Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-03-20
Spring Fashions.

THE STYLES OF DRESSES. HOOPS AND BoNNETS.
The season favors the fashions. The
short jackets and sacques and the infnitesi
NAL bonnets of the past season were not so
we'll adapted to the severe cold winter as
to the spring; and those who followed the
extreme mode are suitably clothed for
the milder temperature of March.
In some articles of dress the change
since a year ago is quite marked. The
fitting hoops which were adopted by the
majority. have been banished from fashion
able society. and they are at last voted
relic of bad taste, and an unbecoming style.
The filters have been followed by a
much smaller hoop, and, when proportioned
tn the figure, the new ones are far more
graceful both for indoor and outdoor wear.
LADIES DRESSES.
The cored dress, so long in fashion, will
be the prevailing style for the coming sea-
son 1t is made plain at the top-or with
plaits at the back according to the taste.
For the house the skirt is very wide at the
bottom, with long train. For receptions
this skirt is very suitable.
In street dresses there is a decided and
apparently HoHuidl ihN 'i'OA
dresses, with petticoat to match, are a great
Improvement upon the looped-up dresses,
with train. which would sometimes escape
from the best loopers to sweep the streets.
These short dresses require a sacque or
Jacket TO be worn with them, and are gen
orally made en- Suite. Shawls cannot be
worn with them they have too heavy a
look and are not graceful with the new
short dress
The interesting event of last week among
the fashion-makers was the opening of dress
patterns by Madame Demorest. Besides
these, there were patterns of mantillas,
sacques, &c, and for childrens clothing a
great variety of styles. The coat sleeve IL
ally the flowing sleeve is gaining popularity
and no doubt will have many admirers be
fore the summer is over. Some of the de-
signs for these sleeves are very pretty and
novel. One is a half-fowing sleeve over q
coat sleeve, or a coat sleeve open on the
outside and laced. with the loose flowing
sleeve falling gracefully over the elbow.
There are several different kinds of pep
lum basque, each having something in 1T
favor A short, loose sacque, trlf'
shorter on the sides than the back and front
and beautifully trimmed, is very attractive
The short dresses for the street are made
plain at the top, or with plaits at the back
both of which are fashionable, the skirt i
usually cut with points around the bottom
and is worn over a plated petticoat of tn
same material-but the petticoat is nov
often made plain, and when trimmed will
graduated braid or velvet is very pretty
and many prefer it to the plated. Every
thing in the way of dress is elaborated
trimmed.
The STYLES in children's dress are various
as usual Lithographic prints of prett
faces, in frame work of golden curls, ar
attached to figures to represent chlldre
from two to three years up to ten year.
The figures are dressed in the latest mode
even to the dainty garter.
BoNNETs.
The spring style of bonnets have not "
) been brought out, except at the opening {
the importers, when the milliners gathere
up all the novelties and ordered them HON
, Immediately, where they will be hidde
until the general opening day. Som
; changes have taken place in shapes, but
is not so great as many predicted In earl
winter. When the small bonnets of til
past year made their appearance, the un
versal belief was that they would not
t worn more than a season. But they hay
t survived the winter, and the ladies declal
? they are almost as much in love with the
? as ever, especially when they remembere
4 the " coal-scuttle - or g sky-scraper," or Il
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i face divine"
: The fact that large bonnets would CO.
e ceal much beautiful hair, natural or arti