The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-01 00:00:00

ORNIRAL OBSERVATIONS.

Per the out-deer testeme, the elepat borne dress, and is
particular for caps sad beset., we need not go farther t►an
to the tasteful Brest:in de Modes of Mrs. Bell ; where every
thing new, classical, avid appropriate may be found to deco.
rate he female Agate. We were there treated wit► the ie.
speeties of a asset beautiful leisied •swrsuthi•e coloured
velvet spew.; mid spewers of this material are expected
to be wry prelates* till Citestusee; the one we caw ie jest
completed for a lady of tit/easel teatime : it is Bribed down
each side of Mob**, to MR beatable, repreventing vine
leaves, sad frees wick leaf depend Maecenas bottoms, sad
superb t•aeeis of silk ; the maaelierons are ornamented in
• rorrespondieg manner. A sew whiter pelisse is of pee.
colored Pane cord silk, lined threaghout, sad trimmed
with Ogee fee this silk is expecle4 to be mark in use for
pelisses through the winter, though the cacheenire ie light
colours festal in high favour : of this kind is the beautiful
H•soveriae creams colour, lined will silk of the sam► hue,
and 6•iehed dewy the frees, the wrists, collar, and manche-
roes, with bright antaraeshine velvet and satin, in fen
flutings, placed at equal distaste", from each of which dr-
peed■ an scorn of the same collier, must beautifully
wrought.

The favourite colours are bright grass green, cerulean
blue, pink, violet, sad Eilerltaty (s kind of slate caber).
Fur the ball dresses, the omit approved articles i■ the
Jewellery, sod fee a selection of the oast beautiful copies
of Flora's Possum', we must cad our fair readers to Mr.
Hill's Parietals depot, No. 49, Regest.street.

Awns, the ball dresses we most admired was one well
adapted to a wealthy bride, making her first appearsoce i■
public. It is, like the other fashionable ball dresses, of Ise
white let, with a broad bordering, composed of two rows of
N.ltrefe of the most el►gant workmanship, of the bell hied,
sod these cups are depending: each bell is edged round with
small pearls, sad the pistils are formed of embroidery, is
Mote silk, the stalks of the flowers sue of larger pearls than
those w►ich surround the cups. The bordering' of white,
consist of beautiful embossed flowers; some are formed of
cheuille, in separate bunches, tied together with pearls,
the stalks and lessee richly embroidered jut noise silk. Some
dresses are ornameated with pearl•culoured satin branches
of foliage, with a silk noire trimming, of • novel sod
unique kind, dividing them : over these branches rues ■
chequered Boise trimming is basket work, forming a kind
of trausporesey over the set, this is laid ou is an elegust
wave, sod is Behaved by rouleatur of peasl-eolous ed satin,
placed across the chequer work, is bias.

Amongst the novelties in the flower line, are the while
wreaths, forming for a ball-room the most elegant bead-
like*. yet imagined. In the front is generally placed a large
full blown ruse; and on each side are rows of small &eery ;
these rows are elastic, and as they ate drawn open, disruser
the hair gauged in curls between each row. Among the
assail delicate flowers, is the little interesting blue blossom,
" forget me not ;" and turban wreaths composed on the ten..
plea, of this flower alone, ate truly beautiful from their ele-
gant simplicity.
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The fluirlai4e d Ia Jardiaidre, forms a moat superb
head-dress. It is composed of every rare ■od
Hower, wit► a few IMMO. partially ixtredured. The 'louse
wreaths of white grapes, with their foliage, are io.n much
admired at this mason ; and strawberries, with their blos.
some, and hunches of red and white currants, though not a
very reasonable arsociatiou, yet by being slightly mingled,
render these wreaths more becoming, iiact divest 11;ein of am-
DOWDY* The h t wreaths of blue corn flowers, with ears
of corn, are more appropriate, and extremely beautiful
The boitilordr of Heliotrope roan, and the various tribe, of
the (ruing, want only, as we before observed, their native
odour, to cause them to be miriakra for the real
of t be garden.

PulMhed steel yet retain its favour in the article of jew.
ellrry ; and small heads of various eirMars, made in neck-
lace-sof the wegttgee style, are still worn ; when these are of
white, they are alien composed of the smallest pearls, lien
to the seed pearls, that ran be procured : they have as ankles
sod beautiful appearsuce. Turquoise mime* one much in
requisitrois ; but fancy jewellery in ems to prevail at present,
acid will, 110 doubt, till our metropolis is .gain thronged with
the wdhr and the Vest.