FASHIONS AT APRENOH WATERING PLACE

Otago Witness, Issue 1466, 20 December 1879, Page 22

FASHIONS AT APRENOH WATERING PLACE

A {correspondent writing from Dieppe Basra of the costumes of the ladles :." Short dresses are almost universal, and if not ao graceful as trains, are muoh more dainty 'for- quiet evening dances, and admit of /the nfoafc charming < shoes, the latest eccentricity in stocking^ being gold embroidered.- S.kirtg „,, are quitejEull at the baot, v and'are'plentTfalrjr 1^ 2 supplied yritH handsome balayeuaes, " wiiohV* "•- , thedefilanndreßßesgetupequalto new. Inex- ;■' ' pensive materials are.chiefly used, Pompadour i\~ cottons' and . satteens, soft thin cashmeres; -; ! ; ' Indian* silks, foulards, • grenadines. > and "^aU. y >* kinds of linen "stuffs," there befng^very^few'"* silk or satin toilets seen even on full-dreas bboasions. The masses of Bretdn' laca ÜBed; o ; for trimming, however, makeJtHesj9|plain f^. costumes very elaborate. In these thin materials paniers appear on all £ best made-dres-ses,' but they are very small and flat at present, the back of ,the skirt being well. puffed. . The rage for Pompadour dresses both in style and stuff shows no signs of abatement, and indeed the Louis 'XT. jackets and waistcoats^ or gathered blouse bodices are the prevailing shapes. Thin dresses are mostly pale blue, cream, or pink — the pink hair-Btriped zephyr, looking very pretty — while dark blue linen dr 68863 ' are ornamented either- with deep, red or with Indian shawl bordering. The latter trimming also edges deep red parasols, while the shawla themselves are cut into out-door jackets, and make very' effective wraps. Embroidery is more worn than lace on morning dresses, and white .pique waistcoats are , , ; frequent. . ■ „; ' . For cold days grenat or peacock-blue cash* mere dresses are greatly favoured, trimmed j , with Pekin velvet, many having "waistcoats of j striped black and white or black and gold 1 ' ' silk. The out-door jackets are generally of plain' or Pekin velvet to match, made double- '• brested, and without any 'trimming except. ' handsome silver or cut-steel buttonsi' 1 } Dark green pliid costumes ore also fashionable, ac are light gray beiges trimmed with self -colour, and ruadb very ' plainly with only rows of , stitching and a few frills. , Several ladies,., have beea introducing the old fashion of skirts, composed entirely of three deep flounces, ' above this a tight jacket bodice, long and ,' lintrimmod, except a deep frill of Breton' la'oa ' all down the front. The back forms two' " short c&at tails, and from these J" starts' a'soarf of the material which meets' on the' left side," and is tied loosely in a knot 'with two lone ends. This style looked well in' a blue j*oket ■potted with white, . •..}' • •<•