Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-03-27
Correspondence of the y. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
The Fashions.
PARIS, February 18th.

PARIS, February 18th.
The carnival with it train of fancy balls. re
cherches entertainments, wild orgies and heathen-
ish professions was favored by bright sun and
mild temperature. Sunday, the first day of the
procession of the Fat Oxen, named Pekin. Shan9
hal and QUEEN dra ton, quite verlIal, luckily
for the gOddesses in the car, their costumes be-
ing light and scanty. Splendid Court and minis
teral fancy balls delighted thousands of the
higher circles the fonr last nights of the carnival
The masqurades at the hotels, and in the apart
ments at the Palace, of the dignitaries attached
to the Imperial household, were unusually mag
nifcent in decorations and in the luxury dis
PLAYED in the costumes.
For the moment our chronicles of the modes
give US no descriptions of novelties for the ball
room. Lent brings ull in the tide of dissipa-
tiOns; the pleasure loving portion of our capital
repose from the fatigue of the last days of the
carnival, and only indulge in dinners, concerts
and small reunions.
Madame Fauvet, whose reputation modste
is unrivaled exercises her taste the toilette de
UiLe One of those robes is of violet French
moire, decorated with trimming around the skirt
and on the body, and sleeves of black velvet open
work. A dress of rich tgfefdS d'Italie of dark
gray tint with silvery lustre. is ornamented on
both sides Of the skirts with three bias pieces of
the silk, which come from under the waist band
and gradually inc rease in width down to the hem,
where they are squared off and decorate the
whole width of the skirt; on the upper edge of
these bias pieces there is black silk binding,
worked with Il white pattern. The corsage is
plain, and is fastened by five black silk buttons,
surrounded with a white and black binding.
Above these five buttons, the buttons turned back
as lappels; these lappels are ornamenied in the
same manner the iupe. The passementerie
with which Madame Faust trims dresses surpass
those hitherto seen, in richness. These trim
mings form hanging buttons, braids, elegant
naments of guDure de Tenise, of Spanish point.
and are placed Oh the front of corsages and down
the middle of the skirts.
Plaques are also fashioned of passementerie of
different colors-volet and black groseille. green,
brown and black. These are pacel either at the
sides or in front of the skirt. Silver and gold
passementerie is made in great variety for ball
costume. Gold or silver lace edges, ruches of
Grape or 1ounces of tulle and tarlatan. Flounces
are rarely seen excepting in full dress. Our dis
tinguished milliner. Madame Alphonsne, now
exhibits great variety of coiffures and bonnets.
There are toquets of several STYLES. The Henri
3 is padded band of black velvet with a gold
cord twisted over it, and orIamented with white
feather. Another is OF matted gold, fastening Il
magnolia. Wese gold nets, with pearls, golden
ears ofcofn. feathers and diamonds; coiffures in
diadems of leaves, with black grapes and daisies.
The bonnets are still large and high over the
forehead, and the decorations placed on the
top or around the crown. Grape bonnets, edged
and curtained with velvet, will be the fashionable
style for the month of March; there is a trimming
around the front formed with very small feathers,
of the same color as the velvet, and as light
marabouts. There are also becoming bonnets
composed of black drawn silk. with white silk
curtain and decorations of black lace white silk
and pink roses.