Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12
FRENCH FASHIONS.
Gossip About the Very Latest
French Styles,

Elegantly Dressed wOmen-Scme
Stunning New Costumes.
The Paris fashion reporter of the
,dnIerjedR Register gives the following
account of the latest French fashions.
The art of dying woollen, cotton and
silk materials, she says, has been rapid
" improving during the last fifty years.
New chemical agents have been dis
covered, and through them charming
colOrs, hitherto unknown, have been
obtained. But the use Of these agents
is not always void of danger, and a
proof of this is the accident which re-
Gently befen Nine. B, one Of the
artists Of the Theatre Francois. At
the close Of a dinner, during which she
had been livelier and Whittier than usual,
she suddenly turned pale and fell into
q deep sW on. RestOratives were ap-
piled without success, and the guests
were becoming really alarmed, when
one of them happened to notice the
toilette worn by the sufferer; a splendid
faille train of a rich, velvety green
shade. Struck by sudden
inspiration, he had the dress taken off,
and Nine. B soon after recovered
her senses. Her green dress, dyed by
means of a copper Oxyde, WAS simply
poisoning her. a few minutes after
wards all i'll effects from its influence
had disappeared. Instances Of sus-
ceptlbility to poisonous influences of
the kind are not uncommon. About
ten years ago, a handsome violet shade
was adopted, and it became the fashion
9or young children to wear long stock
InSs Of that color. The poor children
all became i'll and the parents were
puzzled TO detect the cause, when some
one took it into his head to analyze the
dye used to color the stockings, and it
was found to contain a strong poison.
For the past fortnight couturieres
and mOdistes have been kept busy for
the Grand Prix, and certainly their la
bors contributed largely to the brillian
cy Of the scene. Nothing could Je
more charming than the aspect Of the
tr1bupes, crowded with lovely and
ELEGANTLY DRESSED WOMEN.
] cannot attempt TO describe all the
elegant tOilettes which | noticed there,
and viii therefore confine myself to a
few of the most remarkable. The COM
tesse de B wore an underskirt of
white faille, Ornamented with three
deep plated flounces Of faille striped
white and blue. Each of these
hounces was headed by a vaporous
ruchInC Of Valenciennes lace. The
white faille tunic was very long in
front and tightly caught up at the
back; It was edged with a hOunce and
heading similar to those Of the under
skirt. The pouff was formed by sever
al large bows of white and blue faille.
tastefully intermingled with fots of
NalenCIennes lace. The cuirasse cor
sage of whitefaille was Ornamented in
the same style as the tunic, while a
standing collar of white and blue faille
encircled the neck, together with
an inner ruching of Valencien-
mes lace. The white faille sleeves
were made with large crercs of
the blue and white silk, encircled with
lace, and were finished with small
plated founce of the same material.
headed by a ruching of lace. This ele-
CANT toilette was worn with a large
Pamela hat of white straw, similar To
the one worn by the Empress Eugene
in Winterhalter' famous painting,
which represents her surrounded by her
ladies Of honor. The Duchess de V
appeared, if possible, lovelier than
usual, IN a charming costume Of light
Havana colOred faille and cambria.
The faille underskirt was plated in
front IN wide, loose plaits. while the
back was covered up to the waist with
SIN Ii scalloped fiounces gath,red TIE
cambria tunic was richly embroidered
jour, and finished with fringed lace