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riage or promenade costume, by one à jours, or of open straw. Meantime, fete champetres are frequented at Tivoli, and in the neighbourhood of Paris; and the most elegant style of hats are worn in the full-dress promenade costumes, which are seen there in perfection. Hats of tulle, embroidered in rayes of coloured silks, or lamb's-wool, surmounted by flowers of the season, as eglantine, geranium, or marvel of Peru, are in great esteem. Sometimes, small capottes of rice-straw, or of cherry-coloured silk, lined with white satin, are draped across the crown with a blonde or lace fichu, and tied under the chin; the fronts of these hats scarcely project beyond the chevelure. Capottes of whalebone (which is whiter and more durable than ricestraw) are now very frequently seen. Hats of white moire, or of white whalebone, are frequently lined with rosecoloured crape, and have a wreath of field roses placed, à la ferroniere, within the front, over the brow. When the bibis bonnets are trimmed with pattes of ribbon, and worn by a lady who has large creped curls, the front of the bonnet does not project beyond the curls, and giving it the appearance of a cap.

WALKING DRESS.-The sudden changes of the weather have made chali and gros de Naples more generally worn than the lighter materials that seem more suitable to the season; and the dread of the cold pest, that still ravages Paris, will continue this fashion through the summer months till autumn. Among the most favoured of these materials, we quote the gros de Naples chinné in stripes of various colours, and the gros de Naples, carrées or figured in little squares, as pink and white, lilac and white. The following toute ensembles are elegant and recherchée for promenade or fete champetre. Three falls of English lace around the pelerine, and made to fall, en jockey, almost to the elbow; the dress is of gros de Naples, of a straw colour or bird yellow; the ceinture yellow and white; the scarf of yellow silk batiste, worked in white silk; the hat of rice straw or plaited whalebone, ornamented with green wheat placed in two gerbes, or sheaves, which are separated by zephyr knots of green and white gauze ribbon. Another toute ensemble Gros de Naples chinné, on shaded stripes of blue and fawn alternately placed; round hat of white watered or moire silk,

trimmed with broad folds, piled on each other, of broad blue ribbon, branches of flowers of yellow cistus; a pelerine with scarf ends, crossed under the ceinture; worked manchettes, trimmed at the wrists with a narrow edging; maroon moire parasol and brodequins. Another, worn by a distinguished person at Tivoli, was a robe of clear blue mousselaine de laine, figured with Turkish designs, made cœur en schall; a ruche, round the neck, of English lace; an open-work, white muslin scarf, rolled on the shoulders, like a boa; hat of blue crape, with a long white plume. Another costume was, a dress of lilac muslin, embroidered in white cachemire wool; hat of Tuscan straw, with lilac plumes, scarf of white mulled muslin, worked at the ends with magnificent palms in feather stitch, mixed with much open work, or points à jours. For a young person, the following toute ensemble was much admired-robe of gros de Naples, carreaux, figured in large pink and white squares; a canezon, with plaited sleeves of Scotch muslin, and flounced round the waist, long, white thread gloves to meet the full sleeves of the canezon; rose-coloured scarf of silk cambric; hat of white net, worked in stripes of embroidery in coloured silks, to represent wild roses, and trimmed with bouquets of eglantine.

Most of the pelerines we find made with triple rows of lace; or, indeed, three pelerines of different sizes placed one over the other. Canezons, with white gloves, are more recherchee, and the scarf pelerines dispute the mode with these. We see many pelisses or redingotes of gros de Naples chinné, and very frequently, in carriage costume, elegant worked muslin peignori dresses worn over bird yellow (oiseau) gros de Naples as open pelisses; and, in reverse, coloured silk robes over Scotch muslin, or jacconet dresses worked en tablier, or in horizontal graduated lines en echelle, or ladder pattern. Cravats of chali and China crape, with points embroidered, are universally worn; and, among others, some cravats prettily made of white net, trimmed with narrow edging, and with a coloured ribbon run in the part that surrounds the throat; this ties with the ends of the cravat. Knots of ribbon, cut with great taste, are likewise

worn as cravats.

