The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-08-09
Fashion Items.

Pulled sleeves in Queen Mary style
are seen upon new French dresses.
Cheese-cloth costumes, trimmed with
wide torchon lace, make pretty morning
dresses for the country.
Shoulder capes matched to the dress
and finished with ruffie of Oriental or
other fancy lace are much worn this
summer.
Tel-el-Kebir,' is new cloth for
costumes, much resembling albatross
cloth, only very much thicker. It
comes in monochrome patterns, and
also in brocades, some (which are very
gorgeous.
White brocaded satins for wedding
dresses show new designs of lilac blos-
SONS, pond lilies, and tinted stems,
humming- birds, fern fronds, primroses
and sheaves of wheat in white silk.
Some of the most expensive patterns are
outlined with cut crystals and fine pearl
beads.
A novel and dressy bodice for even
ing wear consists of a short zOuaye
Jacket of tinted silk or satin, under
meath which is worn a dainty waistcoat
made of tulle or Persian null laid in
softest folds over the shoulders and
narrowing at the belt. From here the
folds flow loosely and strap around the
hips, to be caught up with the drap-
ings of the dress skirt in the back, form
ing light paniers underneath the edges
of the zouave, which only reach to the
waist.
A lawn-tennis costume lately worn at
an afternoon fete up the Hudson, was
made of soft gray merveilleux embrOid-
cred across the front with scarlet pop
pies and blush roses and foliage. The
hat was unique, being of gray satin
braid with a pointed crown and a
round fat brim, upon which were hand
painted scarlet poppies and moss-buds.
A second very beautiful dress was OF
delicate violet yelling, with a trimming
of palest pink wild roses in applique.
The hat worn with this costume was q.
broad fiat with a tapping brim crowned
with a long trailing wreath of wild
| roses.
The Vatican wrappers, which have
| come into such fashion again, are eX-
ceedingly becoming to tall, slender
women, and stand next in popularity
! and comfort to the more dressy tea
gown and Grecian house robe. These
| wrappers are made principally of
| foulard, India silk, and summer cash
| mere; and for exceedingly warm morn
! ings are shown very cool, airy-loOking
| I1dbNAC VI 4AlalOS lJteAS JihAS VI
| pure white lawn, or of French cambric,
trimmed with yards of lace and ribbon.
For very young ladies are wrappers Of
sateen in gay foulard designs, trimmed
with Irish point lace or killings of the
plain satin, edged with narrow Valen-
| ciennes.
That mysterious article of the toilet
known severally as the tournure, the
crinOlette, or the hustle, has once again
asserted itself and is now acknowl-
edged as indispensable to a correct
toilet. It appears in various shapes
and dimensions, each style of dress
having its own special tournure, large
or small, narrow or broad, long OF
short, to suit the light or heavy, short
or trained dress with which it is worn.
These are now made of many different
tissues, including Farmers satin, mer-
veilleux net, white gingham or cam
brio, elastic cloth, hair cloth, and
grass linen. Some OF the latest styles
have Louis Seize paniers continued
over the hips, but these are not gener
ally worn, and are prepared to order
son1y. There is also the skirt with the
Andalusian tournure trimmed arounC
the edge with founce of starcheC
muslin, which can be removed at pleas
ure.-N T. EUenj9g Post.