The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-03-07
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fashionable dressmaks-s charge
from $50 to SO, refusing to make
tile simplest dress for less, and OF
ten asking more. Now, that much
money viii buy an entire and pret-
" suit made, NOS in Paris exactly,
but in Berlin, BY men taiiors, who
sew beautifully, pressing and I'm
isting their work at corners and
edges far more neatly than French
grisettes do. Aud the style is
good, too, copied direct from the
latest Paris fancies.
There will not be much novelty
or any marked change in spring
costumes, and last years dresses
can easily be modernized. Suits
will be composed of = skirt, over
skirt French blouse, and mantle, ol
else q single skirt with a polonaise,
to which talma cape is attached.
Capes will be the rage; SO beware,
girls Of sacques, except they ar,
sleeveless sacques worn under tai
mas and giving the effect of double
capes. Overskirts will still b,
worn with open fronts, mucl
bunched up on the sides, and hang
ing long behind on very bouffani
tournure. Underskirts, to be styl
ish, must be long enough to drag OF
The pavement, 8 slovenly fashion
that am sorry to record, and one
which Louisville girls, with their
pl city feet and THAR very pretty
CATERS, far handsomcr than any
shoes made here, have no business
to follow. The fashionable French
blouse is like the infant waist we
used to gather to q belt, with this
difference: the belt is left out and
the blouse is heightened four or five
inches below the natural taper Of
the waist, so that it will spring over
the hips, where il is tucked away
ont Of sight beneath the belt Of
your overskirt. Two darts taken
in each front makes it fit trinity.
Let the darts be short, and, above
all, make short shoulder seams,
sewing your coat sleeve in high
- on the arm, for broad shoul
ders are no longer admired. Floun-
ces will not 60 out Of fashion, no
matter if we are tired of them, and
let me tell the Ledger girls, en-
broidered ruffles of the dress mate
rial promise TO be the stylish trim
ming for summer dresses. Pale
buff (not straw color batistes,
lawns and linens have scsntily gath
cred rufiles q flnger-length deep,
the lower edge scalloped in button
hole stitch, with white floss, and a
vine-leaf pattern embroidered above
it. SO 60 to work now, gtsls, with
your roll of rufiling, and next sum
lnef when every one adnlilrs your
lovely dress with all that elaborate
work, you can boast that you did it
! don't mean to go hack |
on the ready made suits just now
commenced, but it speaks well for a |
lady to make her own clothes. espe- !
cialiy if they are tastefully and be
comingly worn, and don't look !
Put three smbroid
cred rufiies around the skirt, one on
the overskirt, two on the coat
sleeves, aud ono all around the
tama.
Dolly Vardens, or polonaises Of |
lowered chintz, will be a feature of
next seasons costumes. When /
hey were introduced last summer,
hey looked like a bedroom easy /
chair rolling around, but before the
season ended we got used to them
md liked them. This year they 1
viii be, dressmakers predict, the
eading feature for ont of-town cos
.umes, and for morning dresses i
own. They are very gay, and on
some women they look ridicu
ous, but when prettiiy worn they |
make = very lovely picture OF the
yearer A eoquettish little cap Of
White muslin, . sort of Marie Stew
.rt Fanchon, is worn with these and
allied a Dolly Warden cap.
The favorite fancy work at pres
Mt is darning guipure net squares
n lace designs for pin-cushion coy
rs, sofa pillows, tides, etc. II is
employment, and does ]
ot tire the eyes, as gnipes meshes
re large and square. Miss Tiffany,
he jewelers. daughter, learned this
eedle- work abroad. and makes
aany beautiful things OF it. Deal
rs say her specimens are hand
omer than any they import. m
ther lady has made curtains or
er room Of alternate blocks Of gui-
ure and Swiss muslin, lined with
lue silks and babies affghanH Of
his lace lined with softly quilted
ilk, and richly fringed.