The Hickman courier., 1871-05-06
peaa,ng for the Ladtes.
We make the following extracts from
Jennie June's fashion letter in the
Courier Journal of May Sd:

COU11eT-JOuTHdt oi ma ou
FASHIONABLE coLoRs.
The union of light, bright torquoise
blue with buff or pale yellow is very
fashionable, and the same desigus are not
unfrequently repeated in stone color and
blue.
White muslin over "cameop and neu-
trail tints is one of the distinctive features
of the spring. dinner dresses and toilets
for small evening reunions, always
Frightened by flower garnitures, or sash
es embroidered or striped in italian COL
ors. Without overdresses, these same
rich neutral. tinted silks form most dis
tiueuished toilets, made with long train
ed skirt and basque, and without trim
ming, except fringe of guipure lace of
the same shade, which is placed upon the
BASQUE and falls over the Vaienciennes
lace border of the muslin jacket beneath.
HooPED SKIRTS.
There has been great effort to get
rid of hooped skirts, and it has been
partially successful. With long dresses,
hooped skirts are not now worn at all
only a hustle, small or large, according
to the taste and fancy of the wearer. The
underskirts are, of course, long-nearly
the length of the train-and generally
very much trimmed with tuckiDg and
futing, which greatly assists to support
the length of the dress skirt.
For time, the short walking dress,
also, was worn minus hoops and plus a
bustle, but that has not been found neat
G convenient. The fullness of the skirt,
s9read out over the hustle, fell, in
sraight, thick folds to the feet, tapping
il at the ankles most ungracefully. Near
| lyall ladies, even those who for time
! discarded it, have returned to the small
hop, with a curved back, forming small
btstle, finding the slight distention (the
new hooped skirts only measure 90 inch
esat the base) essential to comfort, es-
pe,ially with the lighter spring dress
maeriaIs. Over this hoop, some young
ladies'. and some who are older and ought
to know better, wear IAN enlarged hustle,
giving them the appearance of posses
sing an unnatural and most grotesque
hump or protuberance.
80 wad some power
Tie giftie gle us"
SPRING AND SUMNER MANTLEs.
The newest garment of this description
is a short sack, with or without sleeves,
and cape forming in effect double
cape This is imported in 6ne black
cashmere, very richly embroidered.w with
black or white, or with mixture of
black and white, and bordered with lace
or fringe, or both There are also cos
tunes in cashmere black or pearl gray,
forming tunic skirts and jackets, or a
poonaise with basques, for wear over
silk skirts, long or short. These costumes,
richly embroidered and trimmed with
guipure lace cost from $50 to $3.50,
but are really distinguished, and in high
favor because they can be worn with a
short black silk skirt for walking dress,
or with long lavender or pearl colored
silk for visits and receptions.
BoNNETs.
There is nothing new to record in
bonnets or hats. Frou- Frou gypsies, of
straw or chip, trimmed with the inevita
Bile streamers of lace, or gros grain rib
bon, are most popular, especially among
young ladies, while the full gypsy, or the
Charlotte Corday, seems to be more
fanciful but more distinguished taste.
Wells
are squares of dotted net or gauze, the
former edged with real thread lace, and
having a narrow ribbon run through the
top in the old style.
GLOVES.
Many buttoDed gloves have been re-
stored to us at an average increase of
price of % cents per button. Whether
the extra buttons are worth the extra
million annual expenditure is question
for debating society.
s'FAIRY FRINGE NEGKTIEs"
are the latest and prettiest ornament for
.eral strands of soft fringed silks, fasten-
ed together at the ends and finished with
soft tassels. They are made in all colors,
and in very lovely shades of color, and
are wonderfully becoming.
There is a rage for lace, which finds
its justification in the beauty of the new
designs aud new manufactures Ouch
esse lace (another name for Honiton,) y
Valenciennes and guipure, in white,
black and tints, are used in the greatest
profusion and in rich, elegant materials,
as nothing else can. Black guipure lace,
over white floss fringe, has charming
effect. Ecru silk grapes, and.ecr silks,
are trimmed with guipure lace and in
sertions exactly matching in tint.
WASHING GRENADINES.
This is new material which is rap.
idly superseding tarlataue and muslin IL
the making of over dresses. aud evening
toilettes for young ladies. 1t is also used
for making the plaitings, edged with
patent Valenciennes lace, which are SO
much employed in the trimming and re-
fitting of light colored silks for '.at home"
wear. 1t is a clear white fabric, like
tarlatane in appearance, quite as trans
parent, but frmer. and possessing the
advantage of washing beautifully.
wAIsTcoATs.
Silk waistcoats, white or colored, cut
deep, and outlined with rich lace, are the
latest feature of elegant dinner dresses.
White with black, turquoise blue with
stone color, or buff pink with brown,
constitute the leading combinations
The waistcoat is fastened with buttons
containing the two colors of the waist
coat and body part of the dress. A very
handsome pearl -colored faille dress was
trimmed with bands of white satin, COW
Tered with rows of black guipure lace,
and white satin waistcoaat, outlined with
black lace.
MUSLIN UNDER JACKETS.
All silk dresses are made with jackets
of India muslin,s edged with broad Val
enciennes lace, which are worn under the
basque, and are cut exactly like it, so
that the face, or fringe of the basque may
fall directly over the Ealenciennes bor-
der of the jacket beneath This is par
ticularly effective for black silks trim
med with black guipure lace.
LINEN SUITS
are worn more than ever, both white and
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