Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-14
SPRING FASHIONS. 4
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! The season favors the fashions. The
short jackets and sacques and the infinites-
imal bonnets of the. past season were not
so well adapted to the severe cold winter
as to the bright days of early spring; and
those who followed the extreme 'Ismode''l
are suitably clothed for the omilder tenn,
perature of March. on az ~
'i1n some articles of dress the change,
since year ago, is quite maFked.o The
tilting hoops which were adopted by. the
majority, have been banished from fashion,
able society, and they are at last voted a
relic of bad taste, and an unbeeomipg style.
The tstilters'' have been followed by a
much smaller hoop, and, when proportions
ed to the figure, the new ones are far morei
graceful both for indoor and out door
wear. ,'.t'' 't',-'ig "hi z
'''''i -, LADIES DRESSES. .c,;,,,i. -,
The gored 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 taste. For
the house the skirt is very wide at the bots
tom, with long train. For receptions this
skirt is very suitable, ~ ztrsnf.rTaar oag
/ In street dresses there is decided and
apparently popular change The short
dresses, with petticoat to match, ,are a great
Improvement upon the lOoped-up dresses,i
with trains which would sometimes escape
These short dresses require a sacque or
jacket to be worn with them, and are gem
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. ;.aF -rt-f eH .zls.f .sE arrs z
| The interesting event of last week among
the fashion makers was the opening of
dress patterns by Madame Demorest. Be
sides these, there were patterns of mantil-
las, sacQues, &C., and for children's clothing
great variety of styles. The coat sleeve
is still to some extent favorite, but grad-l
ually the flowing sleeve is gaining populari-
ty, and no doubt will have many admirers
before the summeris is over. Some of the de-
signs for these sleeves are very pretty and
novel; One is half-ioWing sleeve over a
| 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 styles of the
| peplum basque, each having something in
| it's favor "A short, loose sacque, a trifle
shorter at the sides than the back and front,
ard beautifully trimmed isvery 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 Skirts
usually cut with points around the bottom,
and is worn over plated petticoat of the
same material-but the petticoat is now
often made plain, and when trimmed with
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and many prefer it to the plated. Every
thing in the way of dresses elaborateIy
| trimmed. q lH s,ti,5 nus Ea.lTIHj WuT
The styles in children's dress are various,
as usual. Lithographic prints of pretty
faces, in frame work of golden curls, are
attached to figures to represent children
from two to three years up to ten years. =
| The figures are dressed in the latest mode,
even to the dainty garter. 60. aai1"Is'
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| The spring styles in bonnets have not
yet been brought out, except at the open
ing of the Importers, when the milliners
gathered up all the novelties and ordered
them home Immediately where they will
be hidden until the general opening day
Some change has taken place in shapes, but
it is not so great as many predicted in early
winter. When the small bonnets of the
past year made their appearance, the uni
| versal belief was that they would not be
worn more than season. But they have
survived the winter, and the ladies declare
they are almost as much in love with them
as ever, especially when they remember the
coal-scuttle" or :" sky-scraper." or the
| Quaker-like bonnot that. hides the little
face divine" The fact that large bonnets
would conceal much beautiful hair, natural
or artificial, that now adorns the heads OF
the ladies, will effectualiy keep them at
their distance.-Ne1o York Euening Post fs