styles are not at ell
alike this fall.
"Anchorte" hats will be worn with
"Pilgrim" suits.
Languedoc yellow is a new shade Of this
popular color.
Jersey webbing is found among the fall
importations.
Crmped and fluffy hair dressing has gone
out of fashion.
New laces are embroidered with gold and
silver threads:
Fifteen Sard-square handkerchiefs are
sold for costume.
Strings and pearls in the coils OF the hair
are again fashionable.
Plush will take the place of velvet in
millinery next season.
Jet ornahents will be used 10 excess on
fall hats and bonnets.
The "hcrmit' polonaise is the novelty in
early fall garments.
Ostrich tips and plumes will be more
worn than fancy feathers.
Plush and satin will be used together, in
trimming costumes.
side. cQnbs Of coral, celluloid, ivory; shell,
and jet are much worn.
Many narrow hounces appear on the
skirt of some full dresses.
The new plad mixtures embrace clan
tartan, Maaraa and French plaids.
Fancy reticUles arc trimmed with much
gathered lace, cords and tassels.
Polonaises, basques, round waists, and
pointed bodices are all in vogue.
Petticoats are much WIDER To fll out the
wider skirts of the new dresses.
1t takes fifteen large, all-woo!. plad hand
kerchiefs to make Paris handkerchiefsuit.
New cheviot checks elbows the same
mixtures of color that gentlemen's cheviots
do.
Buttaas ON fancy boots now match those
on the costumes with which. they are worn.
Cords will play an important part in the
trimmings of dresses and wraps next sea-
SON ~ ..r.
Derby and jockey hats will be covered
with plads and checks in the fall, to match
costumes,
Plush and satin will take the place of
Surah silk and lace for millinery purposes
this season. ,.t...,..
The jacquard loom is as active as ever in
the production Of brocaded and damasse
novelties.
Natsral or very fine artificial flowers are
worn in the hair, to match tho bouquet of
the corsage.
Trains are still worn for full dress, but
short dresses are also admissible on cere-
monious occasions.
Handkerchief dresses made of all wool,
large handkerchief are in the hands OF
Paris dressmakers. So yi! .... b,
Gold brocaded, and plain gold ribbons,
and gold cord braids and laces appear among
the new millinery goods. ........
p Combination garments, uniting the chem
Use, coqset cover, and short petticoat in one,
are found among new lingerie.
Among importations OF early fall goods
are quantities of fine, all-wool plaids, in
bright colors on plain dark grounds.
The infinite variety which has prevailed
in fashion for several seasons past, is repeat
ed in the new autumn styles. ~ ~,. .,I..
Wide belts of saddle girth canvass, fasten-
ed with straps of leather and buckles, are
worn with all sorts of demi-toilet costumes.
Al present it is the high fashion in Paris
to make the eorsages ofevening dresses high
in the neck, but with very short or no
sleeves.
The plain skirt with full uniooped back
drapefy is American in origin, but it is
gaining in avor on the other side of the
Atlantic.
Two boquets are worn on the corssge, one
at the waist on the left side, the other al
the neck also on the left side, high and far
back.
Very young ladies have adopted the fash
ion Of wearing large embroidered and lace
trimmed eoltafsj just like those worn by
children.
New night robes have deeply shirred
pointed yokes back aud front, while the
large bishop sleeves are also shirred into the
arm. holes; and at the wrists
Jersey weddings Of plain stockinet and in
all eolors to match the grounds of plaid;
and dalnasse novelties, are in the hands o
manufacturers for the fall trade.
The first importations Of fall hats and
bonnets are large in size, eccentric in form