Thomas County cat., 1886-11-25
WINTER FASHIONS.

WINTER FASHIONS.
asndsome New Fabrics for Street and
Hall Toilets and House Gowns.
Fabrics with special trimmings, such
as borders. bands or stripes, are in high
favor. The underskirt is usually
trimmed with the bands. while the up
per part of the costume-the polonaise,
redingOte or tunic and basque-ism made
of the plain material. Many skirts
have plush stripes of several colors
and with these skirts the upper portion
of the dress is made of wool etamine,
sicilienne, camers hair or any other
softly draping fabric. Among WOOL
ems, those with boucle bands find most
favor just now. the stripes being used
for the underskirt, the plain overdress
being trimmed in a score of different
ways with the detached bands
The details of handsome oall toilets
are already under discussion. and
among textiles for these are India silk
tulles in exquisite shades, dotted with
tufts of silk, Grape with hair lines of
gold or silver and corded silks with
broad stripes of satin brocaded with
tiny bouquets of flowers in natural
hues. For gauze toilets are plastrOns
made wholly of fine flowers, designed
to partly till the void OF an open cors-
sage. and epaulets of fine gold net
work magnificentlv garnitured with
glittering beads, and also narrow bands
of black, wine. dark blue, and pale blue
velvet, covered with embroidery, which
are to hold the half-low corsage on the
shoulders, and supply the place of
missing sleeves.
New cloaking fabrics for Marquise
jackets, ulsters and Russian rcdingOtes
are largely imported in colors OF dark
laurel-grcen seal and golden brown.
deep marine blue and black. Some
are plain with a bourrette or frise
stripe raised upon their smooth sur
faces. Other varieties show the ma
terials crossed with inch-wide bars of
netted wool meshes rough and fuzzy"
in effect. Although having heavy
wool beaver backs, which make it un-
necessary to line the coat made of
these stutfs. they are nevertheless very
soft to the touch and extremely light
and flexible. There are also shown,
for rain cloaks, waterproof wOOlenS
with olive grounds crossed with lines
of cardinal, golden-brOwn fabrics
barred with beige and blue lines. and
dark blue. striped with coQuelicOt or
poppy red.
handsome Roman-striped Bengaline
silks are much employed for killed and
box-plaited skirts, and for trimming
costumes of fine cloth or vigogne.
Velvet or plush is also combined with
these stripes (Which for the skirt fire.
quently run horizontally, and among
elegant dinner gowns are Bengaline
and velvet-striped petticOats. with Rus
sian polonaise draped above, made of
the richest taille Francaise in cne plain
color of Suede. golden fawn, nut
brown, olive or wine color, the chosen
shade always according in tint with
one of the cOlors of the Roman stripe.
Among the exceptionally elegant
gowns for reception and opera wear
this winter are those of black, ruby,
garnet. bishops purple, violet and
dark green velvet made with q Joseph
inc bodice, pointed front and back,
and opening in a rounding or V-shape,
to show 4 portion of the neck only.
Applied to thiscuirass corsage are full
breadths of the velvet, which hang in
rich undraped folds. The sleeves just
reach the elbow. and are cut in points
and are faced with Il rich contrasting
color in satin. The velvet breadths
part widely in front to show petit
coat. either of the richest lace tlOuncing
(Of one deep or two medium widths
only, or of Watteau-hrocaded satin,
showing brilliant flower clusters on
grounds of pale tea rose, fawn color,
ecru. cream or ciel blue. If of lace.
the draping upon the edge of the halt
open cOrsage is of lace to correspond.
Ii the petticoat is of the brocade, there
is a supurb garniture about the edge of
the corsage and the V opening of cash
mere breads whose var;-colors repro
duce those which compose the flowers
on the satin petticoat.-M \. Ecening
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