The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-01
& FASHIONS FIGURES.
STYLES FOR THE CENTENNIAL YEAR.

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CHANCES AT THE STOCKS OF RICHMOND
MODIsTEs-ALovE-OF- DESCRIBED
DRESS GoODs-oRGANDIEs AND wool
FABRICs-THE cRowN1NG GLoRY-Ho-
sIERY AND Wells. ,S<' .<
Now that spring has really come, with its
greenness, warmth, and freshness, the ladies
are coming out in full force and fashion.
There is very little change in the material Of
the latter, but the "make-up" is quite dill
ferent. The Centennial style Of fastening is
quite popular-i. e., basques, polonaises, and
plain waists are laced or buttoned behind.
The sharp pointed stays OF plain bodies
like those seen in the engraving OF fsLady
Washington's Reception"
A LovE-oF-A-sILK.
at one of our most fashionable Richmond
dress-maker's was seen last week gray
silk suit, the lower skirt Of plain gray trim
med with five graduated flounces of plain
silk, the bottom one about eight inches
deep, each founce losing an inch in depth as
they were placed upon the skirt. The
fiounces were side-pleated, and Immediately
under each flounce Of plain material was a
narrow pleating Ct gray plaid silk about
three inches deep under the bottom
f1ounce, and gradually losing in depth as
the plain lounces lost in depth. The over
| skirt was Of plaid gray silk, the front FORM
ing deep tablier, looped high on the right
side and folding deep on the left. A broad
plated sash was looped diagonally across
the back from left to right, and through this
a long end was passed, falling at the lett.
Deep netted fringe trimmed the overskirt.
The basque was OF plain silk, with fine per-
pendicular seams in the back, imparting a
slender, long-waisted effect to the form. 1t
was in "cuirass" shape, and only simple
cord was used for trimming. The sleeves
were plaid, trimmed at the hand with a side
pleating OF the plain silk falling openly
over the hand, and finished at top Of the
plcating with bow OF gray ribbon.
CONSOLATION FOR STOUT LADIES.
The styles seem peculiarly suited for
stout people, as there are many designs for
polonaises with no superfuous fullness.
These are fastened in the back; but il it is
desired to have the fastening in front, it is
only necessary to allow the hens, and lap
there instead of in the back, and simulate
the button-holes in the back, while the
| trimming OF ribbon looped down the front
will hide the fastening in front.
WASH GOODS.
Wash goods will be much used for street
suits the coming season; cream color is espe-
cially liked in cambrics, iaconetS, and per-
Gales.
There is very little novelty in making
these dresses up. The lower skirt is ar
ranged for slight train in the street; one
| tx..n hinc HoI1npnc ISonnfIrl iS tho frln1-
ming. The overskirt is long apron sloped
to the figure, with full back-breadths caught
up in a puff behind by means Of sash OF
the material. The bodyemay be belted
basque or aside-pleated waist.
FIGURES NOT WORN.
Figures are not worn at all-only stripes,
plaids, brocades, or plain goods, sometimes
all three being used in the same suit. Over
skirts are worn longer and longer, thus
heralding the return to dresses without
overskirtS.
Old-fashioned organdies, and the cool,
clear lawns in favor generation ago, have
been revived for the centennial year, and
come in bordered patterns. The foundation
OF the dress is in hair stripes, or bars, OF
rose-buds OF color on white or cream-tinted
grounds, with gaily-howered borders on
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used for tlouncing and trimming the dress.
TIE STANDARD DRESS FOR SUMNER.
Black grenadine will again, as it has
always been, be the standard dress for sum-
mer, as black silk is for all other seasons.
Ail-wool fabrics are much used by girls
and misses in their teens, combinations OF
colors prevailing to as great an extent as for
their mothers. Striped are preferred to
plaid goods, and gray, in stripes and plaid,
being in higher favor than ecru or brown.
wooLLEN FABRICS.
Woollen fabrics are frequently made uT
in connection with silk, the latter serving
for skirt and sleeves Of the costume.
The skirts for misses dresses are never
more than three yards in breadth at bottom,
and reach the ankles. They arc cut gored
front, one sidc-gore and a straight back,
breadth. The trimming is either one or two
rows OF knife-pleating, boX-pleating, or
shirred flounce. Trimming is put on as
plainly as possible.
THE GROWING GLORY.
But. alluring as the novelties in dress
goods and styles are, we must not, Ill OIL
| anxiety to endeayor to describe, or ut least
give a faint idea OF what we have seen, for
get the crowning glory OF q lady's toilet
the bonnet. To begin with the shape OF the
bonnets-the most difficult part OF them, a:
there are such variety of styles that Il
seems almost as if each wcarer was destined
to have a style OF her own. We see Dotf
large and small bonnets, tlaring fronts ano
close ears, square crowns and round crowns
and finally the long-eXpected bonnets VIII
curtains reappear; but these are so clumsy
looking that we do not think they Will be
come popular. But all have the high ettec
given to them, either by q crown or ralset
front. The material of which they are com
posed is very soft, light chip, either cream
white, or black There is Il bonnet witt
ample crown and close ears, which has beel
imported for old ladies, who have had rea
son to complain Of late that no provision wa
made for them. Round hats show yer.
little novelty in shape.
NET Wells.
Cream and ecru shades still retain thei
popularity. The newest wells are Of ecrl
net with chenille dots, and these look wei
with dark bonnets. There is also larg'
meshed ecru net resembling the plain par
Of the ecru lace, but nothing is more dress!
for theatres, ETC., than the cream silk tull'
made at Lyons, and used also for the trim
ming Of dressy bonnets.
For travelling, ladies arrange their wells ir
comfortable manner, whether they bt
made OF net or of colored gauze: They
place the centre of the veil over the fact
Smoothly, pass each end backward, eros;
them behind the head, and after bringing
them forward again they tie them under The
chin, in what is called mammoth bow.
HIGH ENGLISH COLLAR.
The high English collar, with rolled
noints in front. will remain in fashion