The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . THE NEWEST FASHIONS. Light weight cloth gowns are still in vogue,and there are many days in summer when acloth gown is most comfort-able to wear—cloth in thesedays having attained such amarvellous degree of perfec-tion in weave that it is as lightas linen or silk. Light shadesof colour and white are themost in demand, and thedifferent shades of white aremany this season, so it ispossible to have a variety ofgowns in all white. Braidingis extremely effective on thewhite, the narrow soutachebraid and the two widths ofHercules both being effective.
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . THE NEWEST FASHIONS. Light weight cloth gowns are still in vogue,and there are many days in summer when acloth gown is most comfort-able to wear—cloth in thesedays having attained such amarvellous degree of perfec-tion in weave that it is as lightas linen or silk. Light shadesof colour and white are themost in demand, and thedifferent shades of white aremany this season, so it ispossible to have a variety ofgowns in all white. Braidingis extremely effective on thewhite, the narrow soutachebraid and the two widths ofHercules both being of tucked chiffon withmedallions of lace, eitherValenciennes or Cluny, arealso thought an extremelysmart trimming for cloth, andit gives so much lighter ap-pearance than anything else.« » * Bands of lustrous silk orsatin are also fashionable intrimming cloth gowns, andoddly enough the plain bandsare for the moment preferredto the embroidered, for thebraiding or embroidery isworked on the material does not for a momentimply
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