Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-08-06
The Change in FASHIONS.

The July number Of Le Beau 1ORde
diseOurses Ofthe prevailing fashionsas
follows:
If lady were asked to express in
a couple of words what changes have
taken place in the fashions during the
past month, she would reply, even if
she did not, shorter and skimpier,'
crinOline had such a rage, and became
SO UnbOUnded, that it was only natural
| TO expect a very violent reaction. But
nobody could have anticipated such
state of things as now exists. A little
more, and long step will not be an
impOssibility. Again, ladies blessed
with 6 prOfusiOn of hair, having
dressed it in the prevailing style, and
having adopted the extreme OffashiOn,
present a very unpleasing appearance.
Some judgment should be used in these
matters. For our parts, we believe
the want Of proportion now evident in
all the fashions viii be compensated
by the absolute Introduction Of the
farthingale itself, and the abandon
ment Of the many shapes Of Imitation
of that adjunct which the last two
months have been industTiOUsly hatch
ing, and which have this month taken
something like decision OF shape.
=" AssUredly, the hips must be draped
in some manner. 1t is quite impOssi-
BILE that the totally narrow skirt, ut
terly unrelieyed, can prevail OF the
eight figures with which we present
our readers this month, scarcely one
is plain at the hips.
The hair is still worn at the sum-
NIT of the head in Paris, but the style
has not been adopted in England by
the very best people.
1.-THE shOrt-dress ball has had the
effect Of reducing the length Of the
trains, while at the same time, they
are somewhat filled out behind.
"The proper length Of an outdoor
dress is certainly not more than three
inches from the ground, while these
skirts are now relieved somewhat from
their meanness Of appearance either
by fiat frills-sOmetimes two, one
above the Other-ruchings or flat flu-
tings.
OF the extraordinary and chaotic
shapes of what may be called over
skirts, we can scarcely venture to say
anything. They sometimes take the
shape Of rounded aprons in front,
squaring of into jacket line behind,
the whole completed with long wide
knOtted ends. Again a sort Of George
III. period, half-sqUare, in the mate
rial of the dress, is combined with a
half-lOOse bodice, which is completed
with falling ends behind. In other
cases, a sort of curtain diapered skirt
in gauze, black or white, IS draped
over the under-skirt, swept about the
dress. raised behind at the waist. and
completed by falling ends. In other
cases, from a cuiTasse girdle flows a
loose drapeFy of the material Of the
dress, which, being lOOped underneath
to the waist again after falling a few
inches. gives the idea Of an antique
GreciGu bodice, an effect enhanced By
thesweeping and crossed dTapery flow
ing over the skirt.
. In other cases, to the skirt OF the
dress Is given the exact semblauce Of
a petticOat, because the material is not
used at all in the upper skirt. which is
lOOped up ali the way round, while
over the back falls the long bowed
ends Of Marie AntOinette fichu, worn
so low over the bodice as TO give at its
upward line the outline Of evening
dress. In these eases the whole Of the
uppeP-skirt, the fichu, the bow is made
OF the same cOmpadOur silk, always a
diaper OF bouquets upon a dark ground,
frequently black The petticOat being
generally made of light eOlOred mate
rial, the contrast is most marked and
deliberate.
Sometimes the rounded apron style
is so managed that it reminds one Of
the leather apron Of q sappeT and
miner.
Sleeves for outdoor dress remain
quite plain in cut. They are generally
trimmed with epaUletts and waist
bands in character with the fiat trim
mings of the skirt
. For evening dress, sometimes the
half-square, Of the material Of the dress
as it passes over the shoulder, forms
the sleeve. In other cases, when the
bodice is cut square in front, the sleeve
is fiat, and almost angular, while, in
other cases, actually something like a
melon sleeve Is to be seen.
Jet is not TO be seen, and gold, how
ever, is gradually creeping into pOpu-
larity.n