The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-23
HINTS OF FALL FASHIONS.

Felt will be revived for fall hats and bonnets
Long, tight-itting polonaises are very much
worn.
Round and pointed waists are equally fash
ionable.
Leather belts are extensively worn with all
kinds of toilets.
Tucking continues to be favorite trimming
on all materials.
Wearing light sashes with dark dresses is the
passing fancy in Paris at present.
Iron-ru red velvet is combined effectively
with olivecofored wool, in fall suits.
Dahlia prune and all the heliotrope shades are
prominent colors in all the autumn importatons.
The sleeves of a number of the newest satin
dresses are slashed and filed in with Oriental
lace
There is host of new greens for dress and
millinery purposes the dulfest Of which is the
blue green
Groups of butterflies and rosettes of narrow
velvet ribbon, with long streaners, are worn IN
the hair in London now
Among colors, brown is steady favorite. The
favorite tint is like the shade Of a thrush's
breast Then the wood browns, with oak, for
the lightest.
Among the fan wraps come shot jackets. fitted
IN to the figure in the back, loose. pleated Fedora
front lace bordered and with shoulder knots of
ribbon loops
new design in lingerie is made Of black vel
vet, carried from the neck to point below the
waist and nearly covered through the center
with creamy lace, shiIred full.
Ecru and violet are fashionably work together.
Thus thin ecru yelling, with large blue violets
printed on it, makes pretty polonaise draped
with violet satin bows and ends The skirt is
completed by deep box plating Of the thin ecru
wool made over lining Of violet silk
The oldfashioned cameo bracelets are now
made into dog collars for the throat by fastening
the two together in front with the regular clasp,
and If the clasps on the other side make the
neclSlet too long then velvet ribbon, sewn to
the links of the last cameo but one. is tied be-
hlnd. and the extra canoes are used to fasten
the velvet bands on the arm.
Suggestions About Making Autumn Dresses.
Harper's Bazaar.
The tendency is toward straichter drape,ies
for winter costumes-a natural result of the use
of thick cloths and sitter fabrics Wide pleats
form the back of many skirts, hanging unbroken
their entire length from head to foot and form
ing all the back there is to the dress, or rather
all that is visible, for narrow foundation
skirt remains necessary for support
ing the heavy pleated outside skirt These
back pleats may be set on the edge of the
basque, and give a prineesse effect. or else they
are attached to q belt and passed under shorter
basque. Draperies for the front may be either
very short very long, but are not stylish if of
medium length. The lower part Of the front
and side breadths may be laid in
very wide side pleats that are
bordered with braid of astrakhan on with balls
Or stripes woven in the cloth, or else they may
be OF box pleats with velvet or braid Iengthwise
stripes laid in the hollow that separates the
pleats; or, again, they may have one on two side
stripes or panels or There may lie three broad
stripes of applied ornament nearly covering the
front and side cores
Round waists will be worn again with or with
out belt, ard there will also be many eersages
that round in the hack--that is, cut off at
the waist line-while the front may be pointed
or be q regular basque, or else length ened into
pelonaise. 70 make dresses sufficiently bauffant
bustlcs will remain rather large, and there will
also be the eldtiIne bow drapery which has
been used this summer. of width of material
tied in tive broad loops and two ends. fastened to
the back of round coFsage. Single breasted
fronts will be used with vests, bat there is
also a tendency toward diagonal Tapped and
double breasted corsages. Plat vests will be
more suitable thar fHll pulled vests for thick
fabrics. and in many cases the vest will be made
entirely of trimming. When another material
is used for combinations, velvet will be chosen,
not only for silks and satinS but asa for wool
goods, Plain velvet waists viii be WORN again
with silk, wool or satin skirts and when figured
stlffs are used with plain goods of the same
kind, the figures will form the entire eorsage
and the border at the foot, while the skirt and
its draperes will be of the plain fabric 1t is
sand that darts are To be made higher In the stiff
English fashion, which pushes IN the flesh and
gives large bust; also that the fullness at the
top Of the sleeves is to he discarded Al present
there are no very deeiikd changes promised,
ana the economist villa he glad to know that
dresses of last winter can DC used with very
slight alterations.