Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
FASHION PROPHECIES.
Novelties In Dress Goods and ColoYs For
Autumn and WinGor.

Autumn and Winter.
One color cheviots and cloths will be
worn in com bination with suitable coll
ored velvet, the latter being used for
the waist, the sleeves or for trimming.
All the fashionable winter colors will
be represented in these com binationR
Dark myrtle green cactus, scarabee
brown with reddish reflex, brown mastic
which resembles golden brown, choo-
olate brown and hazelnut brown are the
leading colors The more snowy colors
among the favorites are amaranth red,
violet red, dahlia and the blues, which
will be leaders next winter and which
includes the purely hussar blue, tur-
quoise blue and gray blue. Violets are
not missing, but these shades are more
appropriate for the drawing room than
for the street. These colors are all COM
bined with suitable color Of velvet.
Cheviots are seen in all the shades
named, and one color fabrics will be
favorites, although fancies will have
many friends. Fancy Scotch cheviots
are seen in black gray and white, red,
drap and white; hellotrope, brown and
drap; gobelin blue, white and red, etc.
Large squares on small square ground
are also seen. Squares, however, are
far from monopolizing all attention and
other novelties are also attracting no.
tice. The new, rough, half finish cloths
are among these, color mixtures being
seen on light and dark ground, the
color mixture rendered airy-looking by
means of a network of white wool
threads which cover the colored ground
giving very pleasing effect. The same
style is seen covered with stripes or
large blocks in silk, while Knicker-
booker stripes will be one of the feat
ures next fall, and will be seen on all
kind OF wool dress goods.
Other favored styles in the fall and
winter samples are the woven Eiffel lace
stripes, which are seen in black or white
on plain one color grounds of rose, gray,
green or light brown. For more stylish
dresses is shown a one color wool stuff
with suitable panels and corners in silk,
the latticed border being the favorite
This net-like border Is darker than the
ground color, such as red on old rose,
dark blue on light blue. On violet and
other dark grounds the netting is made
in the same color, the effect being OBJ
tanned by the brilliancy of the silk.
Among plain goods vigognes deserves
mention. These are like Indian cache
mires, but do not have the hairy look of
the latter. These real Indian cache
mires have fine stripes in the color of
the ground. Other vigognes goods which
have a more woolly finish will be also
extensively worn.
Foulard silks, pongees and silk
batistes are now having good
run. The simple but tasty foulard
styles show plain or fancy stripes,
under which the small atlas-like
woven white stripes on blush gray, IL
lac or old rose ground look we'll The
large design foulards are more elegant
but not SO dressy; the des gins repro
duce flowers and small fruits on violet
green, grayish-red or blue grounds, a
very pretty sample showing ON marine
blue ground flower stripes of cherry
flowers, between which are stripes with
ripe cherries still attached to the tree. -
Dry Goods Economist