The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
FASHION TALK.
Some or the Recently Resuscitated
Styles.
Dresses for Your Girls--A Rich and
Elegant Costume Notifications
in Bonnets and Other
Head Wear.

Jennie June, who talks ms wisely about
clothes us "Great Galen" might have done
about The body within the clothes, or Andrew |
JHckspn Davis about the soul within the body. |
nuite startles hef great and always eager
audIencsbv announcing that fashion threat |
ens the revival Of style OF dress skirt worn |
during the reign Of Anne OF Austria, and
known by that alliterative patronymic. with
such a calamity impending we arc ready to
take back every word we have ever uttered
against a servile dependence on French taste,
and to implore Worth or any OF tho Partisan
mowers 10 intervene aud stay such step, or
| rather leap, backward.
| Thia skirt Ia described as having three full.
straight widths in tho back, without the
| semblanoe Or train and hanging stiff and
| arm AZ any Quaker gown. The front s plain,
uored at each side and made Of material
| different from that Of the back For instance,
tho back widths may be OF plain and the front
of broeaded satin: or, as we soc more fire.
auentiy III other styles, tho front may be OF
| the plain and tho back Of the brooaded fabric.
| In the days when this skirt was considered
stylish the front was frequently quilted very
| finely. or the satin 30 much used then "a now,
| was puCksred UP In manner somewhat re-
eembllng ono shlrring, but less even and beat
| trul The bodice Ia, or let lis say was while
we may. cut square and the waist pointed, u
| pIsatron or the material which formed tho
front III the skirt being placed upon the front
III the bodice. tho remainder of the waist, with
the sleeves, matching the back. 5z.
This style Ia admirably adapted to aged or
aging women, especially II they have lost
the rounded lines of youth and taken on the
angles Of many years. But for those who
are short or stout. let Anne OF Austria be rs
though che had never been.
The most purely elegant and graceful
dresses that We have seen this. winter have
been In true princess STYLE the draperies
used In ornamentation IN no Instance dis.
guising tho actual design Other costumes
made with tho plated Raphael front are alsO
| very becoming and effective on slender deli
cate girls, the only weakness In this style con-
aisliug III the great temptation to indulge In
superlluous trimming, which quite neutralizes
| tho distinctive feet of the d sign.
1t Ia not to he feared that the train, rs In
, door dreea, will be abandoned, as lts great ef-
| rpctivrnpss and grace cannot DO spared from
. the CULVER Of feminine attractions. But they
, are hot insisted upon, and almost anything
, may hs worn, provided 1t IL not a patchwork
of dates aud natonaties that do not belong
to each other.
The old-fashloncd puff ut tho top Of sleeve
has been revived aud 10 In decided favor. es-
|
costumes requiring wraps they are undesira-
bio ~ they lose shape and grace when
crushed.
One of the very prettlest Of the recently re-
suacitated fashions IL that Of the Spanish
girdle pointed on each edge, both In front and
back It may be worn with either round
> waist or puIonalse provided the pointed belt
, Is In keeping with the design. q the dress
I with which IL Ia worn These bolts are very
. becoming to young ladies, producing M effect
B of youthiuness about the figure that Is
charming.
DRESSES roR YOUNG GIRLS.
/, Dresses for young girls are chiefly in
, princess styles, most OF them opening In the
! back. and are models OF taste, good sense ana
: humanity. For those somewhat older who
+ are Just entering upon the debatabls frontier
] line ~ young ladyhood. basques and trim
! skirts arc frequently seen, the bat ques open
! | Ing III front. In the heavy, rich materials SO
\ much used this wiuter the uuderskirt IL quite
y plain, the panler drapery forming the entire
7 trimming, and requiring only tho touch oil
/ intelligent art to render 1t elegant.
But that touch belongs as peculiarly To
4 certain hands as mesmerism.. magnetism, or
= any OF those other tnexpltcab!e gifts. and the
4 | only way that ordinary mortnls can approach
II their handiwork IL by carefully mtnding
n Nine. Demorests notches and perforations.
4 We have seen errattc. unkempt, fotiorn- look
4 | Ing dress makers knee down beside the form
. less. meaningless tlApp'ng draperies OF half
+ finished skirt. and ia two minutes BIND To-
n
l and smooth out there unseemly wrinkles,
a beauty springing up wherever q lean finger
/. touched the garment, and we have almost
i reverenced the artistic, wondering meanwhile
4 II she knew that she was best with one oil
n Natures richest compensations for some de-
II NAL that she had suffered. After all, there Is
. little TO fear for women's apparel with the
q worlds taste all Mt work for them ana we
a will try to hope that Anne OF Austria Will he
!, consigned to the limbs OF fashionable failures
II and forever lease from TROUBLING
a An extremely pretty suit for q little girl OF
q ten years IL OF mauve- colored camePs hair
O trimmed In very gay plaid. The costume
q consists OF but two pieces, u jacket and skirt
q The jacket has a vest-front OF plaid. cut bias,
II with rolling collar and cuffs OF the same The
. buttons repeat all the colors OF the plaid, anc
i brighten wonderfully this jaunty little jacket
e The skirt has deep flounce of the plair
n goods, laid In triple box plaits, the upper Oh
o outer plait being made Of the bias plaid, and
ia having the effect without the Stiffness OF {
d stripe. A scarf OF the plaid is draped arount
q the skirt dropping apron-like IN front, caugh
" more closely over the hips and brought to
il ge her In the back into loops and ends.
h cry charming combination suits are made
d for young girls, Of plain, dark material fo
b, the skirt and bright, contrasting goods 70
!. the polonalse. The skirt Is usually OF all woo
= cashmere and the polonaise OF the riches
f. clan plaids now worn These plaIds are N 1t
le exceeding gay by crossings OF Unread III VII
,e entail colors.
Ia Felt hats are the prevailing style for chill
r dren, the Derbys and walking hats being pre-
n. ferred for general use. Girls dress hats ar
~ chiefly In the mastic shades, and are trimme
!, elegantly In bandeaux Of feathers around tn
Of crown, although they are often preferred wit
g. only band OF satin and q wing for trimming
le AN ELEGANT COSTUME.
2, One Of the richest and most elegant cos
T. tunes seen In New Orleans this winter Is 10
u. fair stranger who comes panoplted In sll
=, and velvet, gentle conqueror, safe from
y the darts OF criticism. The tablier is forme
80 or plum colored velvet arranged in seve
al puffs. each puff with a heading apd all dt
.Oa fined by rows Of marrow passementerie,
s sp ruffa of velvet finishing the lower 'dRe. tn
a. pointed basque Is of damasse silk, with ruf
or cuffs and vest fronts OF velvet, the edges {
< which are finished with passementerie sim
to lar 10 that on the skirt. The paniers an
10 train are OF dam silk, the latter cut squar
10 | nd HniShad with fine narrow nlaltln