Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-23
SPRING FASHIONS.
The Hair -.- T0ilets---DiHher Dresses -
Crepe dc ChlRe---wrsppinss.

The Hair --- I5iietS---DiHnef dresses ---
Crepe dc e--wrappings
There is, so to speak, no fixed rule
| for dressing the hair; il is generally
combed high in front and arranged in
such q manner as to call to mind the
/ general aspect Of the Marie Ant0inette
styles-but what diversity of details.
Here We see one or two pendant short
braidS; there, these braids are longs
one lady has her head covered with
close short curls, like the fleece OF a
sheep; another wears her hair
crimped, waved and built up like a
( tower; this one adopts short curis,
/ that one wears them as long bell
rope. II short, everything is per-
Missile; and q woman no longer de-
pends on anything but her own indi-
vidual taste, which, like most things
Z here on earth, has both its advantages
and Disadvantages.
PRETTY SPRING TOILET.
One Of the pretties5 spring toilets
for q Young girl Is composed Of skirt,
with low c0rsage and short sleeves,
made Of rose Leaf silk. This dress Is
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twenty-fOur inches wide, cut on the
lower edge in sharp points, and edged
with 3 bias field of white silk. Above
the large hounce is a small founce set
upright the points at the top }, four
inches wide, with scarcely any full
ness. The points are not so large, but
as sharp In proportion as those OF the
wide fiOunce, and are likewise edged
with white silk. Between the iOunces
is a white silk piping. Tunic OF white
Algerine gauze with alternate satin
and mate stripes }, edged with gath
cred fiOunce with heading, in ali,
four inches wide. This hOunce eX-
tends Up the sides to the waist, so as
to separate the fTOntand back breadths.
The front breadthS are draped by two
pleats. The back breadths are draped
horizontally, 50 as to make them very
bOufflnt. Pointed waist Of Algerine
gauze. A large bow without ends,
half of white and half of pink ribbon,
is set on the point of the waist be-
hind. Sleeves rather long, reaching
below the elbow, and finished with
gathered flOunce with 6 heading. Bow
Of pink ribbon il the hair.
AN ELEGANT DINNER DRESS.
A dinner dress, iast devised, IS COM |
posed Of g trained dress Of light gray
satin glacee with silver. Beginning
at the bottom, and extending to the
hight Of rYenty-four inches, are set |
twenty f3OUnces, each an inch and one
fifth in width, made of white Organdy
arranged in small, fat, perpendicular
pleats, forming i5ne stripes. Tne bot !
tom Of these tiOunces is cut in curves, (
and edged with very narrow Nalen- /
ciennes. Tunic of the same Organdy, |
pIeated all around in perpendicular, !
nat pie9ts. The bottom Of the tunic |
is sCallODed IKE the fiOunCes, but on /
larger curves, and edged with very |
wide Eaienciennes lace, The tunic IS |
open in front, and lOOped On each /
side, Just back Of the arms, under a |
large cocarde of black velvet. High |
cOrsage, clt CIT square in 'front.' and |
behind, with the opening edged by !
wide fFiI Of OTgandy, scailoped, Eleat- /
ed and edged with Nalenciennes Ike &!
the fOunces Of the skirt. Sleeves /
rather large, bat reaching only TO the |
elboW, and trimmed with three gra- /
duated fOuRCes ike those already de- |
sCribed. Large CCeaSGes Of black vel |
VeE on the front Of the cOTs5ae. end on |
the sleeve at the hollow OF the srm. !
In the hair a pink rose, 3 black velvet 4
cocarde and three diamond plaques. /
Black velvet necklace and arnlets, /
with diamond plaques.
CREPE De CHINE.
4 kind CT G.eterial whose success 4
may be easily prediEted is crepe de
chine, which has rapidly gained Il
place il the toilet of the day. It's use
Is not circHR RscFibeG % winter dresses.
It is-being made in immense guanti-
ties at Lyons, and in all shades ior the
most elegant spring and summer suits.
This viii be for the richest circle, in
which cashmere dresses generally pre-
vail; that IS tc say, the most graceful
and convenient OfaA toilets; provided
that there is associated thsreWith an
underskirt made Of silk and trimmed
with A0unces. White creme de chine
Will be worn oyer black taffetas, form
ing transparent; GjEer cOlOrs will be
worn over a dress OF taifetaG Of the
same tint, with d white ground, and
designs OF the same color as the crepe
de chine Iulic. II Is important to re-
mark inst this stuff cannot be made
into a trained dress, aud must be worn
oyeg q silk skirt, with a train, if de-
signed fOr evening, and round, if in
tended for q dag costume for spring.
The crepe de chine UuHics are trim
med With light fringe OF the s2me
color, fluffy uks feathers, or crlmped
and wavy. The waist, Of course,
whether high or low, must be Gse the
tUEie,
sPE+NG wRAPPINGs.
We fOres5e the advent for spring
wrappiugs of certain araEed garments
called habits, with Teyers ana cuffs;
these viii bs made of black silk and
worn with dresses of all kinds; bat
suit5-that Is, wrappings OF the same
material as the GEeSs-will not be
far from It. These wrap
pings will either be wholly adjusted or
wholly loose, and IN this case very
short, sl8shed under the arms and in
the middle Of the back, and with very
large sleevGS. In the first case, or
when tight-fittiHg, the spring cos
tune has no outer garment, properly
speaking, the high waist, with its
basque and sashes, COM
poses, with the tuni0, the only wrap
ping. and takes the place OF the adj
jusled ca5qUe; in the second case, the
short, loose paletCt is calculated as
little as possible to embaFrass the
lyearer, already overloaded with
5rapsries, bows, fTiDges, tiOunces and
ruches of all kinds. A long garment
worn over these you'd give a woman
the aspect OF perambQlating cask.
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