EVENING DRESS.-Clear white muslin over white satin. White organdi and

white gros de Naples are still the cos'tumes most preferred at this season, when evening dress is needed. White chali, lightly printed with gold, and airy lilac and green wreathes, are worn by ladies who require a firmer texture of dress. Round caps, à la gloire, with deep lace or blonde vandykes simply arranged, or round hats of white or lilac crape, and white plumes frimatée, are worn in evening costume.

JEWELLERY. .-Carcanet necklaces, in the true antique style, are exceedingly admired. Ladies of high family, notwithstanding the abolition of rank, contrive to establish their claims by wearing the family crests and cyphers, worked in gold or silver, linked together on each side of a rich jewelled ornament, on which is enamelled armorial bearings. Bracelets of great massiveness are worn to match. Gold watches are now made so flat, that they are worn beneath the ceinture; the chain that is attached to them is small and finely wrought. A camphor casket, as a guard against cholera, generally accompanies the watch key.

PARASOLS.-The handles are of carved bamboo, and the top is turned into an ornament, representing the initial of the owner; this is the last new invention. They are of deep maroon or violet watered silk.

GLOVES AND STOCKINGS. - New gloves and stockings of Saxon thread, which unite the purity of Scotch thread with the glossiness of silk, are in vogue.

RETICULES AND WORKBAGS.-The ladies now net themselves very pretty bags of coloured silk or cachemire cord; every mesh is finished by a bead of steel or gold; the forms are various, but they are lined with gros de Naples the colour of the cord, and finished with acorns of steel or gold. The colours are ponceau and gold, or violet and steel. The workbaskets are shaped with circles of perfumed and ornamented wood, which may be purchased, ready pierced, at the toy-shops.

COLOURS.-All shades of yellow, from straw-colour to oiseau, are the height of the fashion, among these we quote a delightful and becoming tint to brunettes, called by the fanciful title of éclair de lune (moonlight colour.) Fawn, of a buff shade, is fashionable, violet and lilac, and a mixture of buff and lilac. Greens, of various shades, are much worn, particularly in trimmings.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. (192.)-WALKING DRESSES.-Hat of pale fawn-coloured moire, lined with white crape. A fichu cravat of China crape, of fawn colour, with embroidered ends, is tied beneath the small collar of the chemissette. The dress is of chali, of the palest hue of fawn, figured over with an elegant running pattern, arranged in columns. It is made to turn back on the shoulders in deep-pointed epaulets, which are trimmed with dents; these epaulettes are continued to cross on the bust. This fashion is called, in France, Corsage cœur croissée en schall. The skirt is exceedingly full, and gathered in large clusters entirely round the waist. The scarf is of pale blue China crape, embroidered at the ends. The shoes are of green Russia leather. The gloves of Scotch thread.

(193.)-EVENING DRESS.-The utmost simplicity of form at present prevails in evening dress. The hair is arranged with plainness in folded Madonna bands, turned into one large curl, and a few folded bows on the crown of the head; and a small tress or braid is brought across the brow à la ferronniére. The dress is of a plain white organdi, with a straight cape, which falls low on the sleeves, and is continued round the bust the same depth; in the midst of this cape, a regularly fluted frill of organdi. The sleeves are round and full below the elbows, and straight and quite plain to the wrists. No bracelets. The skirt of the dress is very full and without ornament, excepting a hem not exceeding two hands breadth. Scarf of primrose, or vapeur cachemierunne, with palms at the ends. Girandole earrings, and necklace of wrought gold, in the carcanet fashion, composed of crests and cyphers alternately placed, and worked in gold and enamel. Bracelets are often in the same fashion, with family arms enamelled in the centre.

(194.) PROMENADE, OR FETE CHAMPETRE DRESS.-Hat of whalebone, delicately plaited, ornamented with plumes of bell-flowers or campanula mirandola ; a wreath of the same crosses the brow inside the hat. The ribbons are of the colour oiseau. The pelerine is of a novel and very becoming form, made of net and deep English lace, and figured with application of Honiton sprigs; it is finished with two very pretty little round collars, trimmed with lace, to correspond with the epaulettes. The dress is of oiseau-coloured

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L'administration du Journal, Rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth, No 25.

Published by Page uz Fetter lane. London.

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L'administration du Journal, Rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth, N? 25.

Published by Page 112. Fetter lane. London.

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