The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-29
SUMMER FASHIONS.
WHITE DRESSES.

With the coming Of the warm weather the
new STYLES In thin materials have made their
appearance White Is the preferred color, OF
rather no color, for hot days. Very neal tg-
ured musllns are In market, sut the plain Wnlte
are the favoritee. White orgsndles are made
with two skirts, and the prettlest trimmings
for home dresses are ruti1es hemmed on each
edge, headed with narrow lace, aud set on
with a cord; this finish has lighter effect than
tucks or puffs. The waists are made high.
with four broad plaits back and front A wide
sash of organdy Is more stylish than ribbons.
a dress made up In this style has an exceed
ipgly light and deecy look Of warm evening.
OfcOurse for full dress more elaborate trim
mings OF embroidery and lace are used, and
for looping over black or c0lored silk. pufs
and tucks are effective. In Victoria lawn and
iaconets the prettiest fashion is. that OF TWO
skirts and q halftight basque. Embroideriess,
which for many years past have been suppressed
ed by tucklngs and machine trimmings, nave
reappeared this season. The Hamburg work
is much used, and Is very servlceable. White
percales are handsomest when ornamented
with black velvet; 1t relieves the dead white
ness of the material One very stylish costume
had on the lower skirt Two rows OF broad black
velvet; upper skirt, three rows Of narrower,
and tight. fitting basque, with short tabs ID
front and long postihion behind, ornamented
in the same style.
Small black lace sacques, loose fitting, with
oriental sleeves, are very much worn. They
are in all styles, from the finest thread lace TO
cheap limitations. The llama lace sacques are
preferred for ordinary use, and very pretty
ones are made of figured lace, edge with gull
pure or thread, according to the style. Most
jashionables who have adopted the prevailing
STYLES OF wearing the hair falling low on the
neck behind, have some sort of lace tie TO pro-
tect the black of the dress from soiilng.
GRENADINES.
The new black grenadines have the under
skirt of black Silk flounced with the lighter
material. The iounce should be rather long,
and headed with TWO deep pulls, 80 as to carry
the trimming high; overskirts long and looped;
corsase with long postillions at the back:
Lace Is the preferred ornament, though for hard
service more durable trimming is OF hemmed
rutles, set on with a bias band OF grenadlne
over silk, stitched by machine on eacn edge.
One very elegant costume Is OF wire frame
preuadine; underskirt very long, founce mead
ed with full plated ruffle Of the material,
edged with row Of black lace over Whlte;
oyerskirt finished with puff, on each edge OF 1t
q ruf1le, also with black aud white lace; corsage
high; upper part pufed; below the pufdng ial
of grenadlne and lace, small basque on Inc
front and deep postilion on lne BACK. Inc el.
feet of the mingled black and white was very
pleasing. Fine black grenadines are also made
ilp over colored siks-liiac or gray are the
most suitable pieces. The trimming should be
of rufaes, bound with narrow ribbon the color
OF the underskirt. Black grenadine, with
stripes of some bright color, make very pretty
oyer-dresses, and variety In costume can oe
oblained BY having long polonnalse Win
some bright stripes relieving It, to wear over
the plain black grenadine underskirt. Mnlte
grenadines r in great variety are displayed
Those with small black dot or stripe are the
most stylish, and make up very prettlly When
trimmed with black velvet. For young misses
BRIGHTER colors are admissible. very neat
toilet was In soft white grenadine. with small
stripe OF blue and green. The rutties were
edged on one side with blue and on the other
with green ribbon; corsage high, with broad
nlaits in the back and front; round waist, with
broad plated piece at the back set into the belt
with bow.
These popular fabrics are more in vogue
than ever this season, and are very desirable
for seaside use, as they retain the starcn mucn
longer than organdles or lawns: The preVa-
lent style Is narrow stripes, and the neatest
mode OF making is, dispensing with the ruf1es
and fiounces entirely, to cut bands OF the ma
lerIal on the bias, and set them on with a ma
chine. They should be graduated In width ac-
cording to the dress on which they appear;