The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-02 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR MAY.

LADIES.

(From the World of Fashion.)
NEWEST FASHIONS FOR THE OPERA AND EVENING
PARTIES.—A toque of lilac santanges silk, with a light
tracery a colonnes, and gold leaves. This upper dress
opens en tablier over a white satin shirt, trimmed with a
deep volant of white blonde, headed by a lilac ruche ; the
corsage up the robe is pointed and draped a la Sevigne ;
rosettes of the silk down the centre of the bosom to the
waist, finished by a tassel en suite.; similar ornaments are
placed on each side of the tablier, and also on the shoul-
ders and sleeves ; these are double bouillons, the under
part very small, with blonde sabots and epaulettes. Round
the neck is a vandyke ruff, a la Marie Stuart, gradually di-
minishing in depth towards the front. Large fanchons of
lilac silk are wove into the coiffure. In the centre one is
a gold agraffe, and between the braids of hair a long white
feather. Necklace of mosaics and gold ; pearl ear-rings ;
white gloves, and satin shoes with rosettes.
A primrose satin robe, croissee, and in each diamond
four small green leaves. This dress opens en tablier, over
a white satin shirt flounced with three volans ; corsage
ala Sevigne, with white bows and agraffes of turquoises
and gold (these continue down each side of the primrose
robe), short sleeves, single bouillons, with blonde epaulettes,
and bows with long ends on each shoulder. Coiffure en
cheveux, wreathed with pearls ; side curls a la Sevigne.
Necklace and ear-rings of pearls and wrought gold. White
gloves, with a ruche.
(From the Lady's Magazine.)
MARY QUEEN 'OF SCOTS-DESCRIPTION OF HER
DaEss.—Mary is here represented in the dress she wore
just after her first marriage with Francis 11., when she
was the star of the French court, as the DauphinessQueeu,
which was her title just before she succeeded to the French
crown-matrimonial. The head-dress assimilates in form to
that in which she is usually depicted ; but the front is
formed of her hair creped and folded into the shape of
what is commonly called a Queen Mary cap ; a net of sil-
ver and crimson mingled with jewels coders the back of
the head. Her neck is covered with a chemisette of point
lace, with a small standing collar. A string of large
pearls surrounding the throat clasps in front with a jewel,
and continues to the corsage, where it terminates with a
splendid cross ; this is a fashion revived in the present day,
and a very elegant one it is. The robe is of violet velvet,
it opens in front to show a white damask petticoat. The
dress is bordered with rich embroidery on gold-coloured
satin ; the corsage tight to the form, and nothing injures
the tasteful outline of this beautiful costume, excepting the
stiff high" shape of the sleeves on the shoulders, which
fashion would spoil a form less perfect than Mary's, by
making the wearer look high shouldered.
Round the waist is worn a belt of the richest descrip-
tion of jewels, set in massive gold enchasings, and from
this belt depends a cordeliere of pearls similar to the neck-
lace, clasped at intervals with jewels set in gold. The
bracelets are set in massive gold, and are nearly of the pat-
tern of the belt.

This is the only portrait of Mary where she is repre-
sented in regal splendour. There is something mournful
and subdued in every dress in which she is depicted, after
she succeeded to the woeful inheritance of her northern
sceptre.