The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-07-28
The Fashions.

The Iashlons.
OrRandies, null muslins. bafcpes,
mo,onbigucs, aud priques are all The
rage, and they are, for the summer.
certainly the prcttiost dresses In the
world. These goods have, too. the
one great advantage over all other
goods-that Of chcapncss. The most
modest purse will dress IT, owner
with elegance during the summer
months There is, In several stores
IN Broadway, a kind oi dress goods
called English barcgc, selling for the
mere triilc Of thirty-sevcn cents per
yard, which makes dress pretty
enough and elegant enough for any
lady in the land. One of these
dresses, which we select for particular
mention, was a plaid pattern, blue
ground, with a white stripe crossing
1t up and down. The skirt was
made very full, with Swiss houncc
set on box plaits around the bottom,
and ornamented with blue gimp.
with small crystal beads thickIy
strewed over it, A sacquc Of the
same was worn with It, made in the
latest style tor sacques-being with
out sleeves, the sleeves of the dress
serving for the sacque--and finished
of at the shoulders with trimming
Of gimp and pendants of crystals to
match those on the skirt. Sacques
without sleeves, to match the dress,
are almost universally worn, and they
are so cool and thin and light that
they will become more and more gen.
eral so long as the warm weather
continues. Toilettes, consisting of a
mixture of black and white, are more
generally worn than they were earlier
in the season. Black and white check
silks, both in suits and in dress sim
ply, are great iavoritcs. So also are
black and white striped silks. We
give the following as examples of a
suit Of each which have been greatly
admired: The checked silk dress was
made in the princess style, ornamented
down the front and down each scam
Of the cores with small black velvet.
buttons. The sleeves half close, coat
pattern, and trimmed at the wrist
with graduated rows of buttons, were
arranged to simulate an epaulette, and
to conceal the fact Of the tight
basque, (worn with the dress on the
street, and made Of the same mate
rial,) having no sleeves. The basque
was trimmed with buttons down
each seam, the sameas the skirt. The
second suit consisted of dress and
half tight basque TO match, and was
of striped black and white silk. II
was trimmed with pieces of black
silk, GU. in half diamonds, and
placed in regular distances all around
the skirt and basque; each piece Of
silk was then trimmed around with
white chinz lace, and ornamcnted
between each half diamond with a
white velvet button. This was a
very elegant and dressy costume, and
attracted universal admiration.
In Paris, at the present time, white
paletots are worn in preference to
any other style of outdoor cloak,
sacque or shawl; and greatly pre-
ferrcd to Nace shawls or mantles
They are ihpde Of alpaca, muslin
barcge or grspadine; but Of what
ever material Oh of whatever pattern
they are, without exception, trimmed
with blaek-eiilNr guipu braid
passamenterie, jet ar embroidery, ac'
cording to the weArws taste; but
the one importantApd apparentl,
absolute necessity is, Mat the trim
ming must " blackA Over th'
basques and tight fitting sacquei
youthful ladies, both married ant
single, wear the waistband an,
buckle. For our own part, We d,
not admire the fashion; and thinl
that the suggestion Of a lady's fgur'
as seen beneath thin, loose sacque
is much more attractive aud modes
than the closely defined waists ans
busts and shoulders, which Is th'
result Of closely fitting basque an'
waistband.
Although much Is said about tb
summer hat and summer bolnei
/ there i- sct actually anything to )
had about either, except that th
gipsy Is very rapidly verging back
ward into the Fanchon and th
Pamela; and movement Is on foo
to introduce the fashion Of fastenin
the bonnet string in bow under th
chignon, instead Of, as from time in
memorial, wearing them tied beneai
the chin. The fashion has altead
been introduced in Paris, and h
: met with entire Success. The naI
ural inference i, therefore, that b
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