underneath for the promenade. They will no longer be made demi-large, but tight, and close at the wrist. There is no alteration as yet contemplated in trimmings. Flounces, passementerie, and tucks will probably carry us through the autumn. The first are most numerous: they are, indeed, as often worn by under-sized as by tall women; for, being very deep, and set on with very little fulness, they have more the appearance of different skirts than of flounces. Those ladies who do not like flounces, or who wish for variety, have the border decorated with five or seven tucks, according to the length of the skirt: the bottom one is deep; the others diminish progressively as they ascend. If passementerie is able. The most remarkable are the Caroline of Brunswick, composed of velours épinglé trimmed with a single feather floating on one side; the head-dress descends a little upon the forehead: and the zaide, a magnificent turban of the Grecian form. It is a melange of velvet and gold gauze. There is as yet no decided change in fashionable colours, those that I cited in the beginning of the season being still those adopted; but some others are beginning to be seen, and will most probably be much in vogue by the end of October. They are sable du desert, pomona-green, and some new shades of grey and orange. ADRIENNE DE M. employed, there are five or seven rows of effilé DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. Muslin tarlatane or organdy are the favourite materials for robes in evening dress, both at the watering places and the chateaux; but silks are also partially adopted. There is no change as yet in the forms of these robes, but silk ones have the corsages partially covered by a lace canezou. The border is generally trimmed with three deep flounces, and the short, tight sleeve nearly covered by three narrow ones. Some of the silk ones have the flounces on the skirt headed by broad bands of black velvet; and those of the transparent materials by bouillonné. These latter have the short sleeve bouillonné, and terminated by a single flounce. The silk ones have the flounces partially covering each other, so that the upper one only is headed by velvet. Ball robes (for rural and social balls have been continued, notwithstanding the warmth of the weather) are generally of tarlatane and organdy. Some, of a more dressy kind, are composed of crape, tulle, and crepe lisse. They are made with two or three skirts; some are edged with ruches, and looped with flowers on each side; others, bordered by embroidery or lace, are looped on one side only. The ceinture is always of ribbon, with long, floating ends, and the corsage and sleeves decorated in correspondence with the skirt. If flowers are employed to loop the dress, natural ones of the same sort are placed in the hair. Coiffures en cheveux are the only ones adopted in balldress. Ringlets are in a majority; but there are also petites boucles à la Sevigni (small curls) and bands. Caps are beginning to be a good deal seen in evening dress: they are very small, are of tulle trimmed with flowers, or of lace with ornaments of coloured tulle. A very elegant coiffure, and one that will, I think, be very fashionable, are the bonnets petits-bords. They are composed of blonde lace, placed very far back, and trimmed with a wreath of light flowers, which cross the forehead. I have already seen several winter coiffures, composed of velvet and velours épinglé: they are trimmed with feathers and black and white lace. It is, however, impossible yet to say how far they may be fashion FIRST PLATE. CARRIAGE DRESS.-India muslin robe; the corsage, à la vierge, is trimmed at the top with lace. Tight sleeve rather more than a threequarter length. Ceinture of pink ribbon, fastened in front by short bows and long floating ends. The skirt is decorated with fourteen small tucks placed at some distance from each other, and reaching nearly to the knee. Italian straw chapeau; a round open shape; the interior trimmed with full coques of pink ribbon and straw-coloured brides; the exterior with a superb long flat straw-coloured ostrich feather, and a knot and band of straw-coloured ribbon. Pink taffeta Spanish mantle, rather more than a half length, moderately wide, and of equal width from the shoulder to the bottom. A pelerine cape forms it to the shape on the neck and shoulders: the cape is trimmed with black lace, and the cloak closed at the neck by a knot of pink ribbon with floating ends; a very deep fall of black lace, surmounted by a narrow embroidery in black silk, decorates the bottom; this embroidery is continued down the front of the mantle; black lace ruches at the armholes complete the trimming. PUBLIC PROMENADE DRESS.