The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-02 00:00:00

ENGLISH GOSTUME.

No. I.—Cou T- DRESS. —A liiae 'sarsnet train and petri.
ooit, covered with silver net lace ; the drapery of whire crape,
tastefully • looped up in a bow .with diamonds on the left
side ; thebottom of toe petticoat, drapery,• and train trim;_
teed with a rich point lace; body and sleeves of the. same,
richly trimmed with lace and looped with diantod- brooches ;
lace tucker; the head-dress a bandeau. of 'diamonds, with a
rich. plume of white and lilac leathers ; diantoat.hoop ear_
rings, diamond necklace, with Maltese-cross; braceicts of
dia;nolids; white kid gloves ; slippers of white satin.
No 2. --NIORNINc•WALKI.I4.O Oxtss. —A iout.tt dress of
thick fine India muslin, made nigh in the neck, with long
sleeves, which are trimmed at the wrists with a narrow edg,.
inkof lace;, a lace ICI in round th.: bottom of the dress be.
twern tour rows of small tucks.. A light 'sky-blue mantle,
lined with pale bull, witn elastic collar, which is formed
with letting in 1 cc, and has the appearance of a full c“liar,
but will, it requiretl• , by drawing over the head, form
Welt): and 'becoming bonnet ; a cape 'of the" same' materials
crosses the back, w t&h is Confined at the bottom of the
waist, on the insick, who a pale: blue or buff ribband, tied
with a bow in the front; it is entirely trimmed round with
narrow edging of laire.. A bonnet of straw, and pale_blue
rinband, writs plaiting of lace, worn underneath, tied under
the coin ; with a yellow lose in the trout, and hair ul ringlet
eons, completes the dress. Globes of pale-burl: Boots of
the'SamecAour., calasited and laced with pale-blue.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

ON VASHION

NI) DRESS.

Among the variety of promenade dresses we have
nothing.. more an roved to offer than the fine sprig-
ged I. dia muslin pelisse, lined with pale pink, straw,
blue, or lavender, and trimmed entirely round with
a n arrow lace edging, put plain on. Pelvises in plain
twilled sarsnet of the abive 'colO:irs, edged who liar.
row lace, are held neatly estimation ; but
those in black or white l ice, wird with primrose,
must be acknowledged a ht. her degr e of dress.
Lace scarfs, wrought iu floss silk, ate eie v.:4 a no-
scarfs are is oft, wide, ; and those made
in silk are joined in the back, winch is form,d to a
pumt, like a hau,:kerkinizf, and confined to the
wai.t by a brocaded ribbon ,2311. Spencers, in the
large corded muslin, hued, are too pret y to be user-
Waked ;• they are worn also in sarsnet, anal other
11111billiS, the sleeves and cellars edged with nat row
edging. Sarstret iippi.ts, cut round behind, -but
sloped froni'iheshoulder to long. points before, with
a serial : plain falling colkr, coMiiied to the the oat by
a broad ribband, hanging in tong ends, the tippet
trimmed rti.ind rs itii a deep French lace, we have
observed oh many fainionable and elegant women ;
as also black lace iip,,ets of :he saute form. But
nothing can we prefer to the simple black lace cloak,
made in ;lie old st% le ; beciides ha.ing observed it in
many carriage, could ;A e hay,. entertained any doubts
out the subject we should have been co, firmed in
our 'opinion vt its elegant propre7, seeing it otta
lady whose modes' gait, polite and gentle in inners,
with a certain air of fashion, at once announced her
rank, aud the refinement o. her niind aiid taste. We
shall wise leaVe of tins branch of our subject, by
adding that pelisses are mostly made of a walking
lengt.:, without nands, but c-tifined- to the back by
an und,:r sash ; the collars plain, and left open, so as
to display the dress, which is necessarily made high,
and wore or less ornamented with lace, •a the fancy
of the wearer or degree of dress r. qu res.
Fluted ruffs in white crape,, edged v i h satin rib-
baud, are worn to dt-tend ttie throat from the eff,cis
of the .sun. ',ace and ,s ein caps, with stamped
satin flowers, of correspordeut colours with the
dress, are the usual coverings for the head ; but it
snould be observed, that they are befteradared to
the gay parade, or the reiireinent of parks and plea-
sure-grounds,. than to the less consecrated prome-
nade-. For the latter we have to recommend the al
Fresco hat in White.,.nribletiched chi); it is of rural
elegance and simplieity,well suited io the s asun and
the occasion ; the clown, is high and tapering to the
top ; the rim wide before, and siftng hollow from
the face; the hair with this hat should be dressed
full on one side the Lace, but ua, rower behind, tired
fitting in close to the neck ; the most b eolith], me-
thod of wearing it is, much on one side, will i i ,c,
or white .stlings' only, the flair way be interwoven
with flowers ur lace.

We have noticed, on some very gay pe;iple,
chip hats, prettily'enough ornamented with artificial
flowers, but we consi.:er Or em to belong to that pert
flippant style of dress, ill.suired to the Ole! elegance
of genteel or fashif.nahle lite, or only adopted to
" the gay fantastic. hour."—Morni fig robes are s, ill
indispensably inade high in the neck „and more Ire-
Trendy, we think, laced tip the back; the sleeses
are cut so as to sit Off -from t; ,e hand, and. edged
with muslin ov( rc-st in a soli of 349,ged plttero ;
not formally vandyked ; there is 1.1 %tana c.tf colit
to the neck of tlie4obe to correspond; we remark-
ed this dress on a 14.. y who, to her own native ele-
gance, has ,:d:ed ad the tninut.a of French fancy
and taste, I.l6lllCllshe has • h id abundant leisure
and opportunity, during .a long residence in that
country as a prisoner of war ; she wore on her head
a ribbaud resembling the Indian shawl bordering,
with a deep black lace, veil thrown over-her hair;
Egyptaiii pebbles ornamented her neck and wrists.
hits sketch, to those who acknowledge Paris to
be the fountain of dress, may serve ai a model.
1-4ohotnesand dinner drelses, sat-sift-At, opera nets
and cotoared muslin, aiming those who reje:l--t virgin
white, seem the most prevailing ; and 1114 are more
fregeotly wade- high in the neck with ruff, deep
Vandykc lace, or work laid on, than from the season
one would n itoralty ima4tne.
In :WI and ev,ning dress, black and white late,
8114 Per. Issues, crapes,. Imperial nets, and satins, are
in the highest estimation, as are tine maslins over
satin slips. The .frock style of make, with short

tains, is still the
,most approved ; the *eyes are
fluently in the b4ll- row), bound Witt silver, as'af,4-
the bodoms, to Correspond. Black velvet b Inds Le,
the waist, with dilaiOnd, pearl, or other clasps,.arF;,
new, simple, and becoming. Brocadtd ribbatid.i
• have just appeare4, consequently confined for 'the,
present to fashionable circles; but there is a svle
of riblmn(l, wo, en in a scollop at one edge, wh
does cred.t to. tie taste of the inventor, and tiros
forms a very pltasieg ernetrent for the bottom of.
dresses. Fillets for the head; formed of crape .
velvet, fancifully interrui,ted with beads 'or pearls
and long rolls of velvet, twined 'With silver, wound
up with the hair behind, the latter belonging to a
very .ancient style of dress, we believe to the Cos..-
tome of the reign of Charles the Second; thesp or
namerits we have obseried, to decorate the lieads
ladies of the first cliStintilon. Lace, handlterch4.,4s,i
though a more homely kind of dress, are entitled re)
notice for their modest elegance, they agree wet'
with the round Madona Übe, and are always interest";
log on a pre4ty woman. . _
In respeat to the fashion for jewellery, except in
'full dreSs, a rustic 'kind of ornament at this season
seems to Prevail ; necklaces andbracelets in Egyp,
taro pebbles, with brooches to correspond,, as also in
in bark; Maltese beads, Indian spice, shellSS.usl;chd-1
ed from, gold chains, ~eitti coral, amber, &c: Ira
foil dress garnets have a pretty cool appearance, and
are for that reason much adopted ; 'necklaces iii
pearl, emeralds, arneAlysts, with bracelets, crosses,
bird bra.chcs to correspond; ear-rings in the top and
chop fashion.
In regard to shoes, the brocaded silk is 'happily
jest introduced ; and wnrks up so elegantly into'
Grecian sandal,, and when comiiosed partly of silver-
as ;yell as silk thread, into that fascinating ornament
• the Cinderelliz- slipper, it must afford inlinite\plea-
surit- to some of our fair friends who more partial-
, larly lay the stress of beanty.on the foot. It is to no

clumsy Miler thu we owe tliis pleasing trifle;
it
.1
is the ladies %-io have taken 'this art into their
own -Jim's, and so much improved upon it. •
The prevailing cotours for the season are prim-
tosi-, straw, celestial blue, pale pink, lavender, Iliac,
and buff.