Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-06

took great fancy to them, increased her
stock by purchase, and wore them indoors
and out. But the fashion Journals were
highly Disguised when the innovation
reached London; one remarked, elm its
form nothing can be more opposed to every
principle of refined taste, or carry less the
appearance of that elegant simplicity at
which 1t aims" There is still more
gloatlng passage, which also gives an idea
OF the whitening sarcasm IN which the
iashiOn-wrlters of that day, in the maya
zines OF the monde, permitted them selves
to ludulge-but perhaps we have had
enough Of "antique" fashion for the pres
ent. As contrast, and also for the COM
nonsense OF the thing, nothing could
afford more striking evidence Of the ad-
vance in women's clothing than the styles
~ TO day, as compared with those of
eighty years ago.
CARRIAGE CLOAK FOR WINTER OF 1886.
Over dress OF brown or fawn-gray vel
vet, Is placed the cloak OF darK red plush,
lined with old gold and trimmed with yell
low fox fur and tails. The passementerie
ornaments at the back are Of red chenille
and gold. The ribbons at tue throat are
old gold satin. Beneath these warm out
side garments my lady of 1885 wears next
the skin suit of ribbed silk, soft and
thick and clinging like another skin, over
this satin corset and silken cover and
drawers. Above these a soft flannel skirt,
deeply embroidered and trimmed with
lace, and over this again skirts whose
warmth and texture are graded by the
temperature. Ii the wearer of furred.
trimmed plush cloak is not "my lady"
but merely woman, and there are plenty
of them, her undergarments are of wool,
her corset and oveTgarments Of cotton,
her flannel less fine and perhaps minus
lace, but more often trimmed with lovely
home-knit wooden lace, and the skirt. for
outdoor wear, uniformly, in cold weather,
wooden or wadded.
Wooden fabrics have become so fash
ionable, are made in such novel designs
and with so much care, that the richest
cost as much as silk or velvet. There are
striped materials, coarse to look at, but
warm and soft as thistle down, whose va
rled colors are an oriental study, and
whose folds, falling straight with a
border of raccoon or Labrador fur, make
a costume fit for an imperial woman, a
queen byright divine OF nature. There
is the new crocodile" cloth, which repro
duces the tone and markings of the skin,
heretofore seen only in leather, but as
plant as Cbuddale, and combined with
brown velvet and trimmed with otter, is
gown to sigh for, whether one is an i'm
pSTlai woman OF NOT. Inc luxury OF sou
wool and rich fur is not TO be expressed
in language, it is something to revel 10, If
the garments are not overloaded with ma
terial and trimming and thus made too
heavy for comfort. The over tapping, the
making up of cloth suits so that the
weight of them Is an intOlerabIe burden.
is the greatest drawback to their use and
the only way to avoid this ia to select soft
and light weight material and have them
made up after simple design by dress
maker of intelligence.
For the benefit of those ladies who only
like removable furs, the boa has been re-
vlved, once an eminently respectable in
stitution, now lost in the popular demand
for fur ''trimmlngs' which are cheaper
and produce the effect.