The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER.

(Fi om le Follet.)
Although the winter toilettes have scarcely begun to
make their appearance, we are able to give scme very de-
cided information as to what will be fashionable for the
coming season, High bodies will be exclusively confined
to morning dress. For at home, dinner, or evening dress,
fichus or lace vests will be worn over low bodies. The vest
camail, or trimmings placed on the body so as to iniitat, it,
is still much in vogue. Many corsages for neglige dresses
will be made withpostillons basques, especially those trimmed
in jacket fashion, so as to forest a waistcoat in front. The
dresses made in the princess style, body and skirt in ono
piece, wilt be much used for visiting dresses, made of rich
materials. Full evening dresses will be as much, or if pos-
sible more, trimmed than ever. Skirts are still made very
long, and very full at the bottom. Plaid is for the present
quite the rage: whether it will continue its reign much
longer is a question we cannot answer. Paletots of velvet,
cloth, brown or grey, nearly fitting to the figure, trimmed
with galena, are worn by ladies of fashion. Lace and gui-
pure are as greatly in favour for trimming as they have
been of late. Feathers will be much used in trimming
moire or velvet dresses. Amongst the toilettes we de-
scribe this month some will be found excellent models
for winter dresses. A robe of pearl-grey tairctas)
with a flounce round the bottom, between five and six
inches in width, in hollow plaits, and put on with a band
of violet of the same width, which is formed into trimming,
in the shape of large shamrocks put very closely together,
and edged round with lace. The body is made with a double
point, and piped with velvet ; the sleeve half open, quite long,
and narrowed at the bottom, is trimmed round the bottom
with a flat band of velvet, and velvet shamrocks up the
back, matching with the design on the skirt, but of smaller
dimensions. A Gabriel collar of violet velvet. The lingerie
accompanying this toilette should be small tight sleeves of
organdie, with an embroidered wristband and two frills of
Valenciennes lace, and a lace to match standing up round
the throat. Thre d.,e. may .also servo an an evening dress
by having a second body made low, the top trimmed round
with a biais of violet velvet, with three shamrock-shaped
ornaments down the front and also on the back; the sleeve
composed of three bouillons of tulle separated by biais folds
of velvet, and above them two small jockeys, the one form-
ing the upper, the other the under part of the sleeve. A
plisse of organdi, edged with Valenciennes lace, altogether
about two inches in width, finishes off the top of this body,
A silver grey taffetas dress, in checks of narrow stripes of a
deeper shade, China rose-coloured stripes, edged with a black
thread; at the bottom of the skirt a wide flounce, with a
heading of embroidery. This flounce is made in hollow
plaits, and where it is set on a narrow biais of rose-coloured
taffetas matching the stripes of the dress, are placed pattes
of plain grey taffetas edged with a biais of rose-coloured
taffetas about the size of a thick piping. These pattes
are placed up the dress about three inches apart, and the
bottom one has a grey fringe with threads of rose and black
mixed, the bottom of the fringe just touching the flounce.
A band of the same width as the pattes on the skirt is put
on the body, like a square berthe in front, and forms a jockey
behind. This bandis bordered with a fringe. The sleeves
are rather long, and just wide enough to pass the hand
through. At the bottom three pattes are placed crossways,
and higher up the arm still more on the biais. Rose coloured
taffetas buttons close to the front. A dress cf blue striped.
Chambery gauze ; the upper halt of the skirt is made of this,
but the lower consists of a wide blue taffetas flounce headed
by a ruchcer or a plisse a la vielle. A low gauze body with
blue taffetas tt imming. An Indian foulard, the ground white,
with small checks of pale green, wide flounce of green taf-
fetas; high body, with long green sash. A Chambery gauze
dress, striped with rose colour. At the bottom of the skirt
a narrow black taffetas flounce, with a rouleau of white.
Above this an insertion of black lace, over a rose-coloured.
ribbon; a second flounce and insertion higher up.
Low body, trimmed with an insertion. A robe
the upper part of the skirt plaid, a Wide .
gathered flounce of black taffetas forming the lower
part. Half-way up the flounce a plaid ruche with the centre
of black taffetas. High plaid body, black postilion pasque,

and black trimmings, The newest bonnets are more mode-
rate in shape, and therefore more becoming. Many of them
have soft crowns, although these are not certainly suited
to the style in which the hair is now worn. Crape and

velvet, black silk and plaid velvet, plush and satin, are to

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be fashionable materials. We have seen some elegant
bonnets, made of white plush, and trimmed with plaid

velvet and jet fringes. This has a charming effect, and
will, we expect, be much adopted. Another white plush

bonnet had the curtain of crepe lisle, edged with plush. A

flat bow of plush, placed at the side of the crown, mixed
with a bouquet of begonias in white velvet, The same

flowers inside, in a pouff of crepe lisse. A band of white
ribbon across the head ; strings of the same ; or front of the
bonnet of white tulle, soft crown, and curtain of coloured

plush; a bouquet of velvet flowers to match the plush.
The inside trimmed with a pouff of black lace and a bouquet
of flowers. Waite satin strings. We conclude our re-

marks on bonnets with one more of crape, and plush of a
light drab colour ; silk curtain to match ; at the side a flat
bow of double silk, from which falls a long ostrich feather.
The same tint fringed with plumes de coq, black and white.
Inside, a flat edge of blue velvet, and quilling of the same,
with a bouquet of brown grass attached by a bow of blue
velvet, and black lace. Strings of blue satin ribbon, Some
very pretty head-dresses are formed of Chantilly lace over
a net, surmounted with a diadem of white lilac, and on ono
side a small black bird with white wings, which are so
beautifully made as to shake continually. A very charming
little cap was made of black lace, with frill all round, and,
on the top a bow of violet ribbon with grass in jet,