The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

FASHIONS.

THE large broad-brimmed hats of straw or Leghorn,
which have hitherto been worn only by children, are
now beginning to be adopted pretty generally by ladies,
at the seaside, and in the country. The Parisian mo-
distes have given them the name of Pamella hats ; and
during the present summer they have not unfrequently
made their appearance on the fashionable promenades
in Paris. During the last week or two, many elegantly
dressed ladies have worn these Pamella hats in the
Bois de Boulogne. They are for the most part, of very
fine Leghorn, quite flat, the brims being of moderate
dimensions, and slightly inclining downwards over the
forehead. They are trimmed under the brim at each
side, with large bouquets of roses or wild flowers,
beneath which are fixed long strings of white sarsenet
ribbon. The outside trimming of these hats generally
consists of narrow wreaths, or, to use a French term,
cordons, which encircle the crown, and with the flowers
are sometimes intermingled bows of ribbon. Frequently
there is a bow of ribbon with long flowing ends at the
back of the hat. One of these round hats presented
the novelty of being made of delicate white rice straw.
Round the crown there was an exquisite cordon, formed
of mignomette, jasmin, and rose-buds. Under the
brim, on each side, were bouquets of the same flowers,
and white sarsenet strings. The dress worn with this
hat was of white spotted muslin, with two broad
flounces, finished by hems about an inch and a-half
broad. A mantilla of black guipure completed this
elegant and much-admired costume.

Many dresses now being prepared for the country
are of white muslin, covere with small spots or sprigs.
Others of printed jaconnet, have small patterns in blue
pink or lilac. All these dresses are flounced ; those of
printed muslin having the flounces bordered with some
fanciful design. The flounces of white muslin dresses
are invariably finished with broad hems, within which
there are occasionally inserted runnings of coloured
ribbon.

Presses of white worked muslin are' also becoming
very fashionable for evening costume, if we may judge
from the number now being made. Many of our prin-
cipal dress-makers have commissions for dresses of this
kind, and among those already completed may be men-
tioned one with four scolloped flounces. This dress is
worn over a slip of blue silk, and under each of the
muslin flounces there is a flounce of blue silk. Small
bows of blue gauze ribbon are fixed on the flounces at
the points where the angles of the scollops meet. The
corsage is low, and is worn with a ficku fastened by a
bow of blue ribbon.

A dress of white muslin, to be worn over white silk,
has four flounces ornamented with needlework, and
each flounce is surmounted by a ruche of white sarsenet
ribbon. A much admired white dress is composed of
plain India muslin. It is trimmed with three flounces
edged simply with a hem, through which is passed a
running of pink ribbon, and over each of the muslin
flounces there is a flounce of Honiton lace.

Among the newest evening dresses, we may notice
one made of amber-colour crape, trimmed in a style
which gives it something of the Spanish character.
This dress, which is to be worn over a slip of the same
colour as the crape, has four flounces, each edged with
a ruche of black lace, surmounted by five rows of nar-
row velvet. The corsage, which is low and in folds, is
pointed both in front and at the back of the waist ; and
the short sleeves consist of a puff striped with narrow
black velvet. One of the silk dresses recently made
is figured with grey and white stripes—the stripes
very narrow and close together. On the skirt are
three flounces, bordered with cut velvet, figured with
a pattern in blue and white ; quite at the end of each