PARIS FASHIONS.
'Paris, November 29. When an ordinary costume costs 800f, it is time for even well-lined purses to consider the propriety of going cautiously. This may explain why the most expensive toilettes are made for exportation, and that Parisiennes resign themselves to admiring a good deal of what they cannot, or do not like to command. Thus at the races much sobriety in dress is observable, and in the gallery of the Assembly no lady displays a loud toilette. For mourning dress vigogne is the principal material, the jupon being either plain or ornamental, with one or several fringed flounces behind, with flat bias in front, tabller form, blause, fringed, draped at the side and behind, fitting to the waist by a leather belt, steel buttons before, vest adjusted a revers, with side pocket. Street dresses are in rather blight colored cloth, draped over a jupou in faille or black velvet. The new shade of faille, form princess, suits dinnerparties and soirees. Black velvet continues to be the classic robe, and ever as useful as it is elegant ; then comes black silk, which can be worn in all seasons, and that can be rendered as elegant as an evening dress with a tunic of lace. Waterproofs have become military capotes, and are lined with fur according to the season. It is ever a useful garment. The favorite furs are silver fox and mued rat, {but dear furs, like blue fox and sable, are never out of fashion. Otter is in request for muffs and trimmings. As a rule the best fur is the cheapest, and can become an heirloom. Ball dresses are matters of fantasy, and are, in importance, like muslin dresses in summer; they never seriously count; quiet ladies prefer black ; the Chantilly tunic?, or lace embroidered with jet, look very elegant over a poult-de sole robe, satin, or even black velvet. The dolman is in great favor, and charming gilets and casaques without sleeves, are to be met with in cashmere, velvet, and poult desoie, loaded with embroidery and jet pearls. The new sensation bonnet is the Duchess de Berry, a compliment to the Comte de Chambord’s mother.
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Evening Star, Issue 3424, 11 February 1874, Page 3
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361PARIS FASHIONS. Evening Star, Issue 3424, 11 February 1874, Page 3
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