Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-07
Hints Of Autumn styles.

rich fabrics sent out from the factories
at Lyons. The finest silks and velvefs
are usually the first of the importations.
and these show the new designs that
will be repeated and modified in simpler
and less expensive materials. Large
spots shaded on the lower edges. balls
that appear TO stand out in relief, eggs,
plums and pear shapes. are the solid
figures most seen in the new stuffs.
These are placed at wide intervals. SO
which in many of the most costly silks.
is heavily repped. The new repped
silks are called Victorieuse. and are
shown of plain color. or with the figures
of satin on the repped ground, or else
this is reversed so that the plums, eggs,
or balls two or three inches in diameter
have the wide Victorieuse reps on a
satin background. The colors are dark,
grave tints and the figures are most
often in one or two lighter shades of the
same color, though contrasts are also
seen. such as ficelle gray and terra-cotta
balls OIL dark blue grounds. strawberry
red on green, brown or black grounds,
while seal brown has old gold, cream
anu ttu
there are spots of three or four different
colors, one of which is a light shade of
the ground hue. Bengaline is very
soft and flexible repped silk that is most
seen in plain colors- A great many
twilled silks are shown resembling
heavy surahs, with serge-like diagonals
thick enough for winter dresses. vet as
pliable rs the thin surahs Of the summer.
These twilled silks are also brought out
with figures upon them, some of which
are stamped. others brocaded in relief,
and still others incised rs if sunken in
the background. Among the prettiest
of these is a strawberry pattern, with
the fruit and leaves of natural colors
brocaded on a satin surface of the pop
ular crushed strawberry red shade. The
richest black fabrics have large repped
balls on satin ground, or an incised
figure Of satin luster on the repped Vic
torieuse silk. Dark blue surah with
serge-like twills has half-blown Jacque-
minot roses printed upon it in chine
effects, while dark green surah or the
palest sky blue has creamy tea-roses at
wide intervals. MANY of the designs so
much liked on the cotton Saline dresses
worn during the summer are repeated
in silks that are SO closely twilled thev
look like satin. and the same is true of
mixed silk and wool goods.
The ficelle lace designs on uncut vel
bet are the special novelties for rich
dresses. These resemble the ottoman
velours. and are shown in delicate
shades of pale blue, Nile green. layen-
der and crevette Tor shrimp pink for
the uncut pile on which are the shad-
owy gray ficelle figures. arabesques,
flowers, vines, etc, that seem rs light
rs web of lace just thrown upon the
raised surface. These are for evening
dresses, while for parts of costumes for
receptions are dark strawberry red and
porcelain blue with ficelle figures, to be
made up in combination with plain
velvet Of uncut pile, and trimmed with
the ficelle lace. or else embroidery in
designs like that of ficelle. and mat h
ing the lace design in the figured part
OF the costume. A great deal of mole
skin velvet with thick short pile. and
plush with short fleece closer than the
long shaggy pile used last winter. is i'm
ported for jackets, for skirts. for parts of
costumes and for entire suits. Nantes
for the early fall will be made both of
the plain velvet al of the figured un-
cut velvet, and these will be male of
colored goods As well rs of the richest
black figured velvets. Pomponette is a
plush fabric used last season by Paris
ian modistes for trimming dresses and
bonnets. and this will be largely I'M
ported next season for parts of cos
tunes. garniture. etc. 1t comes in the
new round raised balls with the pile
longest in the middle, and represents
row after row of ilossy pompons on q
satin background; this appears TO be
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