The Ladies' Toilet
Fashions Represented in the Engravings
Carriage Dress - A petticoat of celestial-blue gros de Naples, with a broad hem round the border, headed by two very narrow rouleaux. Canezn Spencer of white jacanot muslin; the body full, and sleeves a l'imbecille, with double frill mancherons. A bonnet of white watered gros de Naples, ornamented under the brim by points of celestial-blue satin; two ostrich feathers, turning back over the crown, after being fixed at its base, adorn this tasteful and becoming bonnet: this plumage is white, slightly tinged with blue; the strings float loose, and the bonnet is confined under the chin by a narrower ribbon.
Evening Dress - A dress of amber-colored taffety, with a broad hem at the border; above which is a painted wreath of vine leaves and their tendrils, in brown; the sash is painted to correspond; the body is made tight to the shape, with a Sevigne drapery across the bust, with a splendid ornament of flowers in the centre, formed of pearls; the sleeves very short, and consisting of falling frills or rich white blond; on each shoulder is a rosette of amber silk, in pointed leaves, bound with white satin. The head-dress is a beret of amber crape, with a small portion of white satin ribbon; one superb white feather is placed under the brim, and, waving in a spiral direction, reclines, though in a towering position, over the crown. The necklace consists of one row of large pearls, fastened in front with a St. Andrew's cross of diamonds. The ear-pendants are of wrought gold. Bracelets of dark hair, clasped by a brooch of red cornelian, set in gold.
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