New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-19

,,,,e the GROWING beauty Of exquisite toilette,
il not considered 30 indispensable a. iormerfyi
there are some however, who adhere to II through
.x.rv change of style. Collars for evening wear
are usually Of lace and quite wide, some forming
points on the back and shoulders those Tor
costume are much smaller; in fact the fashion oil very
large collars il already extinct The lace or muslin
uspchettes are adorned with bands OF narrow oiack
velvet or ribbons of bright colors; very tasseu ana
inexpensive style made of pufngs OF tulle, trimmed
in the same manner and edged with lace-msny OF tue
newest importations have wristbands close TO tue
hand. Lace cspes, so fashionable some years since,
bid fair to become popular as then, for summer OF
4" al home" evening dresses; those OF French em-
broidtrv trimmed with vsenciennes, being thicker,
are more suitable for ladies of certain age; many are
made Of a thin lace or Brussels net, having on the
edge double row of lace 10 correspond, with iong
rour ded tabs 10 cross at the waist with knot OF RIO
bon the color Of the dress. Basques of fine Swiss mus
lin richly embroidered and edged with laces OF various
kinds, bid fair to be very popular; very coquettsh
little garment of this sort, to wear with decolete
robes is made of black silk net, covered with rows OF
narrow velvet edged with blonde, placed lensthwise
70 the waist-the founce of the basque being deco
rated transversely in the manner, and finished
on the edge with fall of deep lsce-the sleeves to
correspond There has been decided effort to intro
duce black lace in the composition of collars sleeves
&c to be worn with colors but this style is suited
TO 70 few that it will scarcely be successful. The
combination of black and white laces, on bonnets
fchus headdresses and trimmings of every kind, has
been unaccountably popular since If is simply bizarre
with no pretension to becomingness or elegance.
In merely remarkiDg upon the extravaganza of dec
GRAFTON Iayshed on the unseen beautiful mysteries Of
feminine array, We are compelled to condemn it, but
wholly from strict sense of duty. Never was there
feminine folly we could half so easily forgive. II is,
therefore source OF congratulsion to US that we can
recall many prominent examples of this love of luxur
GUS linen to defend our from the charge Of orig
mating sn evident prodgalty. For instance, Queen
Elizabeth wore not only the purple Of royalty, but
fine linen Of which, as a novel luxury, she was quite
AZ vain having the sleeves OF her smocks made long,
TO be displayed at the wrist Furthermore, Pepys, in
his famous "Diary," records, in May, 1862: my
"wife and / to my Lords lodging, where she and |
said walking in Whitehall Garden and in the Privy
garden saw the finest smocks and linen petticoats of
"my Lady Castemaine's laced with rich lace at the
"bottom, that ever | saw, and did ne good
"to look of them" The extravagant expenditure
of certain dainty Countess Of Antrim, one item of
whose linen draper dccoeut WIS '"eh'y N"S' J"'S
superfne Irish linen at the enormous price OF forty
shiings per yard was duly chronicled; and all the
world knows the extreme aversion Anne of Aus
tria entertained for coarse textures about her per-
son, ard her wise Cardinals remark thereupon.
We forbesr all beyond simple alluson; a descrip-
ton OF these exquisite articles, for which We have
so tender respect, is, happily for our modesy and
Ill happily for the degeneracy of the age quite I'M
necessary since the most sacred of their snowy com
pany are exposed signs at shop windows, to be
stared at by unblushirg passers on crowded thor
oughfare.