The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

(Fmm the Illustrakd landos Neets.)_

The Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace—the
recent floral Mar at the Chiswick and Regent's-park
Gardens, together with other gay arousensents, al fiasco—
have drawn together numeoua amemblager of inalienable
company, and given occasion for an unusually elegant dis-
play of out-door costume. At the flower shows, indeed, the
themes of the Wile have rivalled—we may almost my out-
' vied the most brilliant hoes of the parterres.
The warm weather ha. called forth robes of barege, mus-
lin, sad ether transparent textures; but dreams of rich silk

nevertheless maintain their pre-eininenes. At some of the
fashionable morning Pts mazy ladies have worn dreams of
pink or blue moiri antique; ethers have wore glecc of light
gay his, shaded with white, the gamine being figured in
various fanciful designs and in every tint good taste admits
of being brought into juxtaposition. Eves at morning film
some ladies hare appeared in dresses of white tulle.

Among the meat admired bonnet. we may mention those
of French chip, or of crape, or tulle, pitied, bouillost, or
souffle. Bonnets of very fine Leghorn have also been worn.
Shawls of black or white lace, and mantelets of silk of various
forms, have been very numerous. We have observed several
basquines made up of coloured silk, the silk serving merely
as a lining for the innumerable rows of lace with which these
bugaboo were covered. Them end there has bees seen a
costly *bawl of China crape, richly embroidered. Meniulets
of white worked muslin have been very numerous, some
laid with coloured silk, others without any lining.
We will hero briefly describe a few of the most glared out-
door costumes worn at the Crystal Palace and other places of
frgltiosable resort.

comelated al a robe of organdie, Spired in a Mosaic
design in bright hate on a white ground. The skirt had flee
Bounces edged with satin stripes m brilliant shades of pink.
The acreage bed a trimming forming Mettles descending in
a point at the waist is trout and at the back. The mantelet
was of white Maltase lace. The bonnet was a mixture of
white tulle sad very Ilse flateey straw. With it was worn a
detni-veil of white talle, rettedsd at the corners, and edged
with a very narrow ruche The bonnet was trimmed, both
on the outside and under the brim, with white acrd red macs.
Another greatly-admired dress wail of mallow-coloured silk.
Mallow is a hue at present highly fashimmblo. The dress
had a double skirt, the upper one embroidered at the edge
and up each aide with silk of the same colour as the dress.
The corsage and sleeves went embroidered to correspond
With this dress was worn a half-shawl of rich black lace.
The bonnet was of French chip, with white marabout
feathers, tipped with mallow. A white parsed, with very
broad fringe, completed this costume.
The dramas worn by two young ladies (deters) wen, ex-
tremely becoming, and greatly admired. Both wore beaquines
of black tulle, almost entirely covered with narrow -black
velvet ribbon disposed in various ways as straight rows,
lozenges, xig•rags, eee. The biopic was edged with a row of
very bread bleck lace, met on rather full. One of the young
ladies wore a dress of that bright fresh hue called Celadon
with side trimmings formed ruchm disposed in the
green,
hem, and graduating in eiee from the bottom upward.
The dues of the other lady wm of glace silk, of a beautiful
tint of punch-Meow. It had three gonna edged with white
and figured stripes. Them Isdies wore bonnet* of sewed
white chip, tastefully trimmed with white ribbon blonde and
flowers.
. . .

Double girls are more worn than ever; though-certainly
not to the exclueiou of flounces or akirta with side trimmings.
Fur silk draws all thew styles are feshionalAe. Silk in
chequered patterns is meek were for morning relate, and also
liar plain walking dyer. These despaired rinks may be had
in various colours; brown, green, or lilac seem, however, to
be most general. A dress of this sort of chequered bilk, when
intended for plain walking mower, rimy have side trimmings
on the skirt made of the silk itself, combined with
velvet. The corsage should be high, and with a
twine trimmed in the same style as the skirt.
Drew' of poplin ere generally made with double
skirts, and trimmed with velvet. Thn upper skirt
may be open at each side, the openings being coutined at
hitervals by ornaments of velvet or bows and ends of velvet
ribleinii. A very tasteful dress has just been made of silver-
geey poplin, and trimmings of maroon velvet. It has a
double skin, seek being edged with a triple row of reareon
velvet. The effect is at once novel and elegant.
Many ball dresses are made with bounlonf tinwares placed
closely ono above another, fawned at inter's/it by nb4uu.
The bouillons flowns are frequently covered with other
flounces of while or block lace. The latter is highly Where-
able ; but it is employed for coloured dresses only. Dresses
of white crape should have flounces of white lace; bat may
be trimmed with euleured ribbon. The sleeves are ma&
very abort, end are covered with bouillonea, or with rows of
lace. The weeps may be draped, and trimmed at the top
with a deep fall of lace. Sometimes the corsage Is made
quite plain, and over it is worn a small fichu of white talk,
shaped to the top of the corsage at the bark, and then
crowd in front. l'he lung rude, towing lonely over the
skirt, should be trimmed in accordance with the other parts
of tho dress.