PARIS LIFE AND FASHIONS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2478, 16 March 1882, Page 4

PARIS LIFE AND FASHIONS.

[“ The Queen ” of January 21st."J

The event of the last fortnight in the gay world of Paris has been the ball given by M. Boskiroheff. It was on a large scale, the music excellent, the sapper magnificent and well served, the dresses fresh and in good taste. The young married women wore rich materials, elaborate embroideries, and diamonds in profusion ; the unmarried ones were, almost without exception, in white diaphanous toilettes brightened with flowers; consequently the result left nothing to be desired. Mile. Marie Baskiroheff’s dress was a cloud of white mousselino de aoie, garlanded with a long trail of roses that commenced on the shoulder, crossed to the hip, and was lost in the draperies of the train.; not a jewel in her blonde hair, which was arranged in a mass of tiny curls. The three handsomest married women’s toilets were the following—The Marquise de Ravereeaux in white satin; the train trimmed with Russian sable; diamond stars in the hair. The Princeese Karageorgevitch in amaranth satin, with train of embossed velvet to match ; diamond flowers in the hair and on the bodice, Ibe Princess Gristaif in Sevres blue plush lined with pale gold satin, large sapphires for ornaments. Mme. Gavini’s toilette, though less sumptuous, was exceedingly pretty; it was white moire draped with blonde of light design ; the corslet was violet velvet. Mme. Thonvenel was in black satin and jet; pink feathers in her hair. All these ladies wore low dresses with uncovered shoulders.

Queen Isabella o£ Spain has recommenced her morning receptions, and has fixed Mondays for them ; evening parties are promised. At her last reception there were several Americans exquisitely dressed. One for example wore a grey plush skirt with grey faille paniers (no doubt faille is coming in •gain) and a large moss-green plush easaquin embroidered with gold ; an embroidered waistcoat almost hidden under a dot of old point lace; a small moss-green bonnet with pale yellow and grey tips. The Oountess de Kessler was in a short blue velvet costume with narrow mantelet to match, both embroidered ; • large bonnet of a paler shade of blue with feathers. There was a beautiful black velvet dress bordered with a fiounoe almost covered with imitation old Venetian embroidery, tanoolored in hue; a pelerine of similar embroidery with a largo moire bow at the back ; a small velvet capote, with a tuft of flufiy feathers of the same ton color. Por going to the carriage this pretty dress was partially hidden nnder a cardinal velvet mantelet bordered with blaok mauve satin and white lace, was in Mme. Potooka’a box; the next compartment was occupied by Mme. Bernardacki, who wore naoarat velvet, with low' bodice, made wfth a small white satin waistcoat, sprays of pink acacias on the bodice and in the hair, Another box was filled by the Countess d’Hansenville in half mourning, with low bodice entirely of jet; and her sisters, the Miles. d’Harconrt, in white satin mervoillesux. Mile, de Logrene also in white; a satin easaquin over a gauze skirt, a comb of xofea fastening up her back hair. The Countess Pillet-WUI was in a Pompadour toilette, with ■ quantity of diamonds ; her headdress conslated of feathers, matching the colors on the dress. The Haber box was occupied by the Countess Cornet, Mme. de Haber, and the Countess Legonbidoe, all in black dresses, covered with flowers of different colors. Mme. Baring was in