The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . with the black trimmings,while that most becoming of styles, the blackhat With the white gown, has again been re-vived most successfully, and black gowns withwhite lace guimpe and sleeves have apparentlytaken a new Jease of life, so varied are they indesign. A touch of gold embroidered filet laceis introduced most cleverly, too, into the blackgowns with white, and makesthem look entirely different fromanything that has been seenheretofore. Entire costumes of taffeta silkar* absolutely new in design andcolouring, and in most instancesare extremel
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . with the black trimmings,while that most becoming of styles, the blackhat With the white gown, has again been re-vived most successfully, and black gowns withwhite lace guimpe and sleeves have apparentlytaken a new Jease of life, so varied are they indesign. A touch of gold embroidered filet laceis introduced most cleverly, too, into the blackgowns with white, and makesthem look entirely different fromanything that has been seenheretofore. Entire costumes of taffeta silkar* absolutely new in design andcolouring, and in most instancesare extremely smart, whilebefore have there been sodifferent models of softgowns with asatin finish;-also is to be noted in thevivid c o 1 o u rs,while satin finish-ed crepe de Chineis made up in all light Colours and an unlimited spacefor the exhibitionof exquisite hand <embroidery on the jjm ate rial itself. :No gown, how- :ever, this year iwould be consider- «•ed complete with-out some hand |embroidery on it .„.either in the bandsthat trim it or. less are they absolutely requisite many a day,and a smart cloth* costume is always in goodstyle. The weight of cloth most fashionable isdeliciously light and soft, and lends itself mostperfectly to the present styles. The long plainskirt of circular design requires the skill ofan artist at dressmaking to be turned out toperfection, but the result is so satisfactorythat the cost of such service docs not K«mexcessive. There is a suggestion of the princessand also a hint of the Empire in most of thecloth gowns, although the soft, draped fodson the bodice do away with the hard, crudelines of the princess gown in its accurate copy,and the influence of the Empire is revealedonly in the shorf,-waisted lines caused by theskirt coming so high above the true waistline. » * * The pretty gown shown in our illustrationthis week is of Shantung silk, in a soft greenshade; the loose bodice is trimmed with bullionembroidery. With this gown is worn a h
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