The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-02 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY.

(From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion.)
The dames fashionable this season is veloutes,
broad velvet stripe contrasting well with this rich lie:.
scription of silk. These dresses require no trimmi%
but are made extremely full and very long behind ;
other materials flounces of Alencon, or point lace, 01:
worn. Taffetas d'ltalie are fashionable for petites s°r
_,
rees, and are made with numerous narrow flounces, t:
cyones, satins it la Reine, taffetas Victoria, Pekines,
vantines, ombres in dark colours ;—papelines
mayeux are all in favour for dinner or evening Nei'
and in richer materials velvets, damas, satins spott
with velvet, &c. All shades of grey are fashionable e'„
neglige, particularly pearl grey, iron grey, and WI:
The make of dresses varies but little, always high both d
for the morning ; evening corsages are still light 0
pointed. A pretty style of trimming is a plat of
shades of the colour of the dress edging the revert; A
both body and skirt ; these little plats will also be us;
on dresses of thin materials for evening wear on wbl
crape, or sky blue, or on crape lisse. The small collso
or cardinal cuffs suit well with the plain redingote,'
these collars stand erect, a little open round the throl",
embroidered and trimmed with narrow lace, put 0111(
little full ; the cuffs are of the same style, turned beco
on the sleeve forming gauntlet, and closing with 51.13.,
gold buttons. Wreaths it la Ceres, it la Ninon, it I,P-;
beau, with couronnes Rachel and Pamela, aro ihj
fashionable coiffures ; they are all made with walede.l,
leaves instead of velvet, being lighter. Pelisses la vw,
liere, Manteaux, Bayard, and Fouliere, are all in favour;
the Andalouse is also pretty, a kind of demi-mante/e"
generally made of black or deep blue velvet richly 01
merited with gimp ; the form is elegant', and calculi
to show the dress.
A new form of bonnet, less open at the sides than tbsc
Pamela, is talked of. Velvet bonnets of the beef'(
colour are very fashionable, ornamented with feathereo
the same colour, or with several small ones, sometio.4
mixed with the colour of the lining, pink or cerise. 14,1:i;
is again being used on the edge of bonnets ; on
bonnets the lace is point d'Angleterre ;. on black, green;
or ruby velvet it is fine black lace ; these are or0"0/
mented with an aigrette on ostrich feather on a lappet
black lace instead of ribbon.

BIRTHS.
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On the 12th ult., at Paris, Avenue des Champs Elr"_a
the lady of A. J. Scott, KA , of a son.
afsir
On the 21st ult., at Belmont, Higher Broughton, -
cheater, the lady of M. Z. Just, Esq., of a daughter. tr,
On the 30th ult., at York-road, Stamford-street, W'
Rolls Hoare, of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., in Queen Ann-street. Cavendish-KO*
the lady of G Burrows, M.D., of a son.

MARRIED.
411'
On the 30th ult., at Christ Church, Marylebone, Robe,- 01
Robinson, Esq., to Eliza, widow of John Pearson, E*
Upper Gloucester-place,
rtitir
On the 31st ult., at St. Alphage Church, Greenwich,
n.ll,
bert Cowan, Esq., of Ayr, N. 8., to Eliza Jane, second deoe
ter of JohnTingcombe, Esq.
.410
On the 31st ult., at St. Luke's Church, Mr. C. A. V,/
to Sarah, second laughter of Mr. John Butler, of Bo3ll'
Norfolk.