The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
CLEVELAND, TENN, july "A, 1879.
Fashions Whlms.


Fashions Wllms.
Bright brocades and wild flowers mix
prettily in seaside hats.
KIT fronts are seen on nearly all tho
promenade dresses in New York.
Black lace bunting dresses are likely
TO supersede wooden grenadines.
A profusion Of lace and Hamburg en-.
broidery decks summer costumes.
Ladies' ulsters of fancy cheyiot ere TO
take the place OF linen travelling wraps.
Odd concsits are worn in scarf-pins
and bouquet holders; the newest and
oldest is an owl with ruby eyes.
India muslin jackets, trimmed with
Breton lace, will bo worn both with
black and colored costumes this sum
mer.
White muslin nockties are worn
around the throat inside the linen col
lar. 1t is not considered stylish to wear
them outside.
The Leonic sleeve is new caprice.
1t is only fastened to the waist under
the arm, and the wearer looks as if her
dressmaker's work had been badly done,
and as if her gown were coming to
pieces.
New breakfast caps have long lace or
muslin ends that cross in the back, and
are brought together again in front low
on the bust. The showy Brabant lace
is used for the crown and frills of other
caps. Peacock blue satin ribbon, in
looped clusters, or in one large Alsa-
clan bow on top, is very effective trim
ming for muslin caps.
For q stout girl of fourteen make per-
Gale and lawn dresses with belted
basques and very simply draped over
skirts that have quite short aprons, and
perhaps a kiItplaited skirt. Make her
white dresses with a boufant polonaise.
The Pinafore polonaise pattern will be
good for a stout lady's dresses; either
grenadine or wash dresses may be made
by this design.
HINTS ABOUT DRESSES.
Coreages are most varied in detail,
scarcely any two being made alike. The
only settled fact is that all basques are
shorter. except those that are cut in
English coat shape, to serve as a street
garment without an extra wrapping
The front has two darts, but no cross
basque seam, and this sometimes COM
pels the use of en- underarm dart, which
gives the effect of two side forms in the
back. The first side body begins in the
armhole, and in many cases the second
also; but the long sidefOrms, beginning
in the shoulder seams, have proved 80
becoming to most figures that the at
tempt to give them up has been fail
ure, as many ladies insist upon having
them. There are, however, fewer seams
in the back than when the long corset
like cuirass was so popular. The middle
seam is usually retained, though not al
ways. Some of Worth's handsomest.
fitting waists are made with merely the
two short side.form seams in the back.
There is less effort to make the figure
taper toward the waist line; hence all
the forms of the back are equally broad
at the narrowest part. The greatest
changes are made below the waist in the
back by the introduction OF the panier
fullness, which is not confined to the
skirts Of the dress, but is seen on the
basque as we'll. Sometimes the side
forms are cut quite long and broad, are
piped on the front edge and at the bot
tom, while the back edges are laid in
three or four plaits, and are brought to-
gether quite high up, nearly to the
waist line, on the middle forms, where
they are further enlarged by having
shell.bow Of satin placed upon them;
this bow conceals the joining Of the
plnits. The ends of the middle forms
are ia this case laid quite flat, and are
shaped to form two wide loops. Such q
basque as this is quite boufIant of itself,
and adds to the general panier effect
This design is excellent for black grena-
dimes, with satin bows for trimming
Harper'S Basar.