The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-19


The variety In ball dresses il great that IL dlea
to select but must citc beautiful evening toilette a
'oiere, worked with velvet foliage The couture seosu-
psnyng composed OF shaded green velvet wins is4vs
with silver stalls and tcndr. They have all iov bodas.
The hair placed in fat bapdsauI aiighuy covering ths
forehead broad IlAt Of hair brought very fsrvArt,
and has wreath OF vino leaves twisted round H. ana a
unequal distances bunch Of grapes droops graoefuy.
boaie. Of "a,e A.. much ..rn NOR sa,s ..sa ~:
lately Of black velvet, trimmed round the edge Of ths
deep bssquines and up the front with band Of -
b.ads worried in graceful design Of vine leaves Aai
grApeA Attention IL already being paid % the prepAra
ton Of straw Tor bonnst particularly tho Belgian straw
which viii, doubtcss, be- much worn For dinner and
opera dress the bodies los and SQUARE trimmed
with floating ribbons the front Of the nody BAaluss
continue 10 be worn for oilos dc voe the only novelty
u that they are allied inStcad OF being plain a. Tor
merry.
Banda Of plu,h aouneea Of ,AHeta. dresses hsvs
become too common 20 b" worn by any lady OF rus
fashion Spotted tus much by young ladies' Doubss
skits skirts with Hounees universally adopted
Some very pretty dren,es are made Of shaded gray piak
blu. taGetss With nounccs trimmed uith wr-aths
formed OF peacock feathers intsriacsd Ia most besuu
ful manner The bh'ques trimmed with smaller iss
b,rs Ia match Three sleeves placed the othsr
arr terminated by the sams ornament and Raised os
The made 81 the arm BY rosses Of ribbon 81 tho shades
Of 'be feathers. Of roscttes IL placed up hs
front speaking OF feather trimmings, We must m-a.
ton those composed ~ partridge feathers In detaeh~
buhcht which are most used on toiettes nsgiges AsA
are exceedingly pretty gray, black deep blue ma
tefAls An elegant dsas - composed u straw osIsr.d
ctaIe, The skrt trimmed 9Th three aounoes sssd At
the tegts and bound with very sios, yaivs,
delicate velvet hsSrtsesss IL placed at each point o. ths
sash. The body and sleeves trimmed 70 match asd
bouquets o. tho zane towers With long hanging fOAss
ornament the shoulders and front Of a.. body.
Young ladies' ~ssr large Capss kInd ~ canal, do
Eetnding lover han The waist made Of white eolofeA
sutn, hntd and ~naded and trimmed rOune Wtth swans
down. Ihets cApes, which tlrosn oVr the
Ahout'rs ~ nt'r the ball concert ROOM tAss<
round the throat ny broad ,atln ribbon. For wAkiss
e7iium", velvet mApieiuI Ars Ia great demaad The
taims rotondc burD1us forms the most R~n.ra
~ adopted The difference consists chiefly Ia the mAnas~
~ disp,sng The paIts 10 form the sreyes osss
uTts .lsers - s-osd Velvet vests much st
home they ~ tho figure closely AMI have very deep
bafqusA embroidered with jet beads representing
lsVef and Irapea and open In ffpHt The sleeves
are very large and al bottom In the Greek STYLE
being opsn Ia the bsnl Of thu arm aud trimmed 9th
the border Of embroidery, Plain covered bosnsts
The ashton, and Vii BE- 20 during the uHisr The only
novelty Just now CONSIST Ia The trimming Wide blsnis
continues h. BE- much utsd IT the edge u s bsnnsz
forming narrow fall, and producing a 1sfy slaysnt
effect; the inside ~ froBts always trimmed with
blonde, mined vih hoHtrs and ribbons T14s hnai
dfetseN ~. particularly rrchsfehts. Hoss leave
much in favor