Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-01
AUGUST FASHIONS.
Something New Under the Sun.

OVAAObAAhE ANOU ChNOA NAO gum
What to Wear and How to Wear It
The Newest Fashions Out.
Correspondence of the Union and American.
NEW YORK, July 80, 1S73.-There is
something new under the sun, at least in
fashions. Probably neither Solomon's
wives nor our grandmothers, those much
quoted old ladies, ever wore altar cloth or
pale blue linens, which are now the ex-
tremes of the mode, the one for undress
walking suits, the other for high promenade.
The altar cloth-or guipure cloth, as the
English call its white or scra linen of 8
silky finish, woven like darned netting or
the guipure that comes for curtains, very
airy, soft as Grape, and with lece-like
stripe that makes 1t very stylish. Made in
the long, loose polonaise, with border of
real guipure and worn over pale, leaf
brown silk, it makes costume of great
elegance. The price ranks with the high
est polonaise goods Of the season-$9. so q
yard.
The pale turquoise and the dark marine
blue linens, obligingly lend themselves to
any complexion IL the crsvat and ribbons
are chosen the right color. The darkest
brunette may wear marine blue, with the
broad white linen frill in the neck and a
bright crimson neckte and cardinal birds
wing in her hat. Or she may find the pale
blue more becoming with white stripes and
bands of trimming and sheer linen ses to
wear with it, relieved by studs of scarlet
coral, or tiny dot of red in some shape.
The blonde claims both these blues asher
own peculiar colors, but nothing looks more
vulgar than the snowy white braiding on
the deep blue. Even the revers of plain
white are in ABRUPT contrast and the suit
of solid color with piping folds of white will
give longer satisfaction than any OF the
taking designs which are only fit for shop
windows. License is allowed, however, in
carriage and yachtinI dress, for which the
following striking model is imported: Red
ingote of marine blue summer cosh, one
of those which looks like tricot beaver, but
Is light as Grape. 1t is single breasted,
with revers on the breast and skirt of white
cloth, embroidered by hand in sprays of
dark blue and the cuffs wrought to cores
pond. The front is set off with large white
buttons embroidered with blue. THIS over
q white serge, rufiled and bound with blue,
makes an extremely stylish yachting dress.
For the beach or travelling, this may be
modified by making the revers like redin-
cote and braiding with Turquoise blue.
An imported travelling dress, seen at the
springs, was dark blue summer serge, the
skirt trimmed with three fve-inch ruffles,
the upper SKIRT with one; the half polonaise
hung loose and long in front, but formed an
easy fitting basque :ehin of the ordinary
size. 1t was finished with worsted passe
menterie of light blue an inch wide, sin
gle row above, not on the edge of the ruff
fies, the bias band and the pOlonaise. Il is
quite the fancy to trim stuff dresses in this
way, with lighter color, such as Nile green
on purple, msuve on violet, rose color on
wood. ...
Nearly every one thinks of travel in Au-
gust, the desire being for change somehow,
even if not In all respects foc the better.
Ladies who remodel their Wardrobes for
the seasons trip will be glad of few di-
rections which may be followed at a dis
tsGce from the convenient variety of large
CITY shops:
UnbIesched linens is the commonest fabric
from Georgia to Montana, and that is most
stylishly made up with fiat bands Of self
color three inches wide, piped with white
or black. Linen fringes and striped bands,
look too cheap. The redingote must be long
coming below the knee in front, and every
one is glad it is allowable to wear them
loose. The fronts we cut like large sack,
high on the shoulder, without bias seams
and simply hemmed OF faced on the right
side two inches wide. The latest patreHs
have only seam in the middle OF the back
and no side forms which do not iron well,
white the garment sits snugiy enough with
out them. The seams in front show the un-
derwaist which is plested without lining,
and finished with little floring band to re-
ceive the collar of white linen. The redin-
cote has loose coat sleeves, with deep cuffs,
hemmed and turned back with buttons.
The double row OF buttons up the front
must be of large size, fiat, covered with
linen, worked, if one far cies, in satin stitch
ed with white. If pearl buttons are used,
they must be of the largest size, Oxydized
silver-anG wrought steel looks well on
gray linen.
Ruffies are worn On both white and linen
dresses, but are ironed carefully, without
huting, which is only doDe on underwear
and childrens' clothes.
The fee French combrics look like
heavy lawns without finish and the delicate
designs are very tempting indeed for sum-
mer. The English make them upon long,
pulled polonaises to wear over plain skirt
of the principal color, either silk or Clam
berry giDgham. The latter comes in de-
lighttul variety of perfectly fresh soft tints,
without the faded look which has always
chara cterized them. Bus all confess par
TALLY for the half Opaque Edress over the
white futed skirt, the unined polonaise
looped high behind and finished either
with Italian valencieDnes or crisp machine
made ruffies. The lining must be sepsr Ate
and either higher or half as low, as one
fancies, though the former is preferable
Half dozen waists of white linen such as
comes at forty cent yard, or even less
reaching the throat, with long plain sleeves
finished with needle-work, valenciennes OF
Smyrna edging will be found very conVen-
lent and cool for summer, and dispense