The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-08
PARIS, July Is, 1850

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Partisan Fashions for August 1850.
Though Paris is almost deserted, the fai-
seuses de modes are very busy in modelling
new fashions for the Summer season. The
strangers who visit Paris, as well as the peo-
pie who arrive here from the provinces to
buy their articles of toilette, are sufficient in
number to excite the energy and emulation
If our merchants.
The large houses of Paris are also busy
at Importation If you admire in the stores
an elegant guipue, splendid dress, gar
land and garniture Of flowers, in which the
grace of our best modistts is to be remarked,
be assured that you will be told--this goes
to London, that to Russia, the other to the
United States. u.
Among the prettiest novelties have e
marked whilst visiting the stores to collect
my fashionable intelligence, | will describe
the following articles:
A dress made of tafetas glace of pink and
sky-blue color. Long vast, tight to the
body, without any pitt, low-necked upon
fcher of Grape; white, and covered with
small embIoideries. On the stomach OF the
dress there is beau of gauze, in the centre
of which is placed very small boquet Of
roses and forget-me-nots.
Another dress, composed of two skirts of
white Grape; trimmed with garland of Gle
matites At the end of the small leaves
there is also another garland Of the same
flower; in front Of the bodice, the elena
tites are placed in small lunches, ard e
head-dress is composed of wreath of the
same. Bracelets of gold coin united to-
gether with chain. -r.-
The robes Of negRge, or rather " walking
dress" are made as follows: Ill.,.
1st. Aredingotte-peignoir in printed nan
kin, made with rolants bordered with en-
brtoideries called ualencienhes. The bod
dice is open, adorned with four small ruches
made with the goods OF the dress, and also
trimmed with embroideries and ralenciennes
The sleeves are made large, with two ruches
equally trimmed with broderies, and having
under pair of sous-manches of muslin.
I'd. A silk dress OF blue color, spotted
with white punches of roses. 1t is made a
la Pompadour, the waist being only marked
on the form of the body, but not cut as in
the other dresses. In front of it, running
from the stomach down to the feet, are four
couillonnes Of white silk twisted with a small
blue ribbon assorted to the dress. The
sleeves are large and composed of SIX ranks
Of that comllonne The bodice is opened
in the firm Of V, and bighnecked. Under
it there is chemisetie Of plitted cambresis,
with collar an petit point. 1t rs necessary
with such dress to have the hair fixed "a
la Pompadom," which is relue around the
head in the form Of big rope.
Although the mantilla or caraco of the
same goods as that of the dress are much
en- rogue, the pardessus of black silk, trim
med with eGles are much in favor, as they
are considered the more fashionable.
White mantillas Of embroideries are less
fashionable than they were last year. Those
of the season are pointed behind md in front
as shawl. They are trimmed with 20
lants, festooned and bordered with lace
The last attempt made by the fashion, for
the mantillas, is called manrelet-echaPe,
(scarf mantilla. 1t is light and elegant
thing, which covers with much grace the
shoulders of its bearer, and allows the waist
to be seen with much ease They are made
Of band Of taffetas or silk, and trimmed all
around with ruche and lace.
The honnets and cnpotes the more a Ia
mode for this season, are called " half-and-
halfn Let me make you understand what
| mean Take the front Of a straw hat, of
any color, description and style, and the bot
tom o, a silk bonnet. You tx them together,
and you have fashionable bonnet The
only thing to be observed is this: that the
silk trimming ought TO be assorted TO the
color of tie straw, aud if the straw is only
yellow, YOU cannot have it trimmed other
wise than with white and yellow ribbon.
This trimming il generally made twisted as
net. It's the latest fashion For grand
toilette, the pink or white chopeaur are al
ways in demand.
The luxury of linen is also recherche
have Just seen some chemises made by the
most skful coupew OF Paris, which are the
ne plus ultra OF elegance and grace. The
body is made Of Holland linen, and the shout
ders and sleeves ATE surrounded with splen-
did embroidery, trimmed with ralenciennes.
That invoice goes tomorrow to the United
States, and the lady for whom it has Teen
bought may show it to her friends as spe-
cimen Of bon govt and refinement
The dress of the gentlemen is not much
altered since my last batch of fashions. With