The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-21
LADIES, READING.
Fashions for July.


From lie Folletl
The extreme heat and beauty OF
this Summer weather renders the de-
mand for light and thin materials
very great. and never has there been
n greater variety of elegant gauze
like dresses. White is extremely
fashionable. whether IN muslin,
aIoaea. foulard, or sultane, white
muslin over a colored silk pettlcoat
being especially in favor, often made
with q houncc, headed by a chlcoree
rrehe made of taffetas and muslin, or
by. a boulIion Of muslin with the color
under it, a sash of the same shade
being tied at the back. frequently
with these toilettes, as with
eolored. lace fichus are worn.
Nothing can be more general
than the crossed ichus; they
are almost universal, and made In all
kinds Of material. The most usual
style is perhaps, that crossed in the
front; but some have the ends taken
back under the arms, having some
what the appearance of small vests in
the front, the ends beiag tied behind
like a sash. Short costumes are now
worn even for visits and family din
ners, the trained robe being reserved
for full toilette and calls of ceremony;
the half train and round robe is u
on the bias in the front, just touching
the ground, and trailing a very little
behind. Among the fashions of the
day We must not omit to mention the
small aprons made of muslin or white
gauze. with braces trimmed with rib
bon. Several descriptions of short
costumes will be found in this months
list, to which we now proceed.
Short cOstume-pettic0at of plain
porcelain blue cashmere, with a plait-
ed hounce. Upper dress of blue and
white shot sultane, looped up at the
sides and full at the back, trimmed
with a hOunce.
Costume of green and white striped
iaconas, quite plain upper dress,
1ooped up and plated at the back,
made Of green barege spotted with
white, and trimmed with a founce.
A large bow or rQsette of green taft
fetas loops the dress at the back, over
which is a crossed pelerine, with ends
fastened by a bow, also of green taft
fetas.
Short eostumes-petticOat of foul
ard, with hemmed founces reaching
to the upper dress, which is of the
same material, the back breadths
being cut long and plated to the front
in three plaits, fastened by large tat
fetas buttons. Dress looped up at
the back by a large bow of taffetas.
Black taffetas Marie AntOinette fchu,
trimmed with fills.
Costume Of pink and gray muslin
under-skirt with seven little hounces ;
upper skirt also with hounces; bas-
quine trimmed to match, and under
it "A wide sash with a large bow OF
pink and gray taffeta.
COstume-Skirt of q fancy material,
white ground with brown satin stripes,
trimmed round the bottom with five
narrow trimmings of brown satin.
Blouse anglaise of the same material,
lOoped up at the sides by bows bound
with brown, and trimmed also with
brown satin. Sash fastened at the
back by a long, wide bow of the ma
t%erial, bound with brown. The body
of the blouse is open in the front,
with wide revers edged and trimmed
with brown satin.
Costume of steel gray poplin, the
first skirt bordeTed with a bias o.
black taffetas, forming a frame tC
some crossing of black t~affetas piped
with white, which are placed at equa
distances; upper skirt trimmed tt
match.
A charming dress 10 blue and white
Robe of white sultane with double
skirt, the upper skirt raised by bow
of blue ribbon. Mantelet Marie An.
toinette of white sultane over a squar,
body; the mantle, as we'll as the edg
Of the body, trimmed with a fringe 0
small blue feathers. Shepherdess ha
of very fine straw, trimmed in from
with a white ~aigrette, making a cente
to a rOsatte formed of blue tulle
which has scarf ends carried to th
back, where it falls in two very lon
ends, which are caught up and fasten
ed in front by a bouquet of myosOtii
Dinner dress of blue silk-Lowe
skirt trimmed with a very wide an
full ruche of blue gauze, edged wit
satin; over-skirt blue gauze de Chan
berry, very bouffant at the sides, form
ing paniers, and edged with a ruch
gau2a TO match that on the silk Skin
only quite narrow. This skirt
drawn up on each side under sati
bows. Low, square body. with fich
of blue gauze, fastened with bows
satin.