ABOUT WOMEN.

Evening Star, Issue 4009, 31 December 1875, Page 2 (Supplement)

ABOUT WOMEN.

Skirts are now doing the work of brooms, much attention being given to the elegant fall of the folds or the demi-train. The shoulder seams of bodioea will be placed farther back, to leave development for the tight, basqued “ cuirass ” corsage, which is to be much worn by the slaves of fashion. Ihe top of overskirts is still trained backwards over the hips as tight as can be managed without tearingj trimmed all round, and up the back, with puffs and frills, spiral flounces, coquilles, phases, fronce-, loops, bows, tails, etc., all of which constitutes a stylo highly advantageous to the dressmaker, who kindly shows “how to sit down without crushing,” by adroitly giving a little whisk to all this complicated trimming, so as to draw it from under you as you sit down. She assures you that “ nothing is easier” than not to sit on this elaborate finery, but she knows very well that when it has “ escaped crushing ” half-a-dozen times, it will have to be re-furbished by the lady’s maid, and the lady will be fain to order a now dress.

The three favorite hats of the moment are th© Mitado, oi straw, chip, ox hwsehaii*,

trimmed with gauze in which nestle a great variety of very small birds of tbe gayest plumage; the Castilian, a coarse straw, trimmed with a Figaro net, velvet bow, and birds’ wings ; and the Peruvian, of Leghorn straw, trimmed with gold galoons, and the new gauze that is called diatfianUe, because speckled over with “diamonds.”

Crinoline is absolutely forgotten. Tunics are very slightly raised, being nearly as long as the skirt in front, and gradually rising to the back of the waist. Skirts of slate-blue velveteens are to take the place of black, which will be less worn, and of Vienna cloth mixed with rich silk, instead of the black cashmere which has been worn so long. Fichus of peach, cherry, apricot, ivory white, and lemon, are worn, crossed, over Princess dresses. Deep ruffs are to be worn. Old lace, too ragged for mending, is carefully transferred to new foundations, for Richelieu sleeves and neckties. The hair is not perched quite so high on the top of the head ; but the coils in the neck are more intricate. Flowers are somewhat superseded by the new and magnificent galoons on rims and crowns of all hats. Bonnets, with curtains and strings, are “ coming in” again.