, 1877-09-16
PARIS.
The Momentary Fancy for tn,
Bright Co!ors. =,
Unique and Beautiful Costumes--.a
Variety Of Hats.
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune


PARIS, Sept. 1.-The bright colors NJ ~,
Orient. which generally appear ut this season ~.
the year, are again looming up iu fall s,v1s.
and, as they are conspicuously seen in man,
costly materials, it is not probable their eyi.t
ence will be as ephcmeral as usual, for 1hev sell.
dom lin@er after autumn's rich cologs fade ava,
from Nature. These tiuts are blended in snh
dued manner into the greens, mube-rez
bronzes, garnets, and clarets Of the substantial
fabrics ior general wear, and appear in so1i}
stripes OF SATIN on gauze and other thin mate,
rials for evening ro1!ettes. 4 satin uanask
known as Kas dc Sicilie on account OF the na.
eullarly brilliant arrangement Of eolors. h,z
made It's appearance at the aristocratie estah,
lshmcnto OF Petit-Saint-Thomas. and therefor,
we mar regard the revival Of this antiaue dam.
ask as i certainty, at least among the residents
OF the Faubourg st. Gcrma:n. Everything in
this store is enthusiastically French md
enormously dear, but tile latter fact is not taken
into consideration BY visitors, in view OF The IT.
fractions with which they are sur.
rounded whilst making their purchases.
You may lounge in 4 sumptuon,
Oriental salon and rest on the diyans, pa1take ct
rarcst tlcItcacies in the Iinin.-zoon, or enter.
tain yourselves III the picture gallery, wlers
works OF intrinsic merit hang on The walls, and.
in TACT, enjoy yourselves, rather than endure tha
usually wcari5ou1c routine Of shopping.
TUE MOST UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES
are there displayed, among which none are mora
deserving Of nutice than those Tor the street.
These arc generally OF Oriental material, shot
with various colors in silk, and are invariably
made to escape the ground, the trimming con-
sistiug OF pipings, or ruliles OF silk conforming
to the colors in the dress. Thus, an invisible
green, with shimmero OF crimson, old gold, and
myrtie-creen, has the skirt trimmed with A
cf ia a1r
narrow, fringed silk rutiles OF the three eolors.
which are also used for garuiture on the mantle
These appendages are Of tue same material as
the dress, generally, and are considered equally
elegant Us Those OF camePs hair and caehemere
which are largely imported. It is predicted.
lnweycr, thai the heavy India scarts will re-
plare the mantles later in the season, and tina
temptation to purchase these magnificent atEaiss
was never greater than at present, as the de-
signs are far more beautiful than those We hare
been accustomed to in the shawls OF late
years. The garuiture on the aDove-descrihed
dress is also placed pe7pcndicuIarly over the in
visible pocket, from which it PASSES diagonally
across the front breadth, and thence curves and
joins the hounce in the middle OF the back.
Three ruws Of this rut1le trimming are placed at
equal distances from the first and carried BE-
low it in a similar manner, thus bringing thu
last one to the tlouncc, where 1t passes over the
last gore. The three coors in these ruffies arr
placed slightly one over the other, the upper
one beng fringed ON both edges to form .
heading. The buttons are OF silk, broslded
with the three colors in the trimming
FOR MORE ELABORATE COSTUMES
NC must 60 elsewhere, where those for the
street are still found accompanied by the un-
ha}ayeuse, or, IN plain
English, i sweeper; hideous pockets, and loops
aud straps to convert the promenadcs, as
have before remarked, into 4 perambuiatinc
bundle. In many instances these tollette5 are
destitute OF mantles, which is not in conformity
with good taste, and much less SO when pofre-
lain buttons are arranged for trimming, like
so many miniature plates on dresser. Hats
are at equal variance at different estan.
iishments; here, capote with lev loops ana
I graceful plume, a Marie Stuar: white silk and
garnet velvet adorned with the plumase Of soma
Brazilian birsi. or 4 t1lrbau with its 1ods Of
shaded India silk all artisticalIy arranged: ana
there, hats that fairly dazzle with their metallic
brilIiancY. Bronze foliage Is profuselF used los
trimming these, and even gilded grapes ara
sometimes seen dan@llng on fashionable hat
However, Fashion IS only experimenting as usu'
al at the commencement ola season, and many.
OF these yacaries will soon pass away The a.
tempt to revive
STILES or THE FIRST EMPIRE
is not likely to succeed, which is fortunate, ~
there is no one Of sufficient influence al thd
present time to check their tendency to e1agGer-
alton, as the painter David did at that period.
His repugnance to eccentric costumes was 1re
uuently manifested in persistent reiusais "a
paint them, and in his magnificent painting oI
the Coronation Of Napoleon |. he not only ar
ranged styles to suit himself Eencrally, bst
even dared to represent Cardinal capraEa in hh
bald head, although this distinguished person
age appeared in 4 pc,ruque. Ea.nly he endeag,
orcd to induce David to restore it, who replied
he would not disgrace his brush by painting it.
The affair then assumed diplomatic aspect, al
his Em:neuce applied to ~ le Prince de lal,ey,
rand for redress; but the artist merely replied
that the Cardinal ought to esteem himself hap"
py that nothing else had been taken from him.
The portrait is still bald, owus to the extreme
1y large pcrruque with which the Cardinal pre-
sentcd himself before the painter
MATunDH