Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-31

NEW YORK FASHIONS.
TROUGH WINTER A WINTER FSTRlfES'
MIXING THINGs; NOVEMBER NOTES.

RO1IGu WINTER; A WINTER OF STRIPES;
MIXING THINGS; NOVEMBER NOTES.
Ed Observation-Disclosures is a rage
for rouehness. Bourette dottings are
e%,niuentlv rough and eminently fash
ionable. therefore are bourette dottings.
A ioy t. thin people who thus be-
snrinkled. 90 forth respectfully plump
members of society. Self colored dott-
MOS roughen redingotes, jackets and
mantelets. while material woven in self
colored or contrasting dots, serves as a
welcome offset to smoother goods 1or
| dresses. As a later addition, comes
porcupine cloth, where mohair threads
! stiffen ont from loose woven founda-
/ tion. or. again, where coarse twinehke
| threads are laid in bars or stripes and
held together by cross stitches. The
rougbest twills are liked because rough,
/ and sometimes show hairy hnishings.
OF the boncle and tiise fabrics, 80 much
I is said that the subject grows monoto
| nous. vet to omit them this winter
would be like presenting Hamlet with
| ont the Prince. Astrakan cloths they
are sometimes called, because the curl
ed and looping threads simulate the
same, and thus ~variously provided, one
need not travel a rough road in search
of roughness. The way is easy anu
many are its travellers.
STRIPES
There is a rage for stripes. They
run from narrow to widths of three
inches, and differences of color keep
pace with breadths. In the narrow, we
often see intensely bright and varied
hues set close together. but where broad
columns appear there is cautious depar-
ture, ifany, from a monotone. AS q
stripe producing element, the diverse
textures of the day come in most aptly.
Bourette dottings are woven in COL
umns, on plain fabrics; bOncle and t11se
looplngs are likewise set; brOcaded pat.
terms are crowded together in vertical
lines, and not only so, but alterations
appear of different goods, as where
plush, velvet or silken stripes combine
with wool. These
rive the keynote to what IS a notable
feature this season. 1t needs but q
Glance at the costume department Of
such a house as Lord & Taylor, to
know that it is a winter of combinations,
aud often most unwonted unions. A
logical result of the bringing out OF &c
much that is too rough OF pronouncedly
striped to be worn alone. Some rich,
imported dresses of silk and velvet arr
combined with cotton etamine. This
is all extreme case, but not more so thar
ribbons, where plush stripes are side by
side with wool and cotton or very thin
Gauze surfaces. Mantelets of wool arr
stvlishly worn With silk costumes WOO
in general never occupied quite 80 high
IA position and the indications are that
wooden %redingotes willtake precedence
of silk. There is a rage for cloth, and
foremost OF this rage, dull red cloth;
red cloth jackets are decidedly "the
thing" for young ladies, and lit up by
gilt braid and gilt military buttons viii
add to the aggressive, military looi
now sought after.
NOVEMBER NOTES.
In millinery, there's a ~markedprom
inence of wool. Jersey webbing liel
plainly over the frame, brocaded WOO
can be pulled or lie plain, or plain WOO
can be used as a prelude to wool or sill
brocade.
There is a rage for wooden beads
They appear as component parts o
thick wooden ribbons, are placed in al
sorts of ways on bonnets, diversif!
dresses in large singleness at intervals
or i'll smaller groupings, but Of all style'
of wearing, the most popular, perhaps
are the fringes of wooden beads whicl
mildly jingle with every movement.
LUCY CARTER.