The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-06-06
Fashions for June.
from Nme. Demorest's Monthly


The metropolis presents brilliant appearance at
the present ,me dressed in all the gayety of the
Spring and Summer Fashions. The windows are
bright with beautiful muslins and light summer silks,
and the thropged with ladies abroad well
at home, who have come to air their new clothes
and pretty Easter 5onnets in the sunshine of Broad
way.
The prettiest costume to be seen as yet upon the
streets the silk suits, chene striped in
line in two coors. A white and lilac stripe
instance, dress and sack is trimmed with bands of
silk in the contrasting color, and worn over white
nohar petticoat trimmed with three of purple
silk braid.
Another very pretty sui; is composed of mouse col
ored chene silk, dotted with white and trimmed with
roulseaux folds of mouse coorei satin,
dotted with white opaque beads. his is
fiatei skirt.
There IS delicate chene poplin, and A very silky
ial, made silk and linen, both of which are
introduced for travelling dress purposes; but though
very pretty they equ.l for service the pure
Inoair, winch viii stand all of weather without
shrinking. gn sr H 7JE
The new musns are very gay, and in very large
patterns; they sofened however, by the delicate
and beautiful standings of the designs. An organdie
muslin, moreover, needs large pattern be effect
i've. Small figures absorbed by the fine transpa-
a misty, uncertain tint to the entire fabric. .eae
neat lawn is great deal better than an inferior
crsandie. q .
Robes in Grgaude hare been revived this season.;
some made with single dounce round the bottom of
the skirt, others with upper skirt, with Powered
bands. which descend upon il, and form sort of
shaped tunic
White toilets promise be very fashionable again
this for Young ladies' although they certainly
require great neatness and exquisite attention to de-
tail be attractive The finest and incest of skirts
and hose, and white shoes. unless the trimmings of
the dress black aud then black satin slippers may
be worn,) spotess gloves, and very careful coihure
all indispensable to white Dress IT is not there
economical toilet
The new Paisley shawls have black centres and
BLACK fringe. they considered very distinguished
4 great many ladies having their old white CEN
tres taken out and the black ones put in. A great
islsness i. done in ts the alteration Of India
shawls. =f-s y E.a 8saEs- sst z-a44
novelty in summer black silk ceaks and sacques,
i the introinction OF cnIor in the trimming. $50
.'Reins are as fashionable as, ever. but they are
worn without hoops. and quite frequently simu-
lated BY sewing embroidery the back of the gar
meut, the edges of which are finished with fringe
The short dresses found great for country wear;
and ladies' adopting them universally this pnr-
pose and tor travelling SofnCR 81 comfortable and
convenient has been invented for long time.
Il is decided now that the summer bonnets win be
very small the bonnet Tor dress and option pur-
poses really Mailer than ever and very generally
of the fanchon shape. They merely little TRAN
giles of lace or white Grape. laid in fine folds and
trimmed with Enaure blue revet bandeau . little
fine blonde, white rosebud and or three snall
bronze leaves. a bad ga ef,
Dresses are still Gu. rery Narrow, and with lcns
trains; four yards and half is considered sufficiently
wide srorad Tire bottom for tr.ined dress and three
and half .ora sborf dress. sl1t 4Us1aszsE
Dresses not full gored gathered at the back We
have said several times and again. that under
skirts must either be gorsi made very narrow at
the top and with deep 6cue at the sottom: this is
essential to The good n p-arane. csthe tess s2sl