Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1875 — Fashion Report. [ARTICLE]

Fashion Report.

WEDDING DRESSES. A great many trousseaux are made in September for the weddings that take place later in the autumn. The new fabrics for wedding-dresses are creamy-white brocaded silks, or else white with the faintest pink tinge, covered with brocaded white roses. There are also very rich white velvets with blocks and broken plaids ot hedvy pile, and also matelasse velvets with raised leaf and arabesque patterns. White rose brocaded silks in cream and in snow tints are $7 a yard; those with scroll and leaf pattern are |6. Some of these rich bridal dresses are made in princesse sEape. They are quite plain as low down as the knee, but below this they are richly flounced with plain gros grain and lace. Others are made with a long cuirass basque with sleeves of point lace, or else transparent sleeves of some kina. The cuirass has a jabot of lace straight down the back and down the front. The Lamballe fichu of lace or of the silk edged with lace, trims other basques. White roses will'be much worn mixed with orange-blossoms for bridal parures. j ENGLISH WALKING-JACKETS. ! Double-breasted English walking-jack-ets are made in large numbers for fall and winter wraps. The materials employed are Scotch Cheviots, diagonal cloths as finely twilled as vigogne, and other soft wool cloths. The trimmings are broad Titan braids, loosely woven, like Panama canvas, and buttons covered with this braid. Black is the prevailing color. They cost from sls to $lB. SILKS. The novelties in fall silks are now displayed on counters of retail stores, and some idea of their prices is obtained. One of the most tasteful novelties is natte silk in loosely-matted tresses woven in basket checks. This is meant for over-dresses to be used with X velvet or plain gros grain, and cost $4.50 a yard. It comes in all the dark stylish shades for suits, such as myrtle green, prune, seal brown, slate blue, gray, navy-blue and black. Moyenage brocaded silks or single color, blue, green, or brown, are also shown for parts of suits. They measure twenty-four inches, and cost $3.50 a yard. The winter gros grains are exceedingly soft and of medium fine reps. They are to be made up in connection with plain and figured velvets and with natte silks; hence merchants have imported them in shades to match the handsome novelties just described. At every large house the announcement is made that myrtle green, seal brown, and slate blue will be the leading colors. Prices range lower than those of last season. Uress silks begin as low as $1.50 a yard, in new colors as w’ell as black, antHnereaserto $5 or s(i. For $3 and even less can be bought handsome gros grains for costumes. Trimming silks in all the rich dark shades are $1.35 a yard. Striped silks for parts of costumes, black with a colored stripe, can be bought for seventy-five ednts a yard in qualities that formerly sold for sl. Hand-woven black silks are highly commended by reliable merchants. They are spun and woven entirely by hand instead of by the power-loom. They are richly repped lustrous blue-black silks, very soft and finely finished; and as this softness and lustre are in the silk itself they are not lost by usage. They are imported in four different grades and sold for $2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50 a yard. They are said to wear better than any other silks. Those at $3 are as rich ana lustrous as many silks sold for $4 or $5 a yard. ENGLISH PRINTS AND CAMBRICS. English calicoes are in the plaid patterns so popular in wool stuffs. They come in blocks, cross-bars and in bias plaids as well as in plain ones. Shaded brown plaids, black barred with violet, blue barred with black or with w’hite, and black plaided with gold are the best patterns. These colors are also shown in irregular stripes. Price twenty-eight cents. The soft-finished cambrics imitate twilled Chevoits and have diagonal stripes and plaids. Blue, brown and gray are the prevailing colors. Navy blue grounds are barred with white in Greek key pah tern. The slate blues are also pretty. These goods are a yard wide and cost twenty-eight cents. They are being made up with side-plaited basques or else with loose basques. They have long, round over-skirts plainly hemmed or else bordered with a stripe of calico. The lower skirt may also be quite plain, but one gathered flounce does not detract from the neat style appropriate for such dresses.— Harper's Bazar.