Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-12
FAsAIONs FOR JULY.

We have not the time this week for an
extended local fashion article and our lady
readers must be content with the assurance
that we shall strive to keep them informed
on the fashions, and that dress goods of the
latest style can be found at Headley's,
Naughton's and at Kenyon & Wiggin's,
while for bonnets and millinery goods
Simmons is the authority.
An old fashion is being revived. Very
narrow hounces, from two and half to
three inches in width, nearly cover the
dress, beginning about sixteen inches be-
low the waist. The skirt is long, and only
the front and two side-widths are now goled
at the top, the rest are gathered; or else
there may be two small plaits at the side,
the rest in gathers. When there is but one
fiounce, it is usually made very deep and
plated.
The Large Sashes make an evening dress
look very pretty. They are mostly tied
very low down upon the skirt. and so as to
loop up the upper-skirt slightly at the back,
quite in the Louis XIV. style. For more
ordinary wear, the sashes are usually short,
with large bows and fringe on the ends.
All Walking dresses are loOped up some-
where, usually at the sides, but sometimes
at the back. But the variety in the style
of walking dresses is astonishing; and the
skirt can be either looped up nearly to the
waist, or caught up in one or two small
plaits quite near the bottom. But the
very newest style is certainly to loop them
up near the hips.
House Dresses are still made with long
trains, full at>the back, and trimmed with
fiounces and sashes, or with bows OF ribbon
caught here and there.
Fringe and Lace are both much nsed as
trimmings, the former on walking dresses,
he latter on house and evening dresses.
SQannag. a.
ried in style as walking dresses. A new
style OF mantle is rounded behind like
pelerine, and has long, straight ends in
front reaching almost to the knee. A sash
fastened behind with bow and en,ls is
passed over the front OF the mantle, keep
ing it in its place. This is an old fashion
revived, very old style, dating back to
our grandmothers' time. Lace burnouses.
sacques, and mantlcs, are very much worn.
Bonnets continue to be trimmed with
profusion of lace. In Paris new style OF
bonnet is just now the rage !, it consists of
a straw or tulle saucer, or rather plate.
placed on the top of the head, coming far
over the forehead, and bent slightly in at
the sides.
Hats are as varied in shape as the fancies
OF the purchasers may wish. No one need
wear an unbecoming hat now, for almost
any style is the fashion.
Evening dresses are made so very low in
the neck that It almost seems as II decency
required that something, If only rows of
beads, should be worn to cover the bosom.
We only chronicle the fashion, we do not
approve of it; the very low-necked dresses
are vulgar, and the immense quantity of
beads are in bad taste. But, however large
the necklaces worn on the neck, every body
wears colored ribbon round the throat,
with locket on it, or a Tow of beads, or
has it studded with beads like the "dog-
collars" as they used to be called; You can
not wear too much round the neck to be in
the fashion.
by the way, are worn larger than ever.
Crosses made of gold, and silver, and steel,
chased, enameled. and inlaid; crosses, in
fact, of every description, are now worn
over the large cardinal collars, SO fashion,
able at the present moment, and which I'M
part at once so dressy an effect to-a 6lack
Toilet. These cardinal collars are made of
white muslin, trimmed with Valenciennes
lace, or else ornamented with stripes of
Valenciennes insertion and embroidery,
used alternately; occasionally they are
made of guipure.
What are called flower ornaments, bird
ornaments, and insect ornaments, are still
very popular. A pretty humming birds
head. with emerald and ruby plumage set
i'm dead gold, forms a charming brooch
Necklets are also composed OF BIRDS heads
act in gold, but for head dresses the birds
are left unset. Shawl pins and broochts
are made an enormous size; horses and
grayhounds heads are much in vogue for
this style of ornament.
A novelstyle of necklet has been intro
duced. which is certain to be success.
Precious stones are now set in gold, and
holes sre made in the setting SO that they
may be sewn on either black or colored
ribbon velvet. They can thus by this SIM
nile arrangement be made to harmonic
with any dress. Rhine crystals, garnets,
and sequins, are also mountedon velvet for
the same purpose, and prove very effect
i've.
The description of two toilets just made
in Paris will, perhaps, give our readers
good idea of an elegant (and extravagant)
carriage and. visiting dress, and an evening
dress. The first had a skirt with an i'm
mensely long train of dove gray ribbed
silk, scalloped and trimmed with ruby
satin roatleaur A tunic looped up en- pa :
niers, with long sash of ruby satin, and
fastened down the front with garnet but