The New York herald., 1866-09-16
THE FAs HON 8.
sua PANS sptclAp FASHIONS CORRESPONDENCE

A Grand IIIseericaI Revival In tho Matter ef
Ladies' Dress Approaching -History RE
peatinG ItselE-Mme. de Pempad0ur, Mme.
du Barry NinOn do pEnclos and Other De-
parted Leaders About to be Represented
The Ceinture Tnliien Corsage Doria, Flots
Lauzun and Other Prevailing Styles
Dresses Wsrn at Biarritz and in the City.
PARis, August 81, 1855
great deal has been written by men or taste and
feeling on the happiness OF their youth and the inno-
cent joys Of their childhood Many pages OF fair white
paper have blackened with lines to the memory Of
bygones, which dear departed wish to observe,
pa~am, not grammatical, and ought in the nine
teenth century, to be made 80 By those who have
voice in the matter However, far be it from
such A. your fashion correspondent TO pick holes
in snother's coat I have enough to do in advis-
ing ladies' to look to their own apparel and
works Of charity in other quarters would simply be works
Of ofsupererogation Neither will speak dIsrespectfuy
OF bygonea only wish them to be what they are, and
az far as am concerned TO with their attend
ant long lessons TO learn and Latin nouns TO decline
When the shadow OF the past is upon me my worthy
preceptor before my troubled vision clad in suit
OF arduouA persevering black, relieved by queery
knoted necktie round his throat sort Of hard srug-
Cling knot pair Of spectacles his and quill
behind his left ear.
That quill often led mo far from my studies when
looked my master In the face thing had sometimes
10 do and while the good deludng himself with
the notion that actually listening to the striking
out Of Latin roots used to be wondering how anything
belonging TO goose could have grown 70 naturally as
were 70 his head and whether he pulled II out
when no put on his night cap before getting into bed
/ am sorry now that fashions polyglots and that
tho Greek pepon has been turned into pepum for our
convenience, that was such a needless pupil with
brains fond Of wandering from fixed rules to impossi
btles but here take occasion to warn those OF your
readers who motherA against the system Of nsil.
ing much Latin and Greek into the heads OF their e
male offspring Il will but embitter lfes sweetest mcm
ories and make them fractious.
Let them be drilled into history; and is the time
when they must brush It up they viii not be able 70
buy any clothes for the coming autumn as every gar
mcnt to be historical It is impossible for any Of
your readers to have taken up lades paper without
seeing OF the following advertisements: :Cnture
Rgae, aots IAuzun, ncglige Louis XIV. and indeed
tice Of something belonging to all the Louis or their
favorites We have Nine. de Pompadour's everything,
Mme du Barrys perfumes, Nnon de rEncos' pomatums,
&c and considering that France has been blessed with
eighteen Louises and that each had favores more or
less that there great deal TO be learnt about
the pecuares or EACH All these court ladies were Of
dressed after style Of their own and like those
dear little sheep have all sung about In our nursery
were nicely and comfortably clad, but their clothes
were not cut after the shape for all that Thus
Mme. dc Pompadour's skirt was looped up and the
Queen Hortensc's trailed after her az ours do
History must therefore be driven into young girls who
follow tho fashions and very useful conclu
sons could be drawn therefrom Nothing but the fact
Of Mme de Pompadours having had her trains loopcd up
infers that she had very pretty foot and every one
knows that the same sat for its portrait green
velvet cushions cannot say how many times can
divulgc nothing acout Queen Horcnscs train, II being
almost contemporary, and your readers know that 81
never talk politics"
Tho Charlotte Corday cap, the Marie Antoinete fchu
and chapcau Iamba,e too well known 10 be do
scrbed but feel my duty to mention other historical
clothes which were revived this summer and which are
to 20 through next winter. few remarks their
sponsors may not be altogether out of place either
Te,iieu is long sash Of the widest and
richest chine, plaid plain ribbon white.
Mime. Tsses ~yonnG and beautiful wislnu--
a Madame dc Fontenoy, before she married that very
revolutionary M. Tallicn, whose morals she sof,ened
whose heart shc capvaed and whose eye she delighted
with long sashes She was the most fashionable woman
In Paris durng tho Grs empire and exercised immense
influence public opinion but Napoleon did not like
her. and she was allowed to come TO court.
The corsdge Dorio is low bodice made OF alternate
stripes OF pulled muslin and black velvet cherry
sertion and colored ribbon some nothing but hoi-
low futed folds
Princess DorIa. whose has come down to the
above bodice. \ very different of
very unlike Madame Tallien indeed, and although she
had diamonds such no one ever had, OF which the
finest, told about large a small paving
stone. still shc humble that she went down
her knees in OF the Roman churches and washed
peoples fcet-for nothing History not say she
wore n low bodice on that OCCASION but knowing the
rgidy Of her principles We are authorized 10 say that
she did not.
in light pyramids from the shoulders and neck Of
ties and casacques.
The Duke Of Iouzuu wore hs ornaments everywhere :
his knees on hts wrists cr his backn TACT he
overhowng and got into troubl, He sent prison
for having broken the blade Of his sword before his
king while saying that he never would
believe a word that came ont Of that sovereyn's
mouth any more. Gentlemen, Of course, will admire
Lauzunis pluck; but ladies viii give him their sympa
thics and buv his snots- for be fcarfulv in
with Mic. dc honpensier. ard couldn't marry her.
Some y no was obi ged 10 do so In secret hut be that
AZ il may he married else in public till Mile. de
Montpensier died, and ne was Thought very constant
The oeisittT, Regne or stsys bnt see want Of
space viii prevent from continuing This conrsc OF hia
tory, have few Toilets 10 describe before closing
letter Historical clothes shall, however, he continued
In my next
Tho rain rall- constantly al all tho watering PLACES
that fre have been crgayed NJ the Casino and drcs Is
the great business of The day.
The following toilets were much admired at RiaIrz
this wcck:--A magve loulafd rnderskfi. which
white organd tonic, vandyked with vaencicnncs nser-
ton and acs frill In each vandrkc worked bouquc,
rasa1ue.ptrnr of the over mRnve.
rec straw bonnet nctched in SQUARES MI round edged
with black velvet and trimmed with China tca.rose,
buds and foliage in milc -trngs
a second toilet was mrde o white ionlard reinpre.
trimmed round tho bottom with Dat fold Of blue tnrta
the cross. The cassque without sleeves cut
straight behind, With lorg points the sides aud
trimmed with decr blue fringe y. The shade the
tafeia round the train. The sleeves ol the drss
verv narrow especially AZ the wrists
The chapcau made of white tuilc houlionne edged
rouod with white crystal drops among blue my osotis
blossoms.
tbIrd composed or two * r,s The top one loopcd
with white tot Ornaments made of striped taetn
gold ccor and white The under wac M white but
trimmed with deep gold colorcd chenille fringe and
white jct..s
Tho Lady who his dazzling ,olc, was bruno.
aad rhc had profile medaons gold bands through her
tandnauv
,hlennns are worn still higher md higher than
Tht fayoffe ehignon Is tho "paiu dc manton acl-
dicTS' ammunition lUaf iair bands are very rich-thc
newest are fomp.ian medaons narrow pomradour
ribbons Ther twisted thrte or four ulncs over rlp
piiug haudeaax nrd cufls
White muslin rohci worn more than any other AZ
all evening rcccptious; but they cleboratclv
worked and f.led With lace Whole widths rlned