NEW YORK FASHIONS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5278, 23 February 1878, Page 2 (Supplement)

NEW YORK FASHIONS.

THE BELTED CAEBIOK BASQUE AND AFBOK OVEB-, ■ SKIRT. _ The belted Garrick basque is a stylish design for simple costumes for general wear. Although very generally worn, this model finds especial favor with slender ladies, with those v/ho like an easy waist that may be tightened or loosened at pleasure by using the belt, and also with very young ladies. Several features in this design are found on the suits imported from the best French houses, and are only made here by modistes who know how to adopt what si bestin French fashions. Among these are the Garrick capes that give warmth and breadth to the shoulders, and are as effective as the yokes now so_ popularly worn abroad ; the pleated back with side forms is another popular fancy, and the belt is added to basques of various designs. The Garrick capes are out without fullness, and if the material is heavy cloth, they are not lined, but simply edged with a binding of braid. If the material is light and given to stretching, they should be lined with thin Florence silk. It is best to button them on in the front and back, or else merely fasten on with hoops and loops ; but those who use them especially for warmth sew them in permanently with the color. The belt is of the dress materia], bound like the capes, or else it is made of four or five narrow silk folds. The back of the basque is very pretty, with its long pleats laid in the material on a plain lining and nearly covering the middle form ; the side forms are short, beginning in the armhole. The sleeves have three bound cuffs. The overskirt is of simple shape. To outline the three aprons, double the braid and stitch it on to represent a binding. The skirt is trimmed with the favorite side-pleating, and is not long enough to be troublesome on a walking dress.