The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-26
SPRING STYLES.
LOL. r FASHION NOTES FOR THE
LADIES.

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Dresses Worn by Charleston Bellies.
The weather this spring has been. 30 Ca
prlcious-warm one day and cold the next
that but few spring costumes have appeared
upon our streets. Sill, as the season advances
the cry "What shall we wear and how shall
we make 1t, ~ ls heard In the land, and our
lady friends will doubtless thank us for few
hints on the subject.
The fashion authorities concur IN assuring
us that
POLoNAISES WILL STILL Be WORN
of every style-loose, half-attlng, and tight:
overskirts; indeed, according to Madame
Demorest, no dress with an overskirt OF any
description can be entirely unfashioRable.
For the house, tha princess dress OF Few
years ago will be much worn both for morn
Ing and late into the afternoon. This is
graceful, close-ftling Gabrielle, with waist
and skirt cut In one; Ia buttoned down be.
fore; sometimes has vest added In front;
has large, square pockets, and Is elightly
traiued. A pretty mode ia fine, gray poplln,
with vest and deep cuffs Ct lilac sllk; also
clusters of silk founces that come up very
high In front and recede at each side, coming
to point behind. Down the back Ia o row OF
large bows of silk arranged like watteau.
Sleeveless Jackets are worn With these, as
with other dressus, both for the street and
parlor. They are pretty, stylish and becom-
lng-ireshen up all old dress. and improve
new one. One of our most distinguished
Richmond bellies recently appeared 10 one OF
these, of black velvet trimmed with passa-
menterle and gulpure lace, and with wat
down, and trimmed In the same manner. 1t
was worn with street dress Of black silk.
BRIDAL DRESSES.
Orange blossom fallle, of the cream-Linted
wilderness OF the flower 10 its perfection, is
the superb fabric of bridal dresses for the
spring weddings that occur soon after Easter.
French fancy rejecls all elaborate laces for
BRIDES dresses, and suggests 40 more con-
gruous for this last dress of grlhood simple
ruches and plises of dainty Malines tulle, with
many garlands OF orange-elossoms. For tnls
uress Of silk, tulle, and flowers, the design Is
trained skirt with high basque, or else low
Greek corsage. The dimensions OF the skirt
are two yards for lts greatest length, and i've
and halt for its width OF the foot. 1t may
be left In plain, soft, richly-fowing folds, or
es eaborately trimmed as the wearer chooses,
but all oVer-sklrts, except the merest aprons,
are now omitted, as The sash and veil form
ample drapery.
At q late fashionable wedding at st. paul's
the bride wore dress OF while gros grain
trimmed high on the front breadth, with
founces OF the same, hemmed on either edge,
drawn Ia the middle by a cord-arranged In
points and finished at the sides by perpen-
GIcular puff. The long train fell In vatican
fold, and the low corsags and short sleeves
were ornamented with handsome p0int,iace; e.
The veil, also OF point lace, was fastened 10
the hair In front by cluster of oraDge-blos-
SONS, aud fell gracefully on the tournure be-
hind.
OTHER DRESSES.
Among the dresses which Northern furnish
log houses are preparing for spring are the
new ioulards oil dark gray, brown and blue
ior house or street; aud, Tor midsummer, are
black grenadines, with batistes, linens and
sott-anished percales. Piqnes are not liked as
well as formerly. as they are thick, warm and
lin, bishops lawn, nainsook In cross-bars,
and polka-dotled Swiss muslin, with other
anliquated soft fabrics, are 10 De used instead.
Blick grenadlne, either plain or figured,
will be the most popular; the newest ones
have lace-llke stripes over an inch wide, with
plain, smooth grenadine strlre between.
Various other stripes are shown, but mostly
an black; sometimes color is introduced,
but not generally. The most costly grena-
dimes have fonnces and oVprsklrts uf The
same, elaborately brocaded either 10 black or
colors; the black are most stylish. While
REeDhulH66 UEOCbucu III COlOio uo ioou-
lOnable for midsummer.
But little change in style, 1t is said, will be
introduced Into The spring anits;it will be
more In the minor details. Que change we
heartily hope will not be only rnmor, but be
entirely aud successfully carried out that ts,
that dresses are again TO be OF clean walk
Ing length, 80 says rumor, aud many dresses
have been 90 made. It ls too early yet to say
# the fashion will be carried through. Long
Our iar Partisan sisters never wear long
dress for walking in; 1t ia worn for riding and
home wear-lhe place where it rightly be-.
lOngs-noL In doing the duty OF street sweep
Ing on our dirty thorOughtures.
Paunler puffs ore again 10 be revved-the
huge puffs OF iour years ago-certalnly not
pretty for short dress; but 80 It Is TO be
worn, for long train dress, 10 be iooped
over easb, 1t is both pretty and conve-
nlent.
Melon puffs are revived for trimming some
of the haadsomest dresses, and offer slight
change from kilt plaitugs and gathered
founces. These puff, are made OF straight
widths of the silk joined at the selVedges, aud
lined with foundation muslin. They are
formed by taking slight seams on the wrong
side OF the fabric at Intervals OF Two or three
Inches, leaving the space between to form q
puff on the right side. AS there are no gathers
in these smooth puff, the stiff muslin lining
is necessary to keep them we'll rounded, aud
sometimes thick cordlng Ct candle wick
covered with silk is used to separate The puff.
Wide puffs are more stylish Than narrow
ones.
Sklr;s are trimmed very high In front,
often to the Waisl-to be worn With the polo
nslse open before, which are now n vogue.
Some have the front breadth formed entirely
of kilt plating, others are puffed or nounced
very high. EqualC stylish suits are nounceo
to lhe waist behind, and worn With an apron
overskirt with sashes.
For sIreet-drpsses the coat.sleeve is stll de
rI0ueur-gpneray fLLing rather closely, and
anished at the wrist with deep cuff and
bow, or buttons; and again, on some sleeves,
there ls The cap at the lop-so long discarded
that Its return seemed even more than doubt
full For house-dress the sleeve ls less se-
yere-not quite 30 closely y-dlting-lhe outer
seam being sometimes lett open from three
inches 10 llle elbow. and finished with more
ornamental cuff a stylish finish 10 q loosely
fitting coat-sleeve is bias piece, about len
Inches In depth aud about the same in
breadth, laid on 10 three or four plaile, from
the inner 10 The outer seam, trimmed win
whatever trims The dress, and con1ned Oh
the outside OF the arm with bow. For
dinner dress, or for The epening-With nigh
necked waist, or the bosom en- Ponpadour
or en- surpllce-the antique or elD0W-sleeVe,
finished with flounces, bows. &c, with q
lace under-sleeve, or the half-fowing sleeve,
finished In a similar manner, will be worn.
later sleeve Is cut TO ft smoothly In the
arm-hole, but it is pulled over the elbow and
gathered Into band, with flounces, cuff