Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-24
LADIES, COLUMN.
Spring Fashieus-New Styles In Dress
Materials. Suits and Gloves.


n The new spring styles in dres
goods are very attractive, but no
n Snowy, and it is expected that rich
e er assortment will be brought on
the first of next menth. Among 9th
i er novelties of the season, we Learn
n that, this SPRING = =
Ruffles will be much used for trim
ming.
Il Skeleton wrappers are thenoVelty
among outside garments.
A new trimming for pique, called
Maltese braid, has made its appear.
ance, and is very pretty. 1t is cot
ton, and resembles Maltese lace, and
of course washes. tits twelve cents
a yard, and can be bought by the
piece for dollar, the piece consist
ing of twelve yards. ..a
| Round capes will be much worn.
| The ball fringe has been superse-
ded by netted fringe. ~ ~
| Tucks will run in perpendicular
and diagonal, instead of horizontal
lines, as heretofore.
| Scarlet slippers are worn with
white or black dresses.
| Boots should be the color of the
dress. - 5&g Eatb "a
| Lace is the favorite trimming for
full dress.
Grape is much used for evening
dresses.
Cambria suits are to be worn out
of doors, with cape attachment.
SILKS.
The figured silks and moires on
exhibition are rich and elegant,
making brilliant evening toilets. In
plain silks, for dress occasions,
green and French gray are the most
fashionable colors. The light
changeable or chameleon silks are
much in vogue at the present, and
make effective dresses, the harmo-
NOUS blending of shades and the |
wavy tints giving them q brilliant |
lustre.
Striped and plaid silks are very
fashionable for ordinary wear; the |
plaids in small checks of two con-
trasting colors, and the stripes mar
row. These can be purchased at a |
much lower rate than last year.
Striped silks are also fashionable for |
evening wear, the underskirt made |
of wide stripes, the overskirt and |
bodice of narrow stripes in the same
colors.
The black silks are rich and |
heavy, and the lustreless black is
not sought after--that having a
slight lustre being the most fash
ionable. The most fashionable suits
for street wear are of black silk |
trimmed with satin folds, or folds
of the same and fringe. This makes
the demand so great that there is no
decline in the price of black silk
PoPLINs, ETC.
There is a fine display of poplins
and other materials for spring wear.
A new material called "Stella" cloth
makes quite stylish. dresses and do
not require expensive trimming.
Persian cloth is used for walking
dresses, and light gray tweeds to
some extent, but the latter does not
made attractive suits. Alpaca will
also be much used for out door cos
tunes when an inexpensive suit is
required; and water proof cloth is
still in demand for unpleasant
weather. Gaze de chambery in
robes, and that having silvery lus-
tire is much used for balls and even
ing parties.
EVENING DRESSES.
Evening dresses are much
trimmed. A beautiful evening dress
is the underskirt of lavender silk
with a flounce headed by a putting
of the same edged by luting of
narrow striped material of black and
lavender Over this is worn a short
skirt and bodice made of narrow
stripes of lavender and black. The
bottom of this skirt has a putting of
the same, edged with a fluting of
the lavender silk, and is finished
by row of black lace edging. A
delicate shade of pink silk is
trimmed with pink satin of darker
shade
A spring suit for street wear is of
lavender silk, the skirt goring front
and sides. There are three double
satin folds running straight around
the bottom with bows on the cen
tire, one over each seam. The over
skirt is quite short in front, and folds
over on the side breadths, which are
caught up in plaits, five inches from
the lower edge of the front, with
rosette. The back is quite deep, and
this gives it the appearance of slO
ping up to the side. Two satin
folds and fringe form the trimming. |
A short basque is trimmed with folds
and fringe, with bows of the mate
rial, bound with satin. Something |
new, is a suit of lavender ground,
with black dots. The skirt is gOr-
ing, front and sides, and full at the |
back, having each seam covered by |
folds of the material edged with
black cord There is a row of scol- |
lops around the bottom. A short |
overskirt is scollOped and bound
with black over this is a small cape,
low at the shOulders-nOt mpetinU
in front-and scOlloped on each |
edge, the back reaching as low as
the belt; the front deep and narrow,
is worn under the belt.
A plain blue silk is trimmed with
narrow folds of white set on with |
blue cord. The buttons are black. |
A green silk has three narrow
ruffies around the bottom. The
overskirt has the front breadth in
form of an apron, and trimmed with
satin folds and fringe. The back
and sides are deeper, with rosettes,
where the latter is clasped to the
front, five inches above the edge.
The skirt is trimmed with satin folds
and fringe. A new style of bertha
is formed of folds and fringe.
An Oddity is a skirt and bodice
of narrow stripes in orange and
black, and trimmed with ruching of
black satin. Over this is a black
silk basque, with long skirt, elabo-
rately trimmed with ruching of