The Washington union., 1857-08-15
PARIS FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.
o copy the following from Ls Follet.

Fashion, which never overooks anything coming
within its peculiar province, and delights in regulating
details apparently of trivial importance, has designed
travelling dress at once elegant and convenient IL con-
ssts of plain full skirt half covered by fitting casaq
having pockets at the side edged with wide gaion and
buttonng at front from top to bottom Very full sleeves
under-seeyes of the material (nao,lsquaare
This toies Is generally made of materials mix
ture of silk and cottoneither in narrow strips small
checks black and white English barsye is also much
used but in that the casaqe replaced by afa0t
trimmed at the hips with wide hounee Of the same
material with without heading. A plain straw bon
net trimmed with quilted band completes this dress
elegant because of its simplicity
1T has often been said that simplicity Is the best
nament for youth thus in the country at the sea-
side, recommend morning toilette, small patterned
cuttings aos, plain full skirt with easaqae to match
fiat embroidered collar, and moisguane sleeves For
evening dress English bareg mouae de toayd de
Chine in word, any light and simple material. How
there occasions when elegance must be studied
even at the expense of simplicity. The two following
will be found charming oas for concerts tes cham
pehes
The first is of pink orga,d with double skirt tho
upper trimmed with rtiche la piele of pink q6aas
High body, without boques. Pink nband sash Marrow
ruchs placed at front of the body 6rondboags Very
wide open sleeves, trimmed with double ruche. Mamie
scau OF pink oyard with one wide founce all round
edged with rehe Rtches also at the top of the mdnsle
and above the founce. Rice-straw bonnet curtain of
pink silk, and wreath of roses round the crown.
The second is of maize silk, with double skirt, the
upper trimmed with guies of white g,pure placed
zgzag, and fastened with pplons bows, and ounce of
the lace falling the lower skirt headed with
great number of pdpalons bows High body, without
basqes, of white gpme, finished with small Iariaea
collar, also of papue and closed ut front under row
of pdpons bows of maize ribbon Triple agod sleeves
raised by bows MaietechaU of white gupurs, trimmed
with two wide ounces Small capuchon lined with maize
gaas, and trimmed with riband bow. The heading Of
the top iounce matches that the skirt Rice straw
bonnet, trimmed with long maize feather, which Is
turned in hafwreath the curtain The front
edge is trimmed with white gapRe which falls over the
hair, and is continued round the curtain.
White muslin dresses still made with founces :
sometimes two with very full headings three, sur
mounted by boes with colored ribands passed under
them. These dresses are sometimes over colored
slips Others made with double skirts the longer
one with merely broad hem the shorter one cut in
large scallops edged with scalloped embroidered
frl above which placed two buaionaes. The
form Of the body is high gathered ge with ruchs
round the throat. The sleeves Ia Vsniie'e, trimmed
round with embroidered frls and boalionnfs and cut
open far as the elbow The upper part is arranged in
large plaits, and u bow is placed at the opening.
Under-sleeves and habitshrts for morning
sometimes made of cambria muslin, printed in very
small pattern in pink biue lilac, coral great care
however is needed that the color chosen should suit that
Of the dress Others, which decidedly prefer,
made Of white cambria muslin embroidered in coors