The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-29
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Thu Ja'y number Of Il Beau Monde dis
courses 81 the prevailing fashioEs as follows
II q lady were asked to express in couple
1 Of words what changes have taken place IN
1 the fashions during the past month. Sshe
/ should reply, even il she did not, shorter
| and skimpier' Crinolne had snch rage,
! aud became SO unbounded, that it was only
l natural to expect a very violent reaction.
But nobody could have anticipated such .
! state OF things rs now exists. A little more,
mad ! long step, will not be possibility.
Again ladies blessed with a profusi3n Of
hair, having dressed it in ths prevailing style
and having adopted the extreme Of fashion,
present very unpleasng appearance. Some
judgment should be used in these matters.
For our parts, No believe the want of pro-
portion now evident in ell the fashions will be
compensated by the absolute introduction Of
the forihingale itself. and the abandonment
Of the many shapes Of imitation Of that ad-
ajunct which the last two months have been
1industriously Matching, and which have this
month taken something like decision of
shape.
Assuredly, the hips must be draped in some
manner. II is qtiite impossible that the to-
tally narrow skirt. utterly unreleved can
prevail. or 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 summit Of the
head in Paris. but this style has not been
adopted in England By the very best people.
The short.dress ball has bad the effect Of
fedncing the length Of the trains, WHILE at
the same time, they are somewhat filled out
behind.
Tho proper length of an outdoor dress is
certainly not more than three inches from the
ground. while these enirss are now relieved
somewhat from their meannees Of appearance
eisher BY fiat frilis--som e,ines two-one
above the other--rochines. or fat Fittings
8Of the extraordinary and chaotic shapes Of
what may be called over-skirts we can scarce
lylventure to say anything. They sometimes
take the shape Of rounded aprons in front,
sqrarng off INTO a jacket line behind the |
whole completed with long knotteu ends |
Again, sort OF George III. period, half. /
square, in the material completed with falling |
enas behind. In other cases, sort Of cur. /
tain drapered skirt in gaaze, black or white,
IS draped over the under skirt, swept about
the dress, raised behind at the waist, and com
pleied by falling ends. In other cases, from
cairasse grdle flows loose drapery Of the
material OF the dress, which, being looped
underneath to the waist sgan after falling a
few1nches, gives the idea Of an antique Gre
clan bodice, an effect enhanced by the sweep
ing and crossed drapery flowing over the
skirt.
Id other cases, to the skirt Of the dress is
given the exact semblance Of q petticoat. be-
cause the material is not used at all in the
upper skirt which is Topped up all the way
round, while over the back falls the long
bowed ends OF Marie Antoinette fehu.
worn so low over the bodice as to give at lie
upper line the outline Of evening dress. In
these cases the whole Of the upper skirt, the
Gchus the bow is made of the same compa>
iour silk, always diaper of bouquets upon
i dark ground, frequently black. The petit
coat being generally made Of light colored
material, the contrast 10 most marked and de-
iberate.
JetHis not to be seen, and gold, however, is
Eradually creeping into popularity.