Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-14
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New York Fashions.

New Work Fashions.
CAMBRIC AND CALICo DRESSES.
How shall we make calico and cam
hric dresses prettily? is the inquiry o
many correspondents. fhe answer j,
easily given, as sonic of tile most taste
fuI costumes both for house apd stree
are made OF these simple fabrics, ant
yarc, withal, 50 plainly made that they
are not terror To- the laundress IA
the first place, mHch, depends upon the
goods selected. The prcfcranCe is foi
| American camDricS- of the various
| brands sold for . cents ward, and
the finer soft-finished cambrics, said
| to be imported. After these are the
| linen lawns AT % or 80 cents, priced by
many for their sheerneSs, while Others
| object to them for the same reason
| and lastly, and ordinary prints at Is
cents yard. In pattern the fancy
| just now is decidedly for stripes, and
these, to make up effectively, must bc
distinct and uniform, not of irregular
widths. Black lines on white grounds
are most used; then blue or brown =
Undressed camLTics with soft gray
grounds makeup well, and do not soil
readily; green and lavender do not
seem to be in favor. For ladies who
think themselves too tail for stripes
there are polka dots, daSl ,es, diamonds,
and Maltese crosses These small fig
urcs look best when set at wide inter
vals. The cheapest prints are found
this season in as good style as the fin
est cambrlcs
The purchase made, the dress is
fashioned into 4 costume that serves
alike for the house, and for morning
walks i'm the country The most prev
alent style has hoX-pleated blouse
waist, or shirt, a. it is how called, an
upper and lower skirt. The shirt
requires two and half yards Of wide
cambric. Tear OFT width for each
front. and third width for the back,
making them finger longer than u
heIted blouse would be, as "a drawing
string is used instead ofa belt, and the
ends of the waist are concealed beneath
the skirt. Three hOX-pieats, each an
inch and half wide, are laid perpen-
dicularIy on one front. two such plCats
and hem on thtOther. The boX-plcat
that forms TIE centre of the fronts is
stitched on each edge like that on gen
tlemen's shirt fronts; the otEe plcats
are merely sewed in the centre, and
should be raised by the laundress after
ironing. When plealed the shirt Is cut
out by a blouse-waisI plattern, allow
ing II a trifle larger about the should
ers and armhoieS, as the shirt is more
neglige than an ordinary blouse. The
sleeves are ample, coat-shape, slightly
gathered to u square cuff that is il tn
ger deep, fastened on the outside of
the wrist by three buttons. The rol-
lar is sailor shape, or else a standing
band with pointed front. The buttons
are of hite linen pearl, or else moulds
covered with the material. The upper
skirt is quite long, with an apronfront
width slightly gOred, Il side gore, and
one or two full back breadths, as the
wearer prefers it more or less huuifant.
A drawing string the entire length of
the second side seam draws it up nigh
on the hips. and drapes it, with the
assistance of Il few p!eats behind
The edge is bordered with a bias band
two inches wide, or else IL cut III
Greek squares or points, and bound
with percale the color of the stripe
The lower skirt has two such bands
set above the them.
A costume of this kind. worn by Il
Young blonde, is of blue STRIPED cam
5bric. with the sailor collar. the cuffs,
belt, and 6ias bands solid blue cam
bric. 4 white straw sailor hat, With
blue ribbon band and long streaners,
was worn with it. Ladies who are too
stout for full pleated waists cut plain
blouse, and stitch on bias bands to sim
IL. f-,,,, fl IN
simple dresses, 6ut fiat plertiTg on
the lower skirts looks well when the
stripes are very fine.
Ladies' who have a nut brown skirt,
or one of black silk, can vary their
toiletts ineXrcnsively by wearing over
them pleated shirts of linen lawn, buff
linen, batiste, or striped canbric. For
instance. with dark brown silk skirt
with two gathered ilouuces we have
seen an upper skirt and shirt of white
linen lawn with fine lines of brown.
The box-plcats of tire shirt were bound
with brown braid finest alpaca braid
as were the cuffs and collar; bia>
band around the upper skirt was pipcd
with brown large brown buttont
lnopcd the over~kirt and butIoucd- the
shirt. and the belt was brown belt rib
ben. Tile hat wa, White English
straw trimmed with brown grps grain
and ostrich tufts \ buif linen skirt
and over-skirt, with under-Skirt Of
brown silk. forms a pre;ty traveiiing
dress. White Niet0riaT- lawn bver
dresses made i'm fhis way are worn
over black silk, and the finry for peat
ed waiss i so grr;S that fine grena-
dime is also gotten up after this plan.
Shirts of white linCiI striped with
black, smell n il sold FOR 75 cents y
ward. are worn with two skirts of black
silk or 81 alpaca and ,al-o with gray
skirts. The iictk-tie Is n black lace
Barb or "a sailor knot of black silk cut
on the b ~. ga. -as-
A regular pOlonaisc costume is the
neQt devise 1Gr washing fabrics, bat Is
rather eIahoate. fluth the p0lonaises
found among our cut paper patterns
are used as nlodc!s for these suits, and
also the Marguerite poiUIaisc' lately
described. : stylish Costume prepar-
ed for Newport is u MaTgaerite pOlo7
laise OF white linen striped with black
worn either with black six siViit or
with one az the. linen .friMmed- With
kit pleafire L1plt lpnl,hipise j. lex
l{,sisitively dfaped AAIrI,ly byia,dra,g-
ins-StIing in. the seSul that, can bc
loaseiiei when the GARMENTS wished.
] he edge is vandyked and corded with
black linen, The entire front is but
toned by large flat buttons OF white
linen with black embroidered centre.
A novelty this season is the 1ose-
mite elothf ior peanlaiSe1 IL is.a sort
of eret0nne, With thickly tSilled
stripes as glossy as satia, l. very dllra-
bic, and Is in white, buff. aud graz. =
| The poionaise IS trimmed with fringe
or lace of the color Of TIE goods. 1t is
!ooped on the sides with lows OF black
velvet, and worn over a brown or black