FASHIONS.

LONDON FASHIONS.

WALKING DRESS.

pears: satin band round the arm. The angular-embroidered stripes of the skirt are terminated in festoons of flowers, and a deep flounce of scolloped lace arranged beneath, and the whole finished by a rich embroidered scolloped border: the length of the skirt approaches to a train. Spanish hat of pink satin, turned up all round, rather broad in front, where it is slashed transversely, and tulle introduced, excepting towards the left side, where a feather protrudes, of which there is a full plume of pink and white. The crown has a quadrangular ornament, which is lined, and each corner turned over. Ear-rings and bracelets of pearl set in gold; gold chain and cross. Long white kid gloves, lace scarf, and white satin shoes.

A RICH brown-colour cloth coat, made plain, and trimmed in front, where it fastens with graduated scollops of French braiding; broad at the shoulders, and lessening towards the waist, from thence extending till it reaches the bottom of the skirt, and finished on the outside with fringe of the same colour. Broad band of braiding round the collar, waist, cuffs, the bottom of the skirt, and the seams of the back, which meet in a point, and are ornamented in the centre, and finished with frogs. The epaulette is formed by a double row of fringe, and from the wrist an ornamented scroll of braiding extends half way up the arm. Black velvet bonnet, lined with the same; the brim very broad, and edged with ambercolour satin and cord: the crown deep, and small towards the top; the GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FASHION velvet in large folds round it, and relieved with bands of amber-colour satin, garland of fancy flowers, and satin bands of French folds. Cottage cap, with full border of British Mechlin lace. Yellow gloves, chinchilla muff, and black satin boots.

EVENING DRESS.

Dress of Urling's lace over a pink satin slip: the corsage à la Rubens; the front formed of four pink satin straps edged with white satin, and fastened on each side with small gold buckles. The sleeve short, and composed of four rows of pink satin squares edged with white; between each row a full puffing of lace apVol. III. No. XIV.

AND DRESS.

If our winter were as severe as that of Russia, our fair pedestrians could not guard themselves more sedulously against the cold: never were their winter habiliments of a warmer description, and never did the furriers reap such a harvest: not only are muffs and tippets universally. worn, but trimmings, at least in walking dress, are generally of fur; and the same costly material serves as a lining for the mantles of our most tonish fair-ones. Cloth gowns begin to be very general in walking dress; they are in equal estimation with pelisses: a good many are trimmed at the bottom, collar, and cuffs, with a

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broad band of fur. We have seen also some trimmed with a bouillonné of satin, formed into lozenges by velvet points; and others, the trimming of which consisted of velvet bands cut in various forms.

Bonnets are something larger than last month: beaver is much in favour in walking dress, and so likewise is black Leghorn. We have noticed a good many of these last trimmed only with shaded ribbon. A neat and appropriate walking bonnet is composed of black velvet trimmed with three black satin knots, disposed in a bias direction in front of the crown.

Bonnets composed of spotted velvet are also in favour: the brims of these bonnets are adorned with blond lozenges let in round the edge: the brim is long, and a good deal depressed in front: the crown is oval. They are generally adorned with flowers.

Cloth, twilled sarsnet, and reps silk are the materials most in favour in morning dress. Gowns made in the pelisse style are still in estimation; but we have seen lately a new morning dress, which we consider pretty and novel: it is composed of dove-coloured levantine; is made high, but not quite up to the throat: the back is full; the fronts wrap across, and fasten in a bow and ends in the centre of the back. The sleeve is of an easy fulness: the epau

Mantles, lined and trimmed with fur, are now much more generally used than pelisses in carriage dress: the most stylish are composed of either velvet or gros de Naples; those of satin having become rather obsolette is composed of bands interlaced, lete. They are lined and edged with which form demi-lozenges. The skirt ermine, chinchilla, or squirrel, and is trimmed with a fulness of the same have also a high collar of the same material, confined by points, which material; but the pelerine is not of turn up, and each is attached by a fur, but to correspond with the man- small satin knot. An apron of a tle: it is deep, and cut round in large three-quarter length, cut round in scollops: the mantle is fastened at points, and finished in the French the throat either by a gold cord and style with pockets ornamented with tassel, or else a gold clasp. satin knots, completes this pretty jauntee robe de matin.

Several velvet bonnets worn with these mantles have a band round the bottom of the crown; it is fastened by a gold buckle at the base of a plume of feathers. A new hat has just appeared of a singular but not very becoming shape: the crown is round and low; the brim narrow behind, but broader in front; a strap, about an inch wide, passes under the chin from the right to the left, where it is attached to the crown of the hat by a gold button. A half-garland of Marabouts is placed in a sloping direction round the crown of the hat in front.

Dress gowns are now made wider at the bottom, and more gored than they have lately been; the bodies are still cut square, but rather higher in the bosom than they were during the two last months; the backs are still narrow at the bottom, and they invariably fasten behind. The materials for full dress are the same as last month. Flowers are a great deal worn in trimmings, particularly for ball dresses. One of the prettiest ball dresses that we have seen for some time, has just been submitted to our inspection; it is composed of

pale rose-coloured tulle over satin to || corsage, cut moderately high and square, has the upper part full, but the fulness is confined by rouleaus placed perpendicularly. Full sleeve, the fulness also confined perpendicularly by rouleaus, and finished by a narrow satin band, which confines it to the arm. Ceinture of pink satin, fastened behind in a bow and ends: the latter are ornamented with small acorns composed of pearls.

correspond; it is finished at the bottom of the skirt by a very full satin rouleau, above which is a bouillonnée formed into waves by satin rouleaus: bouquets of roses are interspersed in the bouillonnée; the upper row is confined by three satin rouleaus, which go in a slanting direction up the front of the dress to the waist, and have bouquets of roses placed on them at regular distances, thus forming a very elegant drapery. The

Fashionable colours are the same as last month,

FRENCH FEMALE FASHIONS.
PANIS, Jan. 18,

My dear SOPHIA,

colour as the gown, but the knots of ribbon form a strong contrast-ponceau and citron, scarlet and green, olive and rose colour, and various others.

It is particularly in full dress that Parisian taste and invention have been exercised during the last month, on account of the different fétes given in honour of the Duke d'Angouleme. As the fête de la ville may be called par excellence the fête of fêtes, I will try to describe to you some of those dresses that were esteemed the most elegant. The Duchess d'Angouleme was dressed in a white lace robe, with festoon

OUR promenade costume has varied very little since I wrote last: the principal difference is, that black silk and velvet gowns are more worn; and shawls are partially displaced by long fur tippets, of the palatine form. We see also a good many manteaux of velvet, coating, and satin; but the last are not much in vogue. Black bonnets still continue in favour; those of different colours are also fashionable: we see even a few in white satin, adorned with an intermixture of Provence roses and ears of ripe corn. The brims of bonnets are now much longer; some near-flounces of very rich lace looped by ly meet under the chin. The fashion of ornamenting the crown en marmotte has also been revived.

Barèges is a good deal worn in dinner dress; gowns made of it are in general trimmed with a mixture of gauze and ribbon; the gauze is laid on in a full rouleau, which is interspersed with knots of ribbon: there is only a single row of this trimming, and it is always placed above a broad rouleau of satin, the colour of the dress: the gauze is also of the same

agraffes of diamonds: the corsage was a mixture of white satin and lace, ornamented also with diamonds. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. The Duchess of Berry's dress was tulle over white satin: the trimming an intermixture of tulle, satin, and pearls. Her head-dress, a half-wreath of diamonds and a superb lace veit. The other ladies were in general richly dressed, and profusely ornamented with jewels. Gowns of gold and silver lama were in great request.