The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-25
Paris, July u, 1866.


9d1 1adi q PARIS July 27, 1866. 2
The present style of dress is well
adapted to summer wear. What can
be fresher looking than the diminu-
tive bonnets with winding or trailing
garlands, the loose peplums or tight
fitting Jackets in transparent gauze,
over richly worked under bodies, or
than. the flowers and fruit which conn
pose a pdrrure Ldnebclle, the high
heeled shoe and open worked stock
ing, the short underskirt and soft
wave Of muslin streamers? losa0 95T
The dresses worn by the Empress on
her journey through Lorraine were
all very tasteful. ''
On the morning of her departure
she had on plain pique, but to the
great astonishment of the gentlemen
of her suite, arrived in blue. This
metamorphosis had taken place on
the road in one or other of the three
cars annexed to her special train, and
which have been fitted up for her
private use. Z haH
Jackets in printed muslins are made
without sleeves, the body sleeve com
ing through the open armhole, which
is encircled with ribbon or bias.
Roundfalls of blonde, gathered
under narrow heading of beads, are
now worn under the chin instead of
strings and Benoit0n chains; but bou-
quets on tull9 are preferred.
One or two of our delegates, who
have left the seaside for few days,
! have reported a new skirt from the
! different places they have been stop
ping at 1t is composed. of gored plain
silk, any shade, cut into long points
behind, which are trimmed round and
tied, one over the other, just as one
would tie two long towels together
s[lThese two ends hang towards the bot
4 tom Of an under petticoat, somewhat
| short, which is either blue, red or vi
i olet The prettiest / have seen was
4 made of silver gray taffetta over a
blue petticoat, bordered with gray
but / must confess that the ensemble
| looks rather energetic, as if the wear
er had tucked up her skirt for ire
mendous rum / am told the fashion
Twill last. The following are the
prettiest toilets / have taken note OF
this week: An in door costume Of
white mohair and black spots, the
& skirt is made without pleats, headed
4 with black braid round the bottom
and up the sides The front width is
perfectly plain-a high muslin chemi
settle and half bodice of mohair anG
Up cerise rlbbon-the same colored vel
vet round the throat, with long endl
/; hanging down the back, eerise bands
over Grape bandeaux and chignor
of plaits. soa Is I'd ago. s.l1 II ss.a1
y A robe de villa in bright emerald
ii green taffeta, loose black cashmer,
Jacket, headed over with jet and GU
+, in scollops, each of which is edged
| round with gulpure. Three very ele
CANT streamers or reins of wide gul
u pure. worked with jet, hang low from
the back of the neck. A round gips,
bonnet trimmed with a garland Of re'
holly berries and prickly leaves, a BIO
quet of the same on tulle strings un
der the chin; Josephine gloves and
green parasol bordered with blacl
lace.
A morning costume of blue an,
white muslin stripes, and chemisett
!, of the same. There are two skirts
the under one is trimmed with dee
flounee laid in the folds, the owe
: skirt with narrow frill of the same
. A morning cap made of one squar
piece of net is placed on the top of tn
head; it is run over with rows of mar
row blond and loops of blue velve
( between, while long blue. velvet END
II hang from under the chignon.
Maize is still a very fashionabl
ID color; foulards are in great favor
shawls, unless in lace, are not {
! much as heard of. &
] At Copenhagen, when the Amer
J can monitor made its appearing
8 there, a correspondent of the Ne