River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-09-26
NEW YORK FASHIONS
Some or the Materials Which Will II
PnnnInr I'm EnrIv Winter

Some OF the Materials Which Will BE
Popular in Early Winter.
Large plaids in fancy colors. and in
many of the genuine elan tartans, are
imported in thick yet light soft wool
goods for autumn and winter dresses.
These supple Scotch stuffs are very
wide, and but seven yards will be re-
quired for dress with a plated skirt
and habit-waist Mohair will be used
for the foundation skirt Double
breasted basques and Norfolk jackets
will be revived for some OF these
dresses, while others will have shirt
waists of plain wool undergraduates of
the plaid fitted in the back, but straight
and loose in front Stitched edges and
metal buttons will give them neat
finish. For very slight figures the
long, well-draped Overskirt will be
used for plaid gowns, falling straight
in plaits behind and in front, but taken
up slightly on each side to give
glimpses of a skirt beneath, which is
only band or plating of the plaid set
on a foundation skirt.
Faced cloths for next seasons tailor
gowns will be trimmed with fur bands
and with much braiding set on the foot
of the skirt in upturned points, or in
one or two much larger points, called
Tour Eiffel designs, because they are
broad at the base and grow slender at
the top. which reaches more than half
h. alr . = T.
directly in front, or it may be on both
sides of the skirt. On the waist the
braiding comes from the sides, be-
ginning just under the arms, or it
Stimulates a round yoke, or Is in
Vandyck points from the collar down.
with also a girdle. The styles for
tailor gowns remain very simple, hav.
ing their limitations on account of the
weight of the cloth. Medieval de-
signs will be used again for cloth
dresses. the skirt being straight, and
lifted slightly on the left side In large
chatelaine plait which discloses a lower
skirt. The dresses worn by Mar
guerite in Faust will be copied almost
literally in faced cloths, the pocket or
bag being made of velvet of a darker
shade than the cloth. The new shade
OF terra-cotta called Eiffel, prune and
petunia shades. the dark mahogany
tint rechristened Buffalo, nickel or
bluegrass, the Russian greens, and
the new gold browns, will be chosen
for stylish dresses. Black and brown
furs, especially sable, Astrakhan, and
mink, Wall form borders and bindings
for trimming.
Camel's-hair, China Grape, faille and
armure are the materials being made
up in handsome black dresses for
autumn, while mohair is for useful and
plain gowns. Camers-hair has its
special trimming of deep scallops en-
broided on its edges. and an addition
of fish-net on which other embroidered
scallops are placed in rows; this trims
the front of the skirt, edges the Tapped
fronts of the corsage, and almost Ell
tirely forms the small mantle for the
street. ,Other black wool dresses will
be effectively trimmed with the new
Escurial passementerie, an open cord
trimming in Vandyck points, which
comes in many colors, but always with
black for its foundation; perhaps it
has but one color added, or perhaps
it has several in Oriental coloring, or
it may be the Spanish red and yellow
with black, or Russian green of several
shades, but the black foundation re-
mains. Black India cashmere and
crepe de Chine dresses are made with
eistrc-deun or insertions OF Chantilly
lace around tho skirt. aud a corsage
trimming of Jet beads in points, to
which either gold or steel beads are
added. Black armuke silk and faille
franchise or bengalise will be bright
ened by cashmere-colored Vaudycks
and drop trimmings of beads and
cords. or by branching designs of
leaves with gold or silver beads in the
middle outlined by fine jet beads