The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-25
FASHIONS FOR MAY

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The predominant color at the present time is green
| in every shade of which we have many remarka
bly, pretty toilettes. We hear nothing yet of any
particular change in the make ofdresses or sleeves
Double skirts are worn in taffetas and other ligh
materials. They are both simply hemmed or orna
| mented by plating la vieie. Flounces also are
| much adopted, they are now often arranged so a.
not to reach higher than the knee Sometimes five
hounces are so placed as to leave the front breadth
uncovered by them, and the interval thus left is Gov
| cred by bows of ribbon. Plain Skirts which arc
always made very full may be prettily trimmed BY
placing bow OF ribbon, with long ends reaching
to the bottom OF the dress, each seam of the
front breadth, about quarter of yard below the
waist.
Casques are very little worn, and, when adopted
are made narrow, pointed bodies being more gen
erai Dresses OF heavy materials are usually made
with single skirt, trimmed on the Sides
During the summer wide open sleeves appear
likely to be most in favor. Barege, grenadne toile
de Sole taetas de laine, in checks stripes or chine
Chambery gauze, printed muslins, and pekin, with
colored patterns white ground are the materi-
ais which will be in demand.
For full dress, MORE antique continues to be very
much in use. Chinese and plaid silks in large pat
terms are also much worn.
Some very pretty dresses are in large checks,
formed by stripes of two shades, and in the centre
small boquets of one or several coors this is per-
haps, the newest and most distingue pattern
The skirts of dresses worn quite as full as ey-
er. Many bodies are made with bands, and even
when these have long ends, buckles are invariably
worn. Low bodies will be very much worn this
summer, with those pretty fichus much admired
last year.
We must not omit to mention that drab is to be
one of the fashionable colors this summer and ap-
pears likely to be in full dress as we'll as for
morning toilette, the difference being principally
in the trimmings.
Nantes are at present worn high in the throat,
on account of the uncertainty of the temperature at
this season.
Hoods are no longer worn pointed, but round,
and forming berthe-pelerne.
Amongst the different novelties of the present
season, the greatest avOrie and most distingue is
the square, either of tafetas lace trimmed round
with wide lace or guipure; it is turned over in
such manner as to show both trimmings, and
plated on the shoulder under three straps edged
with narrow lace.
Silk baskquines are also much worn, and will con-
tlnue to be so. The grelOt trimming, headed
by plating a la vieille or guafered, is the IA
vorite.
Bonnets are now worn decidedly larger than
they were IN the winter, pointed in front, of
them even bending over the forehead. White
Grape covered with black spotted net is much worm
whilst others are made of white Grape or tulle
trimmed with lilac, pale green, pink, blue or plaid
ribbons.
For dress bonnets chip is most in favor One of
these was trimmed with fringed bow, mauve and
white placed on the left side; blonde veil falling
over the crown and curtain.
For young ladies rice straw bonn cts are the most
fashionable, trimmed simply with ribbon and fringe
and small flowers in the cap.
Flowers and blonde more used than feathers
in trimming, and it is said that they will continue
to be so during the summer.
Bonnets are much less trimmed than thew were
and some of our leading houses are aiming at sim
plclty which is certainly far more charming and
becoming than the bonnets of last year, which were
many OF them literally covered with aowors.