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


Harper's 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 hi oh.
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
from the shoulders to the belt, square necks,
and the broad sailor collar of the dress mate.
rial Will be more worn than ever during the
warm weather. The neck Of a plain corsage is
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-httino
coat.shaped. They have bows at the elbow
and broad trimming at the wrist. Few new
dresses are made with ,epaulets. puff is
nd olten a placed d11 haE way between the arm hole
muslins have the Maria Theresa sleeved puffed
to the elbow and friled. Long arms require
pulls around the sleeves, and tulle under
look best in lengthwise puffs
SKIRTS.
Trained skirts have fiat gored front width,
| two narrow side cores and two full back
| breadths. The fullness is laid in pleats be.
meath the side seams. The back breadths are
| in French gathers. Five yards is the width
OF a moderate train to be worn over small cri-
Moline. Two yards is an extreme length Silks
and poplins of light quality are lined throug b.
out with paper aouslin.
TEE BEE PANN1ER AND sAsHEs.
| Overskirts to muslin and silk dresses are
quite short and very much putfed up in the
back. The round pannier puff is not 90 pretty
as the new bee pannier. This has two wings
pointed and open to the belt behind, consist
in front Of each turned over en- reuers. A fat
sash of many short rounded ends fills up the
opening behind. and represents the body of
When made Of silk, it should be lined with the
contrasting color with which the dress ia
trimmed.
SHORT SUITS.
Short suits for the streets are worn by la
DIES or all ages; the stout as we'll as the
slender. black silk casaque, with short
hounced skirt, is the handsomest street suit
Tor TOR married lady Stout figures look best in
eklrt, on VIII Oh the trimming Stimulates an
upper skirt.
The standard length for walking dresses is
to have them just escape the ground. They
yards in wdtn. They are still cut with fat
front, two side cores, and full back breadth.
Care should be taken that there is no fullness
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 street suit, and may be
model shown us is in black silk, but it will
answer quite as we'll for alpaca or popln. It'll
first short skirt made as usual, with two side
cores and trimmed with wide founce. A
separate train is then formed Of FIVE narrow
breadths gathered to the belt, and sewed in
the whole length Of the back seam of the sec
worn in the street the train is caught up to the
belt by loop put half way down each Of the
back seams, and fastened ovor two buttons
placed finger apart on the belt.
fringe with gimp heading and detached
| tassels is very stylishly used on capes and
basquees Satin is preferred for trimming silks,
but modistes advise gros grain for poplins and
does not fray like satin. It is not worth while
to say one is tired of founces They were
never 80 much worn as at present, and the:o
are literally ruf1es upon ruffies- -Chambrey
gauze and grenadine suits being trimmed with
bias fiounces edged with narrow straight frills.
giving peculiarly light appearance. Pioue
rutties are made straight and pleated Striped
ruf1es look best cut bias.
Glossy and changeable 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 q fane 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 foulards In all the fashionable colors for
| suits are sold by the yard for 50 50.
oRINoILNE.
The new crinoline imported by the modistes
| is merely hustle with springs over which is
fall Of starched Swiss muslin, consisting of two
fat cores at the back, with side pieces rounding
to the belt. The front is entirely open. Six
Swiss rufaes, very full and wide, cross the back
| widths from the edge to the belt. A Auted
rufae surrounds the whole affair. Eight dollars
is asked for the walking length. Twenty dol
| larS for q trained skirt. tr
THE GREEK BONNET.
| "A novel bonnet called La Grecque shows con-
| siderable increase in size. It is large enough
to At 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. The hollow space is filled
| with lace and flowers. When worn over the
short frizzed curls, now fashionable on the
forehead, it gives the head o classic contour.
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