-Golden brown cashmere robe; high corsage, trimmed with a revers en pelerine: long tight sleeves. Fancy silk chapeau; a round and rather close shape; the interior trimmed with pink brides; the exterior with a shaded feather, attached by a knot of pink ribbon, and a veil of point d'Alençon. Cashmere long shawl; a blue ground, and very rich pattern. HALF-LENGTH FIGURE, AND FASHION- No. 3. MORNING CAP.-It is composed of very clear cambric; a shallow caul and very long head-piece; two rows of Valenciennes lace, placed one above another, decorate the headpiece and the front of the caul; there are three rows at the back: the garniture is composed of choux of white and blue shaded ribbon. No. 4. EVENING CAP.-Composed of blonde guipure; a melon caul, on which a lappet is disposed somewhat in the style of a turban front, with long floating ends pendant at the sides. displaying the under-sleeve, which is finished The garniture is composed of a wreath of velvet foliage, from which a gerbe of intermingled blossoms and foliage droop over the back of the crown; a knot and floating ends of dark blue ribbon at the back complete the garniture. No. 5. DEMI-TOILETTE.- Lavender taffeta robe; a half high corsage, opening en cœur in front, and trimmed with a full ruche of the same material; the ruche, which meeting at the bottom of the corsage becomes very full, descends down the centre of the skirt. Cambric chemisette, made high, and small-plaited; it is trimmed round the throat with a ruche. Demi long sleeve, wide and rounded at the lower part; it is bordered with a ruche. Under sleeve of cambric bouillonné. Black lace mittens. The hair is disposed in full clusters of thick ringlets at the sides, and crowned with a small lace lappet, laid flat; one end descends far back on the left side. A wreath of foliage, from which a gerbe of flowers and foliage descends, is laid on the lace. No. 6. DINNER CAP.-Composed of point d'Angleterre, and ornamented with a drapery of the same over the caul; the garniture is composed of pink ribbon and a bouquet of exotics. No. 7. MORNING CAP.-Composed of muslin; a melon caul, embroidered on the summit; the head-piece is round, and bordered with Valenciennes lace; a double row is carried round the ears, and at the back of the caul. Three bands and a knot of figured ribbon decorate the exterior, and long floating brides the interior of the cap. SECOND PLATE. HOME DRESS.-Deep blue cashmere robe, the corsage quite high, and with a small collar standing up round the throat, and supporting the cambric frill of the chemisette; it fits the shape closely, three bands of black velvet ribbon encircle the collar and go down each side of the front, the centre of which is ornamented with a row of fancy silk buttons. A black velvet band is confined by a steel buckle at the waist. Sleeve à la religieuse, a three quarter length, finished at the bottoms with three bands of velvet. There are two skirts: the upper, a three-quarter length, and opening en tunique in front, is trimmed round with three velvet bands; there are from sixteen to eighteen round the border of the under skirt. Head-dress of hair. Cherry-coloured velvet reticule trimmed with passementerie. PUBLIC PROMENADE DRESS.-Robe of poussière gros d'automne: the corsage-half high at the back, and very open on the bosom-displays an under corsage of cambric bouillonné, made quite up to the throat; the silk one is made with a lappel, covered with a rich lozenge fancy silk trimming to correspond. Sleeve rather more than a three-quarter length, opening down the front of the arm, on a demi-large cambric sleeve. A fancy silk trimming of a lighter kind, but similar pattern to that of the lappel, confines the sleeve down the opening, with a Valenciennes lace ruffle. Neck-frill of the same. The lappel is continued in a very broad band down the centre of the skirt: a lozenge trimming of a large size is placed upon it. White satin chapeau, a round and moderately close shape, trimmed with ribbon to correspond, and a long white curled ostrich feather. Cashmere shawl. HALF-LENGTH Figures. No. 3. EVENING DRESSES.-Pink satin robe; a low corsage, tight to the shape, and very deeply pointed: it is trimmed with a deep berthe of point d'Alençon, open, and rounded in the centre, and fastened by a pearl brooch. Very short tight sleeve, covered by a lace one arched in the centre. Head-dress of hair. No. 4.-India muslin robe; the corsage-low, deeply pointed at bottom, and square at the top has the upper part covered by an embroidered berthe, of a novel form, for which we refer to our plate: it is bordered at top and bottom with lace, and ornamented with knots of deep blue ribbon. Short sleeve, of an easy width, also embroidered. The border of the skirt is trimmed high, with a single flounce corresponding with the berthe, and similarly arranged; it is also decorated with knots of ribbon. Headdress of hair, ornamented with a wreath of velvet foliage and blue flowers. No. 5. 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