Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-02-02
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NEW YORK. FASHIONS.
EVENING DRESSES.

EVENING DRESSES.
Medium-length trains are the rule
this season for full dress. Sixty inches
is their average length, and wedding
dresses are seldom over two yards long
The back Of trained skirts must be
very boufiant in order To be stylish !;
but this is now often effected by the
under-skirts. and the dress widths are
permitted to fall straight from the
waist. Over-skirts Of every shape and
fashion are worn, yet many elegant
dresses are without them, having, in
stead, the back widths fiOunced very
high, or else asingle wide tlounce pass
es around the train, and is graduated
I'D tie side bpeadths to the belt, while
the three front breadths are plain, or
with On apron drapery at the top. The
latter plan has the effect Of court
train, and is greatly in favor for rich
fabrics that ladies dislike to have cut
into short breadths for Over-skirts.
This train is not separate from and
overlapping the front breadths, as are
regular court trains, but is sewed in
the second scam on the side. The
three front breadths are like those of
an ordinary walking skirt, while the
second side breadths extend at least
twelve inches below the first side
breadths, to which they are sewed- The
second side breadths and two or three
straight back widths form the train,
which is called a square. train, because
it is cut off square and abruptly on the
sides: it must, however, be gracefully
rounded in the back. Sometimes the
train is covered with ruffles, but a sin
gle broad flOunce trims it very hand
somely. This flounce stops at the front
breadths, while its heading, usually q
wide ruche, or perhaps two ruches, eX-
tends up the second side seam to the
waist. If the material is scant, a
Spanish flounce is set on the edge Of
the train instead of above it, and this
flOunce is improved by being lined
with white foundation muslin, and
having a white plcated muslin frill
basted underneath, to show when the
train is moved in walking or dancing.
The front breadths of this skirt need
not be trimmed but if the wearer
prefers, q row of bows is sometimes
placed down the middle, or perhaps a
short apron, edged with lace, a ruiiie,
or fringe, is draped across the top
The waist of such q dress should have
position basque with pointed front,
and may be either high or low as the
occasion requires. We have spoken
before of the design of this dress as
one of Worth's best fancies, and have
also commended it on economic prin-
ciples, as it may he made of silk of two
cOlOrs, thus offering a good plan for
combining two partly worn dresses, or
of freshening the sailed front breadths
of trained skirts with new silk. Two
shades of a color are used, as very dark
with very light green, but contrasting
colors are preferred. \ lovely dress
of this kind was made of two colOrs of
faille. rose or pearl, with white du-
cheese lace for trimming. The basque
of pearl-cOlOr had a rose pink vest
that showed deeply back of the Shout
ders. and was outlined by a soft drape-
ry of pearl silk, edged by duchesse
lace, caught at intervals by tiny bows
of pink faille, and finished where ii
descended behind the shoulders Ivy
Wattea bow and ends of pink faiile.
The antique sleeves had lace ruffics at
thes elbow and pink bows. The
skirt was a demi-train of pearl
color, with a deep iounce faced with
pink outlining of court train, while
the front had two short, bread, and
apTons-One pink, the
other pearl, and both edged with point
duchesse. Tulie pleated Tuches at the
throat and inside the sleeves compile
ted one of the handsOmcst dresses of
the season. Il very similar dress was
a train of pale Nile green silk, with
vest and front breadths of peach-blOw
failIe, and 1ounces of point applique.
FAILLE AND SILK.
The palest tints of silks are most
stylish. At the beginning of the sea-
son only fine failles, worth s. or So
q yard, were produced in the faint
tints, but now cheaper silks,
50 50 or So, are.shown in pale
rose, sky blue, light green, and the
delicata ecru, and cuir shades that
50 prcttily with rose and viO-
LEI. and mav be trimmed with either
black or white lace. These cheaper
silks, when lined, are quite handsome
and are 50 covered with tulle, grena-
dine, and muslin over dresses that
their quality is Hot apparent.
EMBROIDERED TULLE ovERSKIRTs.
Beautiful over-skirts of embroider-
ed tuilc, almost as rich-lOOking as lace,
and far less expensive, are among late
White trlle skirts are
wrought with white silk floss in elabO-
rate floral patterns, while black tulle
has white and gilt figures. They cost
from sos To $6j. One Of these, worn
on New-YeaTs's Day, was much ad-
mired. The train of black faille had
three pleated fOunces of black tulle,
hemmed with row upon row Of straw
colOred floss; the black tulle upper
skirt was eXquisitively embroidered
with white and straw-colored daises.
The basque had tulle pleatings and
white lace around the neck and sleeves.
Another for quite young lady was of
pale pink silk. with white tulle fOun-
ces on the train, headed by puff of
tulle; the white tulle
oyer-skirt was wrought with white
ana surrounded by an embroid-
cred ficlnce; the high basque was
covered fIom the armholes to the
throat with standing pleated frills of
soft silk tulie. and the much-pleated
postilIion and sleeves had pufEs and
bands Of embroidered tulle.-Hayper'S
Bdzudr.
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