Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-07
FASHION EFFECTS.
The WINTER REFER FOR MORNING
WEAR AND SHOPPING.
wraps-Connemars,. Newmarket, ulster
and Petisse ombincd--Trouser-LlH
Amendments of Dress-Reformers'
Correspondence Of the Richmond DIsDstch-l

and PeIisse Combined--Trouser-Lik
Amendments of Dress Reformers.
| ICorrespoudsnce OF the Richmond Dlspatchl
NEW YORK, December 8, 1884,
A notable feature of prevailing FASH
ions Is the effort that is made to secure
long. WASTED effects. This is especially
true OF the outer garments. The coats
of three-quarter length are all designed
with this end in view, it would seem. u
is a chief reason why short women
should abstain from these garments and
4 why the possessor of willowy slender
ness and grace should make them her
own.
A striking example of the kind OF gar
ment alluded to is developed in kind OF
golden fawn-colored plush. The shade
is almost indescrlbable. IL is almost
suede tint, in which CLEAN golden lights,
and the real sable border used in trim
ming the coat makes a rich contrast.
The garment fits perfectly, comes well
over the hips, and has the full sleeves,
high at the shoulders, that have become
invariahle with outer wraps. The stylish
Medici collar is added, as a matter Of
course. The front OF the coat Is elabo-
rstely ornamented with heavy braid de-
signs
TO WEAR WITH VEST.
Among he simpler forms Of outer
garments adapted to morning wear and
shopping excursions is the winter REFER,
made, you know. to wear with vest.
1t comes in cloth in all the dark browns
and greens and blues that are being
used, and it may be safely retained for
spring days, when it can be worn with
out the vest.
Long wraps are not neglected. On
the contrary, they are more elaborate
than ever. They seem to represent a sort
OF mongrel type nowadays-Connemara,
Newmarket, ulster, and pelisse com
bined. In cloth they are made to fit
well in the back, the hanging sleeves
shaped in the back, the front loose.
COSTLY AND voLUMISoUs.
The proper evening wrap is no longer
the coquettish little "opera." 1t is
costly and voluminous affair OF plush
completely enyeloping the form, and it
is often lined with white or black Per
sian lambs wool, exhibiting MedIci col
lar. &C., OF the same. Ii is needless to
add that this wrap is also proper for car
riage wear.
The straight, slim skirt has not as yet
been yanquished by Partisan hostility.
1t is rather more sleek and trim to-day
than it yet has been.
1.-THE SINGLE TRoUsER."
SO much so that modistes have de-
clared they cannot satisfactorily fit the
fashionable dress-skirt over any petticoat
but q very narrow silken one nay, that
it we're better even that it were dis
placed in favor of the trouser-like
amendments Of the dress-reformers. At
this rate modesty will have to turn aside
| from the spectacle of a stylishly -attired
woman Of the day, and the rather con-
fined draperies advocated by the pre-
Raphseite party some years ago (stig-
matized then as the "single trouser y
will be distanced.
"a COMISG-oUT GOWN.
A charming coming-out gown will be
introduced to Brooklyn society next week
by one Of the prettiest debutants OF the
year-a dsrk-haired girl Of the slender
| and stately order. 1t Is of dull-white
peau dc safe, en- rainc, and with pet
ticoat of dull-white velvet. The front IS
draped with white crepe de chine, stud
ded with pearl passementerie, the drapery
looping to the left hip, and displaying
panel Of brocaded satin, which also reap
pears in the train. The bro
cade is very delicstely colored, floral
in design, the faintest, palest
pinks and Nile-greens appearing upon
white ground. The corsage is in the
yell-nigh invisible Y and bordered with
syansdown, the border on one side
being drawn across the front OF the
bodice to the hip just at the point
where the display Is caught up. The
toilet will be completed thus Suede
long gloves, almost meeting the short
sleeves priceless white ivory and
feather fan very pale pink hose, and
white satin slippers.
EFFECTS IN FURs.
One OF the richest effects produced in
furs nowadays is the comparatively new
introduction of applique designs in braid
used as bordering or trimming on fur
garments. IL may he said that fur needs
no trimming, that it is perhaps, even III
better taste to leave it in its native,
unadorned beauty, but this braid en-
broidering is SO skilfully done and is,
withal so novel in appearance, applied
to the deep surface of the fur, that it Is GER
tainly very effective. Many OF the new
capes and short garments are finished IN
this manner.
VARIOUS FASHION NOTES.
Homespun is once again proper mate
rial for plain indoor gowns.
Decided colors are somewhat at dis
count. There is passion for the neu-
trails. Still one sees an occasional scar
let or cardinal which becomes refreshing
by virtue OF contrast.
Tulle and all soft, diaphanous fabrics
figure much in the prevailing evening
gowns.
Speaking OF evening gowns there
really is nothing to speak Of They
| seem 10 nave come mucn 10 bIdllu-
still.
The pearl-gray glove with heavy black
stitching is quite de rigueur for street
wear.
Modistes ere hastily contriving de-
signs for skating dresses. We have had
80 little skating in the past three or four
years that no one has thought it worth
while to have skating -suit unless bound
Csnadawards). Now, however, We have
hopes.
Wear nothing that is not Louis XV.,
Charles k, Marie de Medicis, Antoi-
nette, or of some past epoch. We are
getting pretty near the beginning OF this
century, but as yet we are cropping about
few years the neither side. c. Ii. NJ.