The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08
The Fashions,
LATEST PARIS FASHIONS,

Paris Correspondence of the New York Herald
/ Women now entering on new period Of grace
and elegance. Could they not combine both with wise
management of their wardrobe? The following a
! few ideas which the love of my has inspired Let
each choose three distinct toilets of the newest style
and have the last seasons splendor altered to the cut
now adopted. I shall not pretend to advise three
plain inexpensive toilets but three of the handsonest
that can be had in Paris, and boldly begin with what
l have at the Compagnie Lyonnaise. Everybody
| has heard of Adah Isaacs Menken-she often rides
! down the Boulevard-and this is one of the toilets
she ordered last week. As have seen her wear it
SINCE can fully describe it, and can even say what
it cost, for have had the bill put before me- and Miss
| Menken thinks her costume cheap
The walking dress is composed of two skirts, Gar
ibadi loose jacket and bonnet The underskirt is the
richest Antwerp silk ; shade, cornaine 1t is gored
in the top ounce is gathered in from the knee down
to the ankle this ounce gathered putting of
the same material cut diamond shape all around the
bottom. Two large diamonds placed on each
width of the founee.
Over this comes an Antwerp blue silk tunc, gored
fat in front and open down behind to form
ends which tied in a loose bow behind like tow
ell The shade is peculiarly beautiful porcelain blue
it is fringed all round with the little twisted cord
fringe we have since the fall of the first empire used
for upholstery but it is getting all the fashion to
adopt it again.
The Gsribaldi is plain and made of cornalpe silk
the loose jacket is blue and has large open medieval
sleeves HleQ Win Dlue ana IflGeu ike the tunlc
The diamond putting and the hounces of the under
skirt below the tunic in 'front.' and are seen ur
der the loose bow behind.
The bonnet is made Of nothing bat leaves, CORE
spending with the underskirt bronzed over and little
blue flowers peep out between. Since Miss Nenken
has this costume just week, it has been copied
in all the shades. Mauve and violet, green and white
blue and gray, by means eccentric, theatr
CAL nor horsey, and, if worn with becoming deport
ment can be adopted by every one.
l do not advise her Mazeppa costume.
l return to the Boulevard des Capucines. second
toilet there is white gaze ge chaa5ery, which vel
vet flowers brocaded, white and purple VIC
lets in bouquets, or rich peoples, most delcatey
tinted pearl gray; and third is silk muslin, as
transparent butterhy's wing, on which are frag-
ments of antique broken columns, shaded from light
gray to sky blue. It is Pompeian; it is lovely
These toilets can be trimmed with crosscut satin to
match, marabout, white jet and crystal, or even
light silk fringe, with pearl drops
The greatest variety is i'll the of over TUNES
They dcnted and ooped up drawn back or allowed
to fall like stiff drapery.
The independents and jackets must always match
The only jacket that is not to match is the Breton,
which is made Of white and scarlet, and patched over
with little bits of particolored cloth and silk braid
work The black cashmere streaming with jet is still
very fashionable.
Leaves and enaneled glass flowers the great
feature Oh bonnets Some of the prettiest sraws are
worked with yellow beads and trimmed with blue
they have alow crown aud straw aigrette the side