Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-23
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--latest Pnrisiaa Fnshlens ~ Women.
The Paris correspondent OF The New York
Evening Post thus writes on the Sd instant;
Would your readefa who would moralize
for themselves on the foible Ia question, care.
meantime, for q word or two on the par
ticular vastly most IN vogue here ~ this
moment9 II 50, let them learn that the era
Of plain tissues appears 70 be passing, and
that Of patterns TO DO coming In. Silks, tor,
ments or punches Of flowers initiating en-
broidery 90 faithfully that you can hardly
believe them not to be done with the needle.
Tarlatanes, Chambery gsuzes and the other
delicate tissues, showing themselves IN an
ticipation Of the dogdayS are embroidered in
the same manner, but in smaller patternsJ
The question of crinoline, for a short time
threatened with the ban Of the mode, has
row been settled in an Affirmative sense.
The tyrant hes in fact established itself
more firmly than ever, and bids fair TO main
tain its supremacy for a long time to come.
But instead Of being turned into o bell,
the aim of q modern beauty is to expand
outward and downward from the waist in
the fashion Of 9 fan; not q fat fan, Of course
seem fan-1ike, from whichever side Il is con-
templated by It's admirers. So much has
been said by the gentlemen against the rigid
ity of the steel defenses now so popular with
their wearers, that the new ~crfnoline is ex-
cessively elastic; the cages being composed
Of forty, fifty OF seventy hoops each. very
small and elastic, and making up, by their
number, for their extremely yielding dispoI
sition. Don. -,f,.gt
Crinolins ~havingitaken a new lease of ex.
istence, ~lounces have also come back into
favor, One deep hounce, edged with two or
three tiny ones, the latter edged with a
piping Of the color most conspicuous in the
embroidered pattern, is much in vogue; or
the. dress may be hounced half way up with
flowers OF about three inches in width, or to
the waist if preferred. .,Fs 81. 5r.i
Sometimes dress of plain color-a gray
t%affetas, for instance has a band, three or
four inches broad, Of rich MORE, of some
broadly contrasting color, say green, violet
or marine, the band being edged with a
double Tuche, or small. pulled hounces, an
inch deep, of the same silk as the dress, but
edged with the color Of the band. The cor
sage of such a dress, which ] saw the other
day, was open, something like a Zouave, but
fitting the figure, amt trimmed with the same
band and pufs as were. the sleeves. A full
white underwaist of clear muslin, trimmed
with TTches, and sleeves to match, completed
this dress.
The bottom, Of the skirt is generally a good
deal trimmed. For ball dresses the skirt, if
of silk, is often covered with little ornaments
vi GRAPE Cdleu CFCVeoi VI tue hhuu6 OOlOEt OF
with fan-shaped fullings Of Grape, about a
hands length in hight, snrmounted with
Dows of riband. Flowers are largely intro
duced into ball-dresses,
For the street, short pelisses of silk, or
light cloth, are still the rage, especially for
young people. Nantes, very large and
ample, are much in fashion, trimmed with
broad fOupces of guipure, and a halt. handker-
chief of the same on the shoulders.
For bonnets, white and black tuLLe, trim
med with bright colored velvet and punches
Of flowers on the top of the front, are greatly
in vogue. They are worn decidedly larger,
30 as to come well over the top of the head.
White hOrsehsir, with black pipings be-
tween the braid, and paiAe de riz, with a
mass of flowers across the forehead, are also
among the fayorite styles. Gold ornaments
are not worn in the bOnnets of we'll dressed
people; but ribands embroidered with straw,
and small plumes of feathers tipped and
sprinkled with specks of straw, are much
worn, and very pretty. This being a deHli-
S%aiSon, and the air still cold, the novelties of
the toilet are not yet fully displayed. In the
course of another month the fashions for the
coming summer will be better defined.