NOTES FOR LADIES.

Evening Star, Issue 3509, 22 May 1874, Page 3

NOTES FOR LADIES.

The leading Paris dressmakers have ceased Ito make tunics with dresses ; occasionally a ; tunic is indicated ,with the trimming,, but in such a case it is very long and clings closely to the figure, and is not. separate Rom, the skirt to which it is attached, Evening dres- : ses are made with extremely; long trains, and the front of the skirt is in different styles, Sometimes the bbuillonnes are arranged as tholigH they %ere regular and narrow tucks, arid'divided with either faille or satin loops, which descend in a perpendicular line on the skirt. Sometimes the bouillonnes describe horizontal line?, and cover the entire front lyeaftths ; at other times they form wide-lines at a considerable distance apart. , At the hack the skirt is trimmed w}th either three or five flounces, or if a plain back bp preferred, then the trimmings border it only, 1 he following pr make wiU serve as a good mpdel for a, blapk failfe dress. The skirt is bomllpope in front, and the bpuillotues are separated by garlands df jet leaves; three flounces border the, edge of the skirt. The bodice ij high and the sleeves are made with very smalljbouillonnes arranged horizontally the basques take the peplum form, are pointed in front and short at the sides. The upright collar is black faille. This ijtyle of dress is often made with twft bodices. The eccentric colors that have been fashionable for morning and afternoon dresses are now popular for evening wear. White, pale, pink, light ,blue and sea green have been so long popular that these ({modes are quite noyplty by candlelight. A very successful evening dress, for example, would fie wade of pale cafe au lait tulle, with a faille train of that darker shade of brown called cafb brulo ; a large satin bow at one side of the two shades of the dress, and on the other side a bmg trail of pink and purple geraniums. Another fashionable dress has a damask velvet front of the color known as prune de m P?; pleu f> the t r W n is prune faille draped W iS pF'j l i ne tulle abd gauze, and ornamented With tufts of whit’e lilac, tied, together with large pale blue bows. A fringe of white lilac forma a herthe round the low bodice, and sky blue bows fastened with turquoia agrafes ornament the shoulders. The sash is prune lined with blue, and is fastened to the akirt with a large square torquoiae buckle. Ihe head-dress is a bunch of "white lilac tied with blue, and the necklet is blue faille ribbons with _ a turquoise clasp at the back. Soine exquisite ball dresses were worn at the I Elyses made of straw-colored tulle, the skirts striped horizontally with black velvet bands, which had the effect of being tied at each side of tqe skirt with large black velvet bows. Some very pretty bodices for demi-tdilette have been recently introduced. They are high and in the Louis XIII. style : the material is black velvet, and the trimming narrow black silk braid edged with jet. These bodices are always made with basques, and to give them style they are worn partially open, and with a large collarette of either Venetian point or Louis XIII. guipure. A largo bow of either purple faille or satin is fastened in the centre of the bodice. The sleeves are likewise ornamented with Venetian point. Faille skirts are always worn with these bodices.— ‘ The Queen.’