Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-27

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All dressy toilets are train shaped. al
though the short walking costume is fash
A long gored dress of wide silk can b.
made with twelve yards of material, unles
the wearer Is unusually tall.
The polonaise or redingote, half-fittin.
and fastened slantways, is newer than tn
loose paletot.
The jewel porte-jupe is most effective up
on long train-shaped satin or gros
grain dress; it just loops up the train
little on either side, but is only fit to wea
in a drawing-rOOm. 1t is composed of tw,
brooches, joined together with a gold chain
One of the brooches is fastened at the waist
and one about ten inches from the bottom
of the skirt, which is thus looped up be
tween the two. The porte-jupe is made o
gold, jet, steel, or of enamel and precious
stones, with a gold setting. But the mos
elegant are those formed of two cameo
brooches, with a gold setting in the Gre
elan style. The parure-namely, brooch
bracelets, and earrings to match--lOoks
particularly handsome, together with the
porte-jupe, upon a black or dark-cOlored
velvet dress.
"A favorite model for shawl brooch is a
massive gold key: it is newer pattern
than the classical arrow.
The Creole bandeau, a golden circlet in
laid with steel, and with long steel pen
deloques falling over the forehead, is in
favor just now, and looks remarkably well
by gaslight.
Gold studded with steel becomes by
night as sparkling as cut diamonds. Com
plete parnres are made of it, consisting of
EARRINGS, cacbe-peigne, brooch, waist
band, buckle, and of Creole bandeau,
diadcm. or Grecian cOronet for the hair.
Then in the Etrusque style there are
jewels of cut jet, mounted with gold fila
gree, quite novelty. silst5l-a
A very elegant style of trimming consists
OF marabout or swan's-down fringes, just
tipped with gold or silver; these look we'll
upon white gauze or tarlatan, spaDgled
with gold or silver. For young ladies we
prefer the silver spangle; it looks pure and
frosty. like sparkling icicles.
Another novelty is white tulle or very
fine gauze, sprinkled with small tufts OF
white marabout feathers. These tufts lie
so soft and light over the material, they
look like snow flakes, and are remarkably
pretty.
White tarletan, brocaded with colored
flowers, also makes very tasteful toilets,
which require little or no trimming. The
most elegant device is to have light sprays
of the brocaded pattern, and resembling
these as closely as possible, to loop up the
double skirt or tunic.
Berthes are made either square or crossed
in front like fichu bodices are in general
so low that some sort of tulle or lace bor-
der is Indispensable to wear inside.
Venetian guipure is quite the fashion.
Mantiila capes. jackets aud Marie Antoin-
cite skirts and f1chus are m"de OF it. The
Marie AntOinette skirts are looped up, and
tied in loose bow at the back.
The mantilla capes are lined with color
ed silk, and form very tasteful sorties de bal.
The new patrern for jackets is that of q
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fronts are continued in long lappets tied
at the back.
Scsrf-sashes of guipure look well over
colored silk evening dresses.
Ladies possessing lace fiouDces can easily
have them arranged 80 as to render ball
dress most elegant. One deep lace flounce
can be put on round the bottom of dress
Of the sweeping train at the back. The
fOunce should be but very slightly gather
ed at the top. The skirt is plain, and short
enough in front to show the tips OF satin
shoes; it is long and ample at the back.
Another way 10 dispose lace gracefully
Is to simulate tunic with it over the skirt
of the dress. The lace may be looped up
here and there by bows of ribbon or sprays
of flowers.
Gold lace is much used for trimmings,
not only for evening but also for daytime
dresses. We see very pretty cuffs and
collars of gold lace lined with colored silk
to match the uress.
To wear with low dress. when going
out to a ball or party, there are pretty little
pelerines of satin or brocaded silk, edged
with swan's-down; these pelerines are
pointed both in front and at the back.
White muslin and colored satin halt
handkerchiefs, trimmed with white. lace,
are worn instead of neckties.
Ribbons tied at the back with long
streamers, and large gold locket in front t,
are still fashionable. Necklets of large
beads are also worn.
Short chains; and if the watch is orna-
mental, a chatelaine is added.
The most fashionable sashes this winter
are made of very wide satin ribbon. On
black velvet dresses claret- colored satin
sashes are worn, and likewise gold-color-
ed satin, both of which have very rich ef-
fect., There is no rule as to their length,
but it should be observed that when sashes
are made of ribbon they are very. long, and
when of the same material as the skirt they
are short.
A novel style of arranging the hair has
recently come into vogue, sui able for those
who have abundant tresses of natural
growth. 1t is called the 'Naiade coif1'ure,'
and is composed of a chignon of waved
hair falling over the shoulders, apparently
without any art in the arrangement, and
terminating in riDglets. Aquatic plants,
water lilies, &C., are fastened among the
loose waved hair.
BOnnetS are smaller than ever, just dain-
ty coif'ures showing off to advantage the
elaborate style of dressing the hair.