The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-30
From Harper's Bazaar.
New York Fashions.

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fabric for suits brought out this sea-
son is called silk serge 1t has diago-
nal reps, is all silk, soft and plant,
will not rumple easily, and Is seven
eighths of a yard wide 1t Is in great
demand; 81 so a yard Is the price
asked for it. 1t is IN quiet colors !;
some of them very quaint, indeed.
There are dark browns and grays, and
the dismal yellow frog green's, distin-
guished by the fanciful French as
living frog and dying frog" An
other shade is called pie-crust.
Thirteen yards makes the skirt and
redingote, or a basquine.
During the Summer it will be found
a comfortable plan to dispense with
the regular corsage of the dress, and
wear white waists under blouse wrap
pings. Let the skirt of the dress,
however, be ample and perfect. 1t is
poor economy and bad taste to scant
the material of-the dress In order
that there may be a greater abund-
ance of trimming. No matter how
plain the skirt, let it be complete !;
| then there is a comfortable sense of
security In case of accident. There is
a tendency toward superfous orna-
ment. Ieb economy begin with the
trimming, and ladies will not so often
be surprised to find their mantua-
makers bill exceed the amount paid
for the dress. We deprecate the idea
adopted by some Of sewing a bond of
the same goods as the redingote
around an old skirt, or one made of
cambria. At every breath Of wind
that moves the redingote the wearer
fears that the sham will be discov-
cred, and she convicted of an effort
at display that she will not care to
acknowledge. Short dresses with
gored widths require so little material
that it is best not to abridge the real
garment, but rather to dispense with
all elaborate ornament.
There is but little variety of pattern
In the goods used for suits. Solid
cOlors, chenes and motrled grounds
cover the whole range. Stripes are
not we'll adapted to short dresses.
Black seems to be in greater favor
than ever here, and Foreign Journals
say that the tickle PaFisiennes do not
weary of it. Black, green. and a very
light shade of tan, with grey chenes
and pongees will be most worn. ae
PopliH alpaca, fabric with thick,
coarse threads, is stylish and service
able for ordinary street dresses. It
will not retain the dust, nor does it
lose its gloss and shrink when wet.
A good article may be bought for
ninety cents yard, double fold. The
pOngee poplins are not new, but are
much sought after. They are very
desirable for travelling dresses, and
it is almost impossible to wrinkle
them. The fabric is silk and linen
black or brown mixed with white are
the usual colOrs. There are pretty
chenes, and white grounds with a
cOlored dash on them that look nearly
as handsome as an all silk pOplin
They vary in price from 81 % to 81 IS
yard. Besides these, there is va
riety of other goods, such as mOhair,
chale, pine apple cloth and goats
hair, all suitable for spring wear.
The prices range from fifty cents 30
dollar a yard. Sixty-fve cents buys
nice quality of mohaff, which is ex
ceedingly pretty when made with mar
row frills on the skirt, redingote and
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IMPORTED WALKING SUITS.
Some Spring suits just received
from Paris are made with seven
breadths in the skirt, all of which are
gored. The front width is but slightly
sloped. Two gored breadths form a
bias seam in the back These dresses
are all In light neutral tints, trimmed
with more decided color in contrast,
or a darker shade of its own. The
most expensive suit, marked 5000, is
a repped chameleon silk, a delicate
tan color, that seen in one light has a
bright pink tinge. The skirt cut in
the manner just,described is untrim-
med save by thick silk cord around
the edge, and measures three and a
half yards at its greatest circumfer-
ence. The Over-garment Is a tight
fitting basquine, with side-bodies and
seam down the middle of the back.
The front and back are longer than
the sides, and are square Instead of
slOping. Two erOss-cut bands silk,
with a satin cord on either side, sur
round the basquinc and sleeves
Heavy bullion fringe finishes the gar
ment Material for waist and sleeves
is furnished.
A second suit is of black corded
silk. The-skirt is trimmed with three
bias folds. a redingote or long
blouse Is worn over this and similarly
trimmed, with the addition of a row
of wide chenille fringe. A cap sur
rounds the coat sleeves, falling very
how under the arm, and tapping shorter
on top A belt confines the blouse
al the waist. Long sash behind with
1 wide fringed ends Price S125.
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