The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-13
Facts For The Fair Sea.

Beaded lace sacuues are considere,
the most stylish novelties for the com
ing season.
The newest sashes are OF brOcadt
silk, with long fringcd ends.
The fashionable umbrella for Ladies
is of blue silk.
Skirts of new costumes are to clcal
the ground.
Rubber jewelry is again fashionable,
Nearly all the summer silks are In
stripes.
! Laces for the neck, and also for trim
ming of dresses, outside garments and
! bOnnets, were never so profusely used
rs this season.
| One of the new collars is called the
empress. 1t is Of linen edged with
lace.
Gray wooden suits, trimmed with
dark violet, are greatly in favor with
young ladies, especially with blondes.
New neckties of rose, blue or black
twilled silk have the pointed ends scol-
loped and worked in buttonhole stitch,
and edged with frill of white lace,
either Nlechlin, point, duchesse or ap-
plique.
The black suits worn by brunettes
and blondes alike have long cashmere
aprons almost reaching to the toe, silk
skirts with shirred flounces or the in
evitable plaitings, straight hanging
mot bouifant) sashes behind, instead
of on the side as formerly, and a loose
sacque incrusted with glittering jet
beads, sewcd on every visible spot, and
edged with lace.
\ newly arrived box of French
dresses has most of the basques made
with round belted front, having mere
ly II basque behind, and this basque is
not laid in position plaits, but forms
one large bow, or else is made up of n
four hanging loops. Worth's fancy
for cutting the edge of skirts in blocks,
and showing platngs between, is also
shown again. A fancy for square
pompadour necks, with folded tulle in
them, is revived.
l.e Follett says fashion has directed
that the elegance Of a toilet no longer
consists in its appearing worth II large
sum of money, but simply in the per-
fection ofits fit and details. "In exam
ining the toilets prepared for this
season ut the principal court modistes
we have invariably found that the very
tNl''AiHitN ioohftS NhN"''o, " itii " Nu-
Ills of different ornaments, were in-
tended for some nouvelle riches, while
the simple but tastefully made materi-
ais, whose cachet consisted in their ar
rangements, were ordered by some
grande dame or lady who had claim
to distinction beyond the length of
their purse"
The most popular fashion for maxi
ing black silk dresses proves to he the
basque and long apron, with plaitings
on the skirt. Six of these plaitings
with the alternate ones an eighth of u
yard deep, and the Qtkep three only
half their bScadth, make q beautiful
trimming for silk, 1t is understood
that they are cut straight across the
silk, hemmed on the lower edge by
hand, turned in at the top, and made
TO lap. Sometimes there are only two
or threeplaitingsO on the front breadths,
and three others are introduced on the
sides and round upward behind. The
deep apron, reaching almos4 to the
toe, is made of three brfadths, and also
ROUNDS upward 10 the tournurc, where
IL meets behind and is covered by long
wide sash ends and l0opa, This apron
is edged With Jet fringe or with lace,
and 10 often formed of alternate stripes
of guipure insertion or jet galloon with
tho silk, or else with the new figured
grenadines. The basque is helted in
front, and has bow or loops behind.
Coat sleeves, with plating falling on
the Wriats and a narrow tied scarf