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London, England, 1830-03-31 00:00:00

LONDON FEMALE FASHIONS FOR APRIL.

MORNING DRESS.

Plain Batiste gown of • light tint of apple-green, or primrose.
colour. A standing ruff of book-muslin very fully plaited and bor.
dered with vandyked edging of fine Bedford lace. The gown wraps
on one side, the ruff gradually narrows to the folding, and the edging
alone meets the belt. White book-muslin sleeves; they are full
nearly to the wrist, the upper part is supported by a stiffening be.
neatb. A fulling is put on the skirt of the dress, nearly as high as
the knees; it is parted and headed by a rouleau of satin to match
the dress. The cap is of fine Bedford lace, primrose-coloured gauze
ribands ; coloured velvet bands to the wrists.
WALKING Dazse.—Hat of bright peach.blossom satin it is
lined with white satin or plush ; a pipe of peach satin passes just
inside the white lining. A very beautiful feather, of various shades
of lilac mixed with white, and made of mohair silk in the shape of a
bird of paradise plume. Ribands inside and outside of the hat of
pach.eoloured gauze, The pellue of peach-coloured satin of Gros
de Naples ; the collar, shoulder-pieces, belt, cuffs, and trimmings,
of velvet, two shades deeper. The upper sleeve is cut in deep sail-
lops of the material of the pelisse, from beneath which falls • very
broad chemille or feather fringe, the colour of the velvet. The
pelisse is closed with knots of cord the same shade as the velvet.—
The chemisette is seen at the throat; the ruffles small, and little

seen. This dress is still more worn In the colour of Saxon green.
BALL Dazss.—The dress of vapeur crape. The short sleeves
are parted into two divisions, the upper much fuller and larger that.
the under. Round the corsage is placed a double fall of vandyked
blonde, very deep on the back and shoulders,but narrowing to points
in front, which are confined under a pearl or silver ornament. The
skirt is trimmed with two scolloped falls of chenille fringe, the co-
lour of the dress : each scollop is headed by a satin knot. The or.
naments of the hair are of blonde, being what the French call
barbes ; on one side is placed a bird of paradise plume, or a silk
feather; round the throat is a narrow velvet riband, clasped with
pearl or silver band of white satin, edged with vapeur.coloift,l satin.
EVENING DRESS.--Hat of blue satin, or gauze of the same
colour as the chess, but some shades lighter, the feathers blue and
white. The gown rich blue Oros des lode; vandyked satin epasa.
letter fall low on the sleeves, and are brought round the back of the
which is left quite plain in front, and made very tight to
tire:ripe. A deeper blonde than usual stands up round the neck.
The sleeves are en buret at top, and very tight to the lower part of
the arm ; at the knees the hem is headed with a narrow silk fringe,
a braided roulcau, sometimes a very small pipe of satin. The place
of the boa is supplied by a long transparent scarf of gauze, figured
with Wowed satin, or a blonde gauze rolled on the neck like the
boa. Caps, dress hats, or the hair very much covered by barbes of
blonde, are universally worn on the Continent by ladies of all ages.
Raz:rises DRESS.—A dress of white figured blond de Cambray
over white satin. The Corsage sits close to the shape; it is cut
low, but by no means indelicately so, round the bust. A falling
tucker, of blood lace, is disposed nearly plain round the back and
bosom, but very full on the shoulders, so as to form mancherons. A
narrow pointed blond, set on plain, forms a heading to the tucker.
Gauze sleeve over a short beret one of white satin ; it is very large,
and somewhat of the Al wino Faller* form; but the, end, instead of
being rounded, hangs nearly in a point ; it is looped in front of the
arm with a mend of white gauze riband. The trimming of the
skirt consists of a single deep flounce, set on a little below the knee.
The hair is dressed in very thick curls on the temples, and disposed
in full but not very high bows. A full-blown white rose is placed
just over the right temple, at the base of a bouquet of white fancy
flowers. Another bouquet, of a smaller size, but very far back,
adorns the left side. The jewellery worn with this dress should be
gold and pearls.
FULL Dalss.--A dress of satin de Japan of a bright gold co-
lour, the corsage made to sit close to the shape behind, and disposed
across the front in drapery folds : the folds confined by an agrafe
of diamonds : they are drawn down a little in front, so as partially
to display a chemisette of blond de Cambray, which shades the
bosom. Very short full satin sleeves, covered by a manche Orlen-
tale, of white blond de Cambray, of uncommon richness and
beauty. A single flounce of the same elegant material finishes the
skirt round the border. The hair is disposed in corkscrew ringlets,
which hang very low at the sides of the face. The head-dress is a
gold-coloured crape beret, profusely ornamented with long, white,
curled ostrich feathers, and white gauze ribond. The jewellery
worn with the dress should be of massive gold.