The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-20
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

Harper; Bazaar for this week contains the
following hints for the ladies, in regard to the
latest styles in vogue:
MANNER OF MAKING DRESSES.
Corsages are of medium length and round at
the waist. Shoulder seams are short and high,
defining the slope of the shoulders. The two
darts in each front are short bit taken very
deep, to make an easy tapering shape. Side
seams are directly under the arm. Forms in
the back are stitched on the outside, and are
an inch apart at the belt. Open fronts with
revers, shawl.shaped surplice with fullness
and the broad sailor collar of the dress mate
rial will be moro worn than ever during the
warm weather. The neck of plain corsage is
cut out very low and round if the wearer has o
handsome neck, otherwise the high neck and
ruche will be most becoming, and will not look
old-fashioned.
SLEEVES.
Sleeves of street dresses are easy-6tting
coat-shaped. They have bows at the elbow
and broad trimming ct the wrist. Few new
dresses are made with epaulets. A puff is
often placed half way between the arm hole
and elbow. Silks for evening wear and thin
muslins have the Maria Theresa sleeved puffed
to the elbow and frilled. Long arms require
puffJ around the sleeves, and tulle UNDER
sleeves puffed to fill out the frill. Short arms
look best in lengthwise pufs.
SKIRTS.
Trained skirts have fiat gored front wild th /,
two narrow side cores and two full back
breadths. The fullness is laid in pleats be-
meath the side seams. The back breadths ore
in French gathers. Five yards is the width
of moderate train to be worn over small cri-
Moline. Two yards is IN extreme length. Silks
~ ,,on1;Do ~ Ioht 0ualitv Qra lined thrOllp h.
out with paper muslin.
THE BEE PANNIER AND sAsHEs.
Oyerskirts to muslin and silk dresses are
uuite short and very much puffed up in the
back. The round pannier puff is not 30 pretty
as the new bee pannier. This has two wings
pointed and open to the belt behind, consist
ing of two full widths Of silk with half-width
in front of each turned over en- reurS. A fat
sash of many short rounded ends fills up the
opening behind, and represents the body Of
the bee. The pannler is attached to belt.
When made of silk it should be lined with the
contrasting color with which the dress is
trimmed.
SHORT SUITS.
Short suits for the streets are worn by "a
dies Of all ages; the stout as we'll as the
slender. A black silk casaque, with o short
founced skirt, is the handsomest street suit
for married lady. Stout figures look best in
the casaque, or in short basque with single
ekirt on VIII ch the trimming Stimulates an
upper skirt..
The standard length for walking dresses is
to have them just escape the ground. They
measure between three and half and four
wards in width. They are still cut with fat
front, two side cores, and full back breadth.
Care should be taken that there is no fullness
in front, to prevent the front width hanging in
n fold in the centre,
USEFUL NOVELTY.
Many unsuccessful attempts have been made
to combine long skirt with short one. At
length plan has been perfected by which q
dress will answer for a street suit, and may be
lenethened to form train when worn indoors.
A model shown US is in black silk, but it will
answer quite as we'll for alpaca or poplin. It is
first O short skirt made as usual, with two side
cores and trimmed with wide founce. A
separa te train is then formed of five narrow
breadths gathered to the belt, and sewed In
ond gore. This train has hounce also. When
worn in the street the train is caught up to the
belt b. loop put half way down each OF the
back seams, and fastened over two buttons
placeda finger apart on the belt.
TRIMMINGS.
A fringe with gimp heading and detached
tassels is very stylishly used on capes and
basques. Satin is preferred for trimming silks,
but modistes advise gros grain for poplins and
woollen goods. It is lighter for summer, and
does not fray like satin. It is not worth while
to say one is tired of founces. They we're
never 30 much worn as at present. and the:e
are literally ruffles upon ruffles-Chambra $
gauze and grenadine suits being trimmed with
bias founces edged with narrow straight frills,
giving peculiarly light appearance. fque
ruffles are made straight and pleated. Striped
rufles look best cut bias.
MATERIALS.
Glossy and chahgeable goods are greatly in
favor, but the woollen goods with silk face
should be avoided, as they fray and fade. a
glossy black alpaca, known as the Buffalo
brand is commendable for street wear, as it
rejects the dust and retains it's gloss. This
alpaca is Of fne durable blue black, with all
the lustre and finish of silk, for which it is an
excellent substitute, and is made from the
finest long staple wool of the alpaca goat.
Serge Soulards in all the fashionable &C ca for
suits are sold by the yard for 81 80.
cRINoLNE.
The new crinoline imported by the modistes
is merely hustle with springs over which is q
fall of starched Swiss muslin, consisting OF two
fiat cores at the back, with side pieces rounding
to the belt. The front is entirely open. Six
Swiss rufles, very full and wide, cross the back
widths from the edge to the belt. futed
ruffle surrounds the whole affair. Eight dollars
is asked for the walking length. Twenty dol
lars for trained skirt.
THE GREEK BONNET.
A novel bonnet called La Grecque shows con-
siderable increase in size. 1t is large enough
to fit the head comfortably, and is worn very
tar forward. The coronet band of straw stands
an inch back from the edge at right angles
with the bonnet. rho hollow space is filled
with lace and flowers. When worn over the
short frizzed curls, now fashionable on the
forohaad Il oives tho hand O. classic contour.