The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-08-04
Fashion.

The favorable change in the weather has called
into existence several new dresses of white ant
! printed muslin, suitable for fetes-champetres anc
morning parties, or for superior style of prom
enade costume. Among the prettlest we have OBJ
served are some composed OF white muslin, orna
mented with small pattern in embrordery The
skirts are trimmed with two three foGnces, fin
lshed at the edge with broad hem, within which
is passed coored ribbon; pink. lilac or straw COL
or being the favorite hues. Each hounce is sur.
mounted by trimming, formed either of bouiI.
Tonne o. muslin over a stripe of the same coored
ribbon as that used for the hem, or of a ruche OF
Of muslin scalloped at the edge. This ruche, in
stead of being scaIloped, is sometimes edged bv n
row Of narrow Valenciennes lace, in which case
the hem. with the colored ribbon inserted, gains
in appearance by having bordering of Valen-
cennes edgIng placed above and below it. The
corsages OF these dresses are usually made open
in front, and, together with the basque ard sleeves
are edged round with trimmings of ribbon, mus
lin, and lace, similar to those employed to orna-
menr the jupes.
An extremely elegant white muslin dress, in.
tended to be worn over a slip of white gross de-
Tours. may be thus described: The dress has four
vandyked founces, the vandy kes being of the leal
pattern with the point turned downwarJs. With
in each vandyke rose is embroidered in white.
The huunces are headed by a bouiIlonne of mus
lin placed over band of light blue ribbon. Up-
on The bOuIlOnne are fixed al intervals small bows
of light blue ribbon of two different us one deep.
er than the other The corsage is high, and fas.
tens at the back; the front is ornamented with hor.
lZontal rows of needle work and Valenciennes in.
sertion; under the of worked muslin inser-
tion passed stripes Of bright blue ribbon, and
and under the rows of Vaenciennes ribbon of a
paler blue. The sleeves are trimmed with four
frillS, one above the other, the upermost one be-
ing four or five inches below the shoulder; and
the whole surmounted by bouonne OF muslin
with bows Of ribbon Ihtermingled.
Dresses Of printed muslin in small patterns, con-
ssting OF boquets OF flowers, in arabesque pat
terms in blue lilac, and pink are frequently trim
med with one very deep founce. This founce
is bordered by three small ruches Of the muslin !
itself, the ruches being edged with the color pre-
dominating in the dress. a ruche Of larger size |
than those al the edge surmouDts The iounce. A |
more elegant style OF trimming these dresses con-
sists OF the substitution of ruches of ribbon for
those of muslin. The ribbon should correspond
with the dress in pattern and color. One OF the
new muslin dresses. having the pattern in white
and pink, has the founces, corsage, and sleeves
trimmed with ruchcs of plain pink ribbon. Bows
IF the same ornament the corsage, and loop up the
sleeves. Another very pretty style of trimming
hPse dresses consists of fnunces edged with mar.
he tints Of the dress.
II manufactures. The founcing is edged with
rnge woven in the loom. One of the most dis.
ingWe Of these new silks is glace, amethyst color
md white, the fringe at the edge of the founces
'eing Of the same colors.-Eur0pean Times.