The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-22

Translated from the. French Of Eliane de
8 Marsy. e.
The new color likely to be adopted
for evening wear is a shade OF red
called cur, (not the CUR of three years
ago. but tint between reddish sal
mon and dark amadon The bright
lustrous green introduced last season,
is now most popular for dinner
dresses, but very young ladies show a
decided preference for azuline blue
For morning dresses of mohair, and
fabrics of that variety, gray remains
the most distinguished color. The
form of skirts is definitely fixed; the
short customs will be worn for morn
ing prolnenades In town, and for both
morning and afternoon in the country:
for visiting and dinner dresses the
skirts will be cut with long narrow
trains, while for eyening toilettes the.
trains will beGimmoderately long,
something unprecedented in dimen-
sions. But the skirts, if longer, are
decidedly much narrower; at the top
they are quite plain, although a few
ladies still insist on having a pleat
about ten inches wide in front, and
another equally wide at the back. The
usual width round the bottom of the
skirt is only six yards, which is de-
cided improvement, for instead of six
teen, and even seventeen. yards of
wide-width silk being required for a
dress, it is now possible to cut out @
very fashionable robe from thirteen
yards of material. This fact will be
good news to those with whom quan s
tity is an object, and they unfortun-s
ately are the majority. !.
Materials with a brilliant surface,
such as Suitdne and Crystalline, are
very general for morning wear. The
self colors are preferred on the whole,
but stripes have by no means gone
out" -Plaids are reserved for poplins
and even then are to be used only for
little girls frocks. slPique has re-
appeared, and the new patterns are of
the mosteccentric .description--coats
of arms. large butterflies, Fems &c lys,
horses shoes, and even dogs, foxes,
deers', and hares' heads are studded
over white and light buff grounds.
Certainly the new piques are more
original than pretty; nevertheless,
large number are now being prepared
for country wear. .-.----.--.--.
Great efforts are Icing made to
bring ribbons into favor again, and
in fact they are very fashionable for
sashes on both muslin and mohair
dresses. They are manufactured
from twelve to eighteen inches in
width, and the patterns represent de-
tached bouquets, either in reliet or
chimes. Tulips arel.very effective in
relief; roses are usually selected
chimes.
There is but small amount of nov
city in the trimmings this season, for.
jet still retains the most prominent
place, being used in profusion on bon.
nets, paletots, and dresses of every
shape and make. At the last races
which took place in the Bots de
Boulogne, | remarked sew raj rich
toilettes, which were trimmed with
gimp bows in a novel manner. Trey
were principally short costumes or
namented a creces.
| should not omit to remark that
t0Quets and all varieties of small hats
are worn with short-skirted dresses,
but that trains imperatiyely require
bJ.LS,s Asst e hair is now arranged
so very high at the back, these to-
quets are necessarily pushed forward
until they conceal the entire forehead;
this has anything but a graceful effect.
but as it is imposed by the exieencies
of fashion, what use is there in pro-
testing? 1t is very probable that this
of creUes, which are ex-
ceedingly pretty trimmings, will be-
come very popular. Up to the present
moment they have only been seen in
the most arlstocratic carriages, and |
shaded with the dantiest of parasols. |
By the way, speaking of parasols, |
those called Ma. quises have neither
trimming nor fringe OF any descrip-
ton on them this season. 1t lace COW
erings are used GU parasols, they are
of point de Bruges, which variety Of |
lace is in great request also for bodi- |
ces and jackets, as well as for para |
soils. S.tA 4as.F.ss fs2 7sQs 4
No ono now wears low dresses at |
osdtipees; lace having become fash |
lonablelio day wear, 1t is quite easy
TO compose rich morning toilettes for /
such occasions. Light silk dress
es are elaborately trimmed with both |
black aud white lace. and lace shawls |
are carelessly arranged on the should
sra. The prettiest and newest lace
coverings arc the basruiues, either
without sleeves, or with those appcn-
lages made large in the Hungarian
form. Aat4# xE@Af
White lace was also very general on
pink dresses. MIXTURE which has a
very harmonious effect, aud is con-
sidered equally becoming to blondes
as to bru,ars. Those ladies who are