Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-06-08
Fashions For The Season.

The predominant color at the present timel i
green in every shade of which we have seen man,
remarkably pretty toilettes. We hear nothing
: vet of any particular change in the make O
dresses or sleeves. Double skirts are worn ir
tafetas and other light material. They are botf
! simply hemmed or ornamented by plating {
Ia vieie. Flouuces also are much adopted
they are now often arranged 30 as to reach high
Ter than the knee. Sometimes five founces are
SO placed as to leave the front breadth uncover
ed by them, and the interval thus left is covered
by bows of ribbon. Plain skirts, which are al
ways made very full, may be prettily trimmed
by placing bow of ribbon with long ends reach.
ing to the bottom of the dress, on each seam oi
the front breadth, about quarter of a yard be-
low the waist.
Basques are very little worn, aud when adopt
ed are made very narrow, pointed bodies being
more general. Dresses of heavy materials are
usually made with single skirt, trimmed on the
sides.
During the summer wide open sleeves appear
likely to be the most in favor. Barege, grena-
dine toile de sole, tatfetas de laine, in checks,
stripes, or chine; Chambery gauze, printed mus
Inns, and pekin, with colored patterns on white
ground, are the materials which will be in de-
mand.
For full dress, inoire antique continues to be
very much in use. Chinese and plaid silks, ip
large patterns, are also much worn.
Some very pretty dresses are in large checks,
formed by stripes of two shades, and in the CEN
tire small bouquets of one or several colors; this
is, perhaps the newest and most disting,te pat
tern.
The skirts of dresses are worn quite as full
as ever. Many bodies are made with bands, and
even when these have long ends, buckles are in
yariaby worn. Low bodies will be very much
worn this summer with those pretty fchus so
much admired last year.
We must not omit to mention that drab is to
be one of the fashionable cslors this summer,
and appears likely to be worn in full dress as
we'll as the 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 -peerine
| Amongst the different novelties of the present
season, the greatest favorite and most distingue
is the square, either Of tatfetas or lace trimmed
round with wide lace or guipure; it is turned
over in such q manner as to show both trim
mings, and plated on the shoulder under three
straps edged with narrow lace.
| Silk basquines are also much worn, and will
continue to be 30. The grelot trimming headed
by plating la vieie or guafered, is the IA
vorite.
Bonnets are now worn decidedly larger than
they we's in the winter, pointed in 'front.' some
of them ven bending over the forehead. White
Grape sred with black spotted net is much
worn 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 friDged bow, mauye
and white, placed on the left side; a blonde veil
falling over the crown and curtain.
For young ladies rich straw bonnets are the
most fashionable, trimmed simply with ribbon
and fringe and small flowers in the cap.
Flowers and blonde are more used than feath-
ers in trimming, and it is said that they will
continue to be so during the summer.
Bonnets are much less trimmed than they
were, and some of our leading houses are aiming
at simplicity which is certainly far more
charming and becoming than the bonnets of last
year, which were many of them literally covered
with flowers.