The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-15
WHAT WILL WOMEN WEAR
Speculation Rife Regarding Fall
Styles---Silk and Wool Inter-
woven Will Be Popular.

Just now women are wondering what
will be the popular shades and fashiona-
BILE fabrics for gowns. and are deeply en-
gagged in the mysteries of dressmaking'
combining materials and colors, and gen.
orally renewing their wearing apparel.
Cloth and cashmere will be given the
preference in gowns for ordinary wear,
and the colorS and shades are unusually
taking. There are also some odd and
unique forms in which the cashmeres and
cloth are woven. For cloth and cashmere
dresses, blue, gray, dark and Eiffel red,
dark green and grayish green, rosefarie
and old rose, opal, cream white, black
and lilac will be the leading colors worn.
autumn wear. with silk brocades and
armure. Bengaline and faille Franchise
silks will also be fashionable.
In the new cloths there are many va
rieties, probably the most stylish in effect
being that woven with wool of silk and
a welt of wool. Some of the cloths of
neutral shades have woven Paisley stripes
in silk: but in striped silks the most pop
ular is silk stripe, with narrow Pomp-
adour stripe of roses in it. Pompadour
designs are very costly, owing TO the
great difficulty of weaving them, but
will be much worn.
Cashmeres appear in plain, striped and
checked, to be made together. The cash
meres that will be most expensive are the
Thetan, which has outstanding hairs, like
Indian cashmere; Armure cashmere, of
fancy weaving; Kangra cashmere, with
chevron weaving; cashmere melange
which is woven with feeks of white of a
contrasting color in it. These will prob
ably be most worn.
For evening costumes are many new
designs, among them the cameo designs
on damask silks.
Creme crepe de Chine for evening wear
have the entire depth of the material en-
broidered in floral designs.
If brocades are worn they must be ex-
pensive and rich as nothing looks worse
than cheap brocades. They will be woven
of two colors, strongly contrasting and yet
blending perfectly. Black will be seen
with white, green with brown, terra Gotta
with green, and pale yellow with pink,
Plaid silks made into kits or gathered
full skirts will be greatly used for after
noon wear.
Robe and bordered cashmeres promise
to be very popular.
very pretty. An insertion of lace, made
very full, falls in loose folds to the waist,
where it is caught in by a narrow pink
ribbon run through fine buttonhoies.
A handsome fichu may be made of
black lace net with a fringe of chenille in
Persian colOrS, mixed with strands of
jet
crepe are worn gracefully draped on one
shoulder, or with one end thrown back
ward.
V-shaped basque and waist fronts are
filed in with cream-colored silk muslin,
shirred at the lower and upper end.
Crepe lisse, dotted nun, lace and silk
muslin are the materials used for making
fichus.
The chicoree ruches are again fashion
able for the edge of skirts. Some are
travelled or pinked on the edge aud laid
in box-pleats.
Silver belt buckles, in pretty designs,
are In great demand now for gifts.
With tea gowns light bracelets are
worn, each one composed OF a number OF
small ones. Some have charms hanging.
Rows OF pearls and beads are used for
bracelets
For indoor evening wear the Cairo