The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-05-12
LADIES' FASHIONS.

York fashion correspondence of the Louis
Vile Courier Journal, as it will no doubt be
interesting to our lady readers;
MORNING DRESSES.
White dresses are becoming more and
more fashionable for summer morning
toiIettes. and n new method for trimming
them has been introduced this season which
deserves passing notice. Upon white lear
oroandie narrow cut folds of fine linen
cambria are laid and stitched with the
sewing machine through the centre OF
space IN each fold There are seven OF
series round the bottom of the skirt, which
is gored. front and sides, and five upon the
basuues and sleeves. An underskirt of book
muslin is shaped exactly like the organdle
skirt to wear with it, and is trimmed with
! seven folds of linen cambria like it.
The effect of this trimming must be seen
to be appreciated. 1t looks like the folds
of white satin, and has the advantage of
washing perfectly and Ironing without los
ing its beauty.
Very elegant organdie dresses are profuse-
ly trimmed with futed frills, putting, inser-
tons, and edgings of vallenciennes Anew
style has a low square yoke, to which
small aoatteau is attached at the back, form
ing an overskirt and panier 1t is finished
with frills, fine tucking, and puffs to match
the TRAINED skirt, and has bows and stream
ers of narrow pink ribbon in the center OF
the wide box plating at the back.
Another style has no upper skirt very 6ouT
fant and short sack or basque open upon
the back cut in points edged with wide val
lenciennies and united by bows and ends
of pink ribbon.
A bright China pink and China blue are
put under very fashionable colors, particu
larly in conjunction with soft pearl gray,
OF dove color.
Last season one of the ladies' furnishing
houses here made feature of ladies' gored
wrappers, well cut and neatly made for four
dollars and a half each; this season they
sell them at four dollars, and are dispensing
of immense quantities. They are finished
with little chintz bordering stitched on
and supplied with belt and pockets. Some
fashionable dress-makers charge seven dol
lars for making a gored wrapper, with no
more work than this; so that price which
really little more than pays for labor and
material is considered wonderfully cheap.
The demand for these wrappers shows what
might be expended, if ladies' ready-made
garments could be uniformly obtained at
! reasonable rates.
| Linen cambrics are among the coolest and
prettiest of morning dresses. The trimming
this season tor white linen consists of mar
row fluted ruff1es of the same material. and
| bands of plain cambria in the color of the
| sprig for those printed in colors. Narrow
rutfics of the same, gathered and edged with
cluny lace are also very pretty.
THE BAsQUINE FICHU.
This is the newest silk cloak of the season
| if it can he called cloak, and is intended
to win regard and admiration by the multi
form uses to which it can be put. Cloaks
are so little required now that great deal
of ingenuity is exercised in adapting them
to additional purposes, and the 6asquine
Ftehu is undoubtedly the most successful
! one which has been attempted.
1t consists of an overskirt confined by
belt and pelerine cape. No sleeves. The
Over-skirt is rather short; full upon the
back and caught up with large rosettes and
ends at the sides, sometimes upon the back,
also entirely to the waist; both skirt and
cape are edged with lace or itch fringe The
basguine Fichu can be WON as an over-skirt
or as cape or as a cloak to complete a suit,
or with colored dress, or the over-skirt can
be worn with white dress, and the cape rs
an out door finish to muslin and grenadine
dresses in summer. Who would not own so
useful a garment?
The ''aoGtteau" is another quite new and
very stylish black silk cloak, which can also
be worn as an over dress The upper part
of the body is plain, and trimmed with rich
lace, to form pompadour, two breadths
are plated into the back, and the skirt is
caught nearly to the waist, dividing it into
two large pufs, which are plated into the
plain basque 'front.' This cloak is ele-
ganiy trimmed with lace and with apuf-
! fing of silk it forms a very handsome over
dress to white muslin, or an upper dress to
a suit
Muslin and other scarfs will have great
vogue this season, en- suite with the dress,
and are very pretty and grancefull, especial
ly with white and striped organdies Stri-
ped grenadines also make pretty scarfs to
wear with plain gray or lawn colored It's
| sues.
COSTUMES IN BLACK GRENADINES.
The new costumes in black grenadine
! consist of a train drain dress, trimmed with
| a founce bound with green or corn colored
| satin or silk, an overskirt very bouttant, also
ruffled to match a sack which is a wilder
ness of loops, square bows and ends, and
Marie Antoinette cape, which can be worn
or not at pleasure. There is no lining in
these dresses, but they are worn over black
silk slips, low neck, and are ornamented
with ruffles and pipings of silk or satin upon
the waist A hundred dollars ready made
is the price, not including the silk slips
Short walking dresses of black gIenadine
are novelty; they are always trimmed with
ruffies of the same.
LENGTH OF SKIRTS.
What are called demi-trains have sue
ceeded to the enormously long skirts worn
last winter. and are much better suited to
their materials.
Round skirts are also fashionable-tha
is to say skirts that just clear the ground
and are the same length all round. These,
with skirts of moderate walking length,
make sufficient variety and ought to suit
every taste. -.
The question is often asked whether short
skirts are gored all round. They are not;
they arc gored in front and at the sides, but
gathered full in the back-the same as long
skirts.
NEcKTIEs.
There are four new neckties, one the $50
rosis," made in satin, edged with lace; an
other the "Panier," forming sort of semi
circular puff, edged with fringe; third,
the sailors cravat,n a silk necktie knotted
loosely. and fourth, the "Irma," which is
square bow of striped ribbon with fringed
ends.
m RoNNETs