Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1877 — FALL AND WINTER STILES. [ARTICLE]

FALL AND WINTER STILES.

Skirts are worn short in front. Sultan is the new shade of red. Basques, tunics and polonaises are all worn, but the shapes are new. The Servian is the costume destined to take the place of the Breton. A handsome fancy feather for a dressy hat is made of India gamecock’s tails and lophophore tail-feathers combined. Silks of light weight for early autumn uses are in very small figures and in. higher colors than have been seen for some time. Black silk costumes are made elegant with the new ruche trimming; some of them are trimmed with a thick silk cord. Sometimes it is a combination of bright colors; then, again, all of one color. Cashmere, trimmed with either crepe or silk, is deep mourning. If trimmed with silk it should bo put on either in flat bands or a series of bias folds. Black silk and crepe buttons are always dressy. Basques for house-toilets remain unchanged as to proportions, but great variety is obtained by opening the skirtseams and placing therein side plaitings, “ladders” of cord or piping, insertions of lace, etc. The latest fashion for handkerchiefs is to have them made to match the collar and cuffs worn. If these are of plain linen and hem-stitched, then the batiste handkerchief is also hem-stitched J if the parure is trimmed with embroidery or lace, the handkerchief has the same trimming. Thebe are not nearly as many aprons to be seen, the princess dresses being trimmed up the front with barrettes, insertions, lace, puffings and gathers. Polonaises are trimmed up the front on the same principle. They generally open over a very-richly-trimmed vest. Princess dresses will be very elaborately trimmed this coming winter. DarS shades are to be generally used for fall suits. The shades of brown and bronze are so dark that they can scarcely be distinguished from black. Very dark plum-color has replaced purple. Many of these somber dresses will be trimmed with white faille. There; is a change iu the way of arranging the skirt trimming; while it has hitherto been upon the train, it is now on the side of the skirt. The fronts of dress-skirts are mostly embroidered. Half-season materials are armure, bourrettes and woolen and silk neigeuses, which are combined with faille.