Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-30
Dress Fabrics.
New YORK, June,


ments Of any figure. Combinations o
silk and wool are peculiarly effective il
the make up Of the Breton street toilet
which IL one OF the most effective OF thu
seasons styles.
For evening or ,rc'ptlon toilets, bro
caded velvets and ~. kinds OF armur'
and dsmassee materials are used in con
junction with plain gros grain. Silk
with the satin effect are preferred Il
those Of the cashmere finish with thir
materials, Satin.iaced goods Of cotton
and worsted, or mohair and silk, are very
effective IN combination dresses Of Turk
ish brilliante or silk.finished alpac,
makes up pretty in conjunction with thu
shepherd plaidS, which have not lost
prestige.
For travelling suits there are beautiful
goods in neutral colors, which repel dust
and do not readily muss or crinkle with
usage they are, moreover, suitable fol
any occasion. Summer silks with hair
line stripesof color make up very stylish,
and can be bought rs low az fifty cents
per yard.
Among tho
MATERIALS FOR MIDSUMMER
We find that the passion for brocades has
absolutely run riot in the department OF
transparencies. The newest thin fabrics
are the cashmere gauzes, showing the
rich India colors, blended as in Oriental
rugs, with no fixed design, yet very har.
monious and effective. The knotted
warp renders these goods more effective
than other diaphanous materials. Bat.
tiste comes, likewise, in rich damasl'
designs in all the prevalent colors,
cream, tilleul and ecru, and are much
used in combination with plain silks OF
similar shade.
Then, too. there is q return to the
WOODEN bereges once 30 popular. They
come, also, in an admixture of silk and
wool in the new byaden cordes and hair
lines. A new goods, called sea foam, il
q grenadine of silk and linen bright and
airy in effect, yet strong rs fne-drawn
wire, and durable. The corded stripes
are sometimes broken into tufts, and
fecked with white OF color. 1t prom.
Uses to be very popular. Gauze grena-
dimes in damassee designs, or having
stripes of lace resembling guipure, al
ternating with bars of satin or velvet,
make toilet fit for a princess; to be
worn with skirt and sleeves of velvet.
Another French fabric, called mat
lassee grenadine, is of lace-like texture
set in floriated figures, which, as varia-
ton from plain grenadine, is most de-
sirable for medium wear.
A rival to bunting is gazeline berege
in all the fashionable colors, semi
transparent wooden fabric of French
manufacture, made up in combination
with silk. Though bunting enjoys great
favor, and as fabric for the seaside has
no equal, as the salt water does not
damage the sizing. The prices of these
goods, of the best quality, range from
fifty cents to 1925 per yard. Low
priced grenadines are used to freshe1 up
half-worn silk ; and muslin trimmings
are very fashionable, especially for
Young ladies'. Wash materials of every
kind are in demand. Madras ginghams
in the Roman colors, French percales,
foulards, cambrics, and even very cheap
calicoes, made up pretty for young
misses, a la Breton, look us jaunty rs
the more costly materials for the country
and the mountains. A skirt and long,
shapely sack take the place of wrapper
for the house.
Beautiful yachting suits Of white
bunting, trimmed with bands of blue or
cardinal, heading raveled hounces of
the same, are among the seasons novel
ties.
Bathing suits Of white flannel trimmed
with colored Breton braids or bands of
Roman embroidery, are very stylish and
comfortable, with slippers and circular
en- suite.
The Charlotte Corday fichu, round at
the back, with long, square tabs cross
ing in front, with sashes at the back,
divides favor with the French sack with
misses in their teens.
NEW MODELS.
A few general rules should guide a
mantua. maker in her artistic embodiment
OF existing styles.
Combinations of plain and fancy ma
terials are more than ever in vogue, SO
blended as to form complication wholly
indescribable. Armures suit best the
dainty figures Of the modes, while the
rich damassees in horiated designs are
suggestive of ampleness of figure and
profusity OF garniture. Stripes are i'll
dices of stature horizontal bars have
tendency to diminish the height, and
perpendicular lines to enhance it.
The bodice of all garments is still as
fitted and prolonged over
the hips, as well as back and front, like
a glove but in skirts there is tendency
TO adopt the soft, supple materials which
fall naturally into classic folds, and are
less rigidly bridled back, though still
very narrow; demi-trained and used as
a feature to represent the trimming.
So long as draperies are prolonged and
multiplied to the extent they are just
now, crinoline will be considered in
measure essential
Paris bustles are short, though those
Of American manufacture, to wear with
trained dresses, are made with small steel
springs, and have wide tapes below the
tournure, 10 AS not to interfere with the
sitting down of the wearer.
Street garnitures are as varied as they
are distinctive. There are a hundred
novel methods OF construction and of APP
plication.
Basques are close and long the Eng
lish collar higher than ever, while shoul-
der seams have the cord upon the inside