The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-07-27 00:00:00

AUGUST FASHIONS
IN ADVANCE 1/1011

Materials for costumes at the present time display all
the variety which might be expected from the different
purposes for which they are deetined —namely, for town
wear, for travelling, fur the seaside, and for the country.
But amongst those which are generally useful under all
circumstances may be named cashmere and other equally
fine woollen materials, which may be employed for walk-
ing as well as for evening toilettes ; the trimming, the
mode of making, and the colour forming the necessary
difference between the two styles. For example the
prevailing colours for out-door costumes are myrtle
green, indigo ad other shades of dark line, prune, dust
colour, and all neutral tints; whilst for evening toilette
, the seine materials are etnployorl in the several tints of
white, silver gray, pale blue, mauve, helietrope,
salmon colour Short dresses are still the rue to- out-
door wear, and are usually composed of two irt,, the
shirt and the Jacket bodice or Princess tunic ; ..kirt is
bordered with flounces, pleating, or ruches, awl tome or
less elaborately cove ed with draperies, or-co-ding ti the
material. Light thin fabrics can be used more freely in
this way than heavy, or comparatively heavy, ones. For
1 travelling attire ant ordinary walking costume, either in
town or countrY, beige, in one or other of the endless
. shades of gray, is one of the best materials, and can he
rendered more dressy and ornamental by lwing trimmed
1 with figured or flowered foulard of some bright contrast-
ing colour. For the seaside and the country, hamikerellief
dresses still enjoys moderate amount of hi/mu, 311.1 for
the same purpeees are employed initiate, c oii,, ie, holland,
lawn, and white sittinette, flowered or striped ; the 'sat-
named is simply the pretty, cheap materi..l wed fir lining
bodices. Cotton dresses are to • great extent made in the
stone style as those of more expensive materials, no that
the same me leis may be employed as are given for silk and
satin foulard, fine Indian cashmere of summer make,
corab. surah. and tussore silks. It Ins wise precaution to
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: frills Lace of a yel wish tint is in all cases preferab'e to
pure white, except whet, the toilette Is pure white. Not
less varied than the costumes are the vete mewls of this
season, all forms being equally in vogue, from the jet
piFerine to the cloth paletot, according to the require-
ments of the weather. These jackets are amongst the
most useful of our summer modes, and as hecoming as
' they are useful, provided they possess the great essential
of fitting not only well, but to perfection They have
long bemuse and double fronts, fastened with two rows of
buttons, and the neck is completed with a turned-down
collar like that of a gentleman's coat The materials
employed for theme Jackets are summer tweed. plain or
chequered, and fine gray eirth ; arid tie y iui 1., %lira
with any kind of costume irrespective of e Amor or
material. Double esipm somewhat similar to Z,...tleinen's
lligland capes, but with the lower part aibled on in pleats,
and visite' are also in greater favour, made of tweed in
shades of gray and light brown, and will lie found most
useful for sea isle wear in cool weather or for travelling.ae
well as for ordinary wear later on in the semen. Many of
these capes and jackets have hoods of the small Carmelite
shape, lined with some pretty coloured silk. pion nr
chequered. Hoods of this shape were also aible,l on jacket
bodices and Princess tonici, to complete them for out-door
wear, together with the small capes to match the
costumes. The hood is lined with the soma material as
that which forms the trimming of the dress, and the cape
bound with • narrow bias band to match this lining.