The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-30 00:00:00

LONDON FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

LADIES.
(From the World of Fasnion.)
AiORNING littEss.—A dress of White India muslin,
with a very broad hem round the border, headed by
separate trimming, in bias, of clear muslin, en jabots,
to correspond with those on the skirt. A sash of
painted ribbon encircles the waist,. The sleeves are
'el la Marie, the fulness confined by bands of spotted
muslin. Broad gauntlet cuffs, with a row of small
buttons, placed obliquely en the outside of the arm,
terminate the sleeves. When this dress is worn as
an out-door costume, a hat is adopted of very light
stone-coloured Bros-dc-Naples, trimmed with a very
rich ribbon of Modena red, figured over with black
foliage, in outline. Under the brim, are ornamental
points of the same ribbon, and a few long loops orna-
ment the crown, mingled with red Canterbury bells.
EVENING DnEss.--A dress of clear white Decca
muslin, bordered with twelve tucks. Waist pointed
a/a Marie Stuart, and sleeves a l' Breque, the ful-
ness confined only once across the upper part of the
arm. The cuffs at the Wrists are of that immense
breadth, that they ascend almost to the elbow, and
are trimmed with rows of narrow lace, and a very
fine sort of narrow puffed beading. 'lnc bust is en-
circled round the tucker part by two separate rows,
set on strait, of very narrow •Vandyck lace. The
head-dress is an Austrian beret of white crape, rather
whimsically ornamented under the brim, next the
hair; these ornaments are under the right side;
one is a loop of pink ribbon, with an edge two
shades darker; the next is a lozenge-figured orna-
ment of crape, edged round with narrow blond, and
an embossed white rose in the centre : next to this
is a loop of light stone-coloured ribbon, figured in a
Greek pattern of scarlet, or orange colour. Beyond,
over the crown, are similar ornaments, in loops, and
the strings depend from each side, one pink, the
other Greek ribbon of stone-colour and scarlet. The
car-rings and necklace are of Egyptian pebbles.
WALKING DKE6S.—A dress of celestial blue Le-
vantine, with a broad hem round the border, headed
by a narrow white satin rouleau, surmounted by a
rich pattern in embroidery, worked in white fioize
silk. Sleeves en gigot. A round pelerine of fine
India muslin is worn with this dress, with a double
full trimming all round of the same muslin, edged
with fine and very narrow lace. A bouffant rolled
ruff surrounds the throat, and a strip of muslin is
tied round the neck underneath, fella-wise, from
whence depend two ends, nearly as low as the belt,
edged with narrow lace, and each terminating by a
handsome rosette. The hat is of fine Leghorn,
trimmed with white ribbons, brocaded on one side
blue, en chevrons, and ornamented with flowers,
consisting of crimson China-Astres, and spiral blos-
soms of the same colour.

A splendid evening dress first drew our attention,
at a very highly distinguished party, at a charming
.sejour several miles from London ; it was of crêpe-
JErophane, of a fine etherial blue, and elegantly
trimmed at the border with scrolls of the same, dis-

posed en serpentine ; these scrolls were brought
down at equal distances, in ornaments resembling
fens de Cheval; stiffened imperceptibly, under a rich
binding of yellow and blue satin variegated. On
each of these hollow kind of ornaments is placed a
rich, double, French marygold, half blue, half yel-
low. Next the shoe is a full wadded blue satin rou-
leaux, in which are placed bows of yellow or blue
satin ribbon. The corsage is in the Greek style ;
the sleeves short and very full, with a French mary-
gold, answering to those on the skirt, about the
centre, on the outside of the arm., The body is
made low, and a painted zone of blue satin, bound
with a very narrow yellow satin rouleau, encircles
the waist. A dinner party dress has also been much
admired ; it is of azure blue gros de Naples, it has
two deep flounces round the border of erepc-JErs-
phane, of the same colour as the dress; these are
bound and headed with entwined rouleaux of black
and yellow satin ; the upper flounce is caught up on
the left side, en..frstoit, with a bow of yellow gauze
striped ribbon. The body is made low, with a sto-
macher in front ; with variegated bands across of
black and yellow, like the heading of the flounces,
and is trimmed down each side with black lace.
The sleeves are short, and of white satin, with Per-
sian draperies of blue, edged with black lace, and
the lace headed in the same manner as the flounces.

White muslin, either plain or splendidly em-
broidered according to the style of dress, is now so
general in female attire, that the above two novel-
ties in silk or crape are those only worth recording,
except those pourtrayed in our engravings.
Among the newest head dresses is a berit of blue
gauze, ornamented with silver wheat-ears, and a
very elegant turban cap of white tulle and Canary-
yellow satin, with a half wreath of yellow crape
roses in front, and very long lappels depending over
each shoulder, of yellow crape. This head-dress
looks well when made of white tulle and rose crape,
though to some complexions the yellow is most
favourable. The head-dresses formed of puffs of
broad gauze ribbon yet continue in favour.
The bonnets which we have had the inspection
of at Mrs. Bell's, are certainly much improved both
in their shape and dimensions ; residing, as she does,
at the Court end of the town, and being constantly
employed in contributing, by tasteful attire, to the
attractions of the most distinguished females, we often
find evinced, at her elegant .Magazin dc Modes, that
a female of real rank never gives in to the extremes of
any fashion. One bonnet particularly struck us; it
was of a rose-coloured figured satin, with a broad
black blond at the edge of the brim; the crown
was trimmed with scrolls of pink satin, termi-
nating like a cornucopia, from whence issued
delicate flowers, made of plumage ; the rest of
the trimming consisted of pink ribbon, clouded at
one edge with blue and yellow, and finished at the
other by a narrow stripe of black ; the strings were
in a loop. Another very pretty bonnet is of inignio-
nette-leaf green, and is more calculated for the pro-
menade. It is trimmed with ribbons of the colour
of the marshmallow blossom, edged with a varie-
gated border of scarlet and green. A bonnet of
straw-colour, and blue grog de Naples, is in very
large diamond checquers, endanzier, the crown
trimmed with ruban-boileux, a deep cerulean blue
and yellow, the yellow part clouded in various co-
lours; bows of the same ribbon are placed under the
brim, and the ornaments consist of very delicate
green foliage, formed of feathers.
There is no change worth recording in the out-
door envelopes since last month. The pelisses,
canezou spencers, pelerines, and scarfs, have, as yet,
experienced nothing novel in their make; nor is it
likely that they will till September shall be further
in advance.
The most approved colours are blue of every kind,
rose, Esterhazy, vine-leaf green, mignionette, and
marshmallow blossom.