Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-29
SPRING FASHIONS.
NEW STYLES IN DRESS MATERIALS, SUITS


From the New York Evening Post.
The new spring styles in dress goods
are very attractive, but not snowy, and
it is expected that a richer assortment
will be brought out the next month.
There is slight decline in the price of
most materials, with an active demand
of the leading styles.
SILKS.
The figured silks and moires on ex-
hibition 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 present, and
make effective dresses, the harmonious
blending of shades and the wavy tints
giving them brilliant lustre.
Striped and plaid silks are very
fashionable for ordinary wear; the plaid
in small checks of contrasting colors,
and the stripes narrow. These can be
purchased at a much lower rate than
last year. Striped silks are also fash
ionable for evening wear, the under
skirt made of wide stripes, the over
skirt 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 q slight lustre be-
ing the most fashionable. 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 silk.
PoPLINs, ETC.
There is fine display of poplins and
other materials for spring wear. A
new material called "Stella" cloth
makes quite stylish dresses, and does
not require expensive trimming. Per-
sian cloth is used for walking dresses.
and light gray tweeds to some extent,
but the latter does not make attractive
suits. Alapacca will also be much
used for outdoor costume when an ex-
pensive suit is required and water
proof cloth is still in demand for I'M
pleasant weather. Gaze de chambery
in robes, and that having silvery lus-
tire, is much used used for balls and
parties.
EVENING DRESSES.
Evening dresses are much trimmed.
A beautiful evening dress is the under
skirt of lavender silk with a founce
headed by putting of the same, edged
by futing of narrow striped material
of black and lavender Over this is
worn short skirt and bodice made of
narrow stripes of lavender and black
The bottom of this skirt has putting
of the same, edged with futing of
the lavender silk, and is finished by q
row of black lace edging. A delicate
shade of pink silk is trimmed with pink
satin of darker shade.
SUITS.
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 bot
tom, with bows on the center one over
each seam. The overskirt is quite
short in front, and folds over upon 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 festoon gives it
the appearance of sloping up to the
side. Two satin folds and fringe form
the trimming. A short basque is trim
med with folds and fringe, with bows
of the material, bound with satin.
Something new is a suit of lavender
ground, with black dots. The skirt is
goring front and sides, and full at the
back, having each seam covered by a
fold of the material enged with black
cord. There is a row of scollops and
bound with black over this is small
cape. low at the shoulders-not meet
ing in front-and scolloped on each
edge, and back reaching as low as the
belt; the front deep and narrow, is
worn under the belt.