The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-07
Written for the Sunday Crescent
A WORD OR TWO ON THE FASHIONS.

The changes In dress are so slight that they
scarcely need notice. and, 10 truth. the scope
given to ones fancy in the matter is so great tina,
It requires but very little good taste and slight
knowledge OF color AID material to enable a lady
to adopt a style OF dress that will be attractive
and suitable. There Is ample room given now for
any latent originality to crop out without attract
ing much attention as TO Oddly, for in very truth
the more eccentric and fantastic you appear the
more CONNIE IL fdta yon are. There is no need to
follow 10 a dot the instructions of the fashion
plate; the use of slight degree of your own
Judgment is allowable. especially il the innovation
is becoming. and no woman Of good sense will
blindly accept the promptings of Fashion, or the
suggestions of her nlodiste, but will decide for
herself upon the subject in so far as she is herself
concerned. Still, in a measure keep within the
limits do not fall behind. or exceed, for in either
Instance you become oulr6 and are conspicuous
something lady should always avoid but above
Gil avoid incongruity; do not. if a matron or
forty or sixty, dress like girl OF sixteen, or
twenty; let your dress correspond with your
age and position. An elderly woman loses dig.
nifty, furbelowed and tricked out like girl. Il is
not the acme of human bliss to be in the TOP OF
the mode, regardless of fitness in being So as
some seem to think nor is it the depth of misery
and woe TO be behind il.
Stripes and plaids. are II possible more worn
than ever. One skirt of the two or three must be
In stripes or checks. The organizes now coming
In for summer wear embrace several very pretty
styles. The Nilsson, Es:ells, Patti and Hen.
rette, all double skirts, and in two or three
colors. Round lhe edge of both skirts there are
broad bands Of some deep color and on the upper
skirt, just above this band, wreaths aud bouquets
of roses or field flowers in gay colors. The lower
sEirt Deing 10 alternate stripes Of white and pink
bnf' blue. etc., as may be. In the Estelle it is
somewhat reversed, the upper skirt, bodice and
sleeves being ir plain color. The Henriette
which we think the prettiest is in two colors, the
upper skirt Vandyked plain stripe round the
edge of both skirts, small wreath Of roses round
the bottom of the upper one, and two small
wreaths FOUND the lower skirt, single roses az
intervals between the wrealhs. Corssge plain
cut, somewhat heart shaped, and trimmed With
puts in color to match the plain stripe at edge
OF skirts in front round the throat, armhole and
wrist. These dresses are yet high priced, as
they cost $l7 80 for the pattern of eleven and
a quarter yards. But for young persons they
will make up quite pretty and have a stylish
effect.
In spring SILKS challys, mohsirs, etc., the front
width Of the dress made ga tablier seems more a
fsvoriie than any other mode 1t is formed some.
times with a number of graduated flounces ex.
tending to the waist, with one deep 1ouuce at
the knee. or several small hounces at the edge.
extending round the skirt again it lie formed by
nOuucp cir
should be double; or il is made By a deep
hounce slopng back and becoming narrow as it
extends toward the panier. Where the back
widths are not too bogtdnt and the bows and
sash not too enormous, this is very handsome
and elegant mode.
In waists. the plain corsage, with bretelles, |
he snrpice or shawl waist, or plain finished
with square bertha, all have their admirers.
and are all pretty. The plain corsage with Van. |
iyke rererS is quite handsome for goods not too |
hin in quality. Sleeves must be coat, with pufs.
'uches or ruffles at wrist and srmhole.
In bonneis black lace with sigrettes in all colors
ire coming in, and when made of real lace are |
very rich aud expensive, but they are also dur. |
ible. Strings Of velvet or barbs of black lace |
asten on the corsage with bow. There is one
hing we must protest sgainst-that is the use of
wo or three different shades of red on the dress a,
be same time. Not long since, we saw ladv
With three entirely different shades Of red on her
rose and deep crimson. What an
outrage upon good taste and the eyes of those
ronght in contact with her Either color, if used
lone, would have been good in its efect-com.
lined, they were savage.
We saw very pretty strsw-colored Grape.
trimmed with straw that would make blonde
box lovely. At Olympe's, the round hat we men.
oned before is set out to tempt the ladies' who
dmire hats. and as we stood at her window the
Their evening, we heard more than one fair one
BY with sigh of longing, " oh amt that love
hat? How becoming that would be to me ~
he Fsnchon seems to hold its own, tho we hear
Japanese and other styles, but they all seem
Of the Fsnchon, and are as small in
ze and high in price as it is possible TO conceive
{. For spring, the white chip is pretty and season
BILE.
In hats, you cannot 60 astrsy. for no two per.
ons have hats exactly alike fashion is so capri.
ous here that it is impossible to follow her. The
est directions we can give you for 9 hat that is
xactly the hat is this: Get hat frame Of any style
on fancy, gum it over with something adhesive
its nature-Chinese grip will do-then 20 to
,me flower manufacturer, and purchasing
overs of every hue and shape, throw them on
d libitO1n-the more you can get to stick the
ore in fashion yeur hat will be. You cannot be
10 excessive.
Ladessiudyng economy can make themselves
pretty bOnnets as they can purchase, with a
nall outlay of money. provided they have any
the tact and ingenuity requisite. In these days
cheap economies you can purchase a frame,
I'd with spray of flowers, yard Of tulle, two
three yards of blonde and couple of yards of
irrow ribbon, and 10! you have bonnet for five
six dollars that will compete with those that q
milner would ask you ten or fifteen
r, and many OF our ladies have adopted
is plan, as it enables them to have two or three
'nnets for the same amount for which they could
lrchase one ready made.
The Marechele sash is one Of the most elegant
DIN. tits made thus: -Four large loops, two above,
10 below the belt, with sash ends moderately long,
unded at the ends. and trimmed with two rows
fringe, each row headed with jet. Another is
mn0aed If thraa lsroa loona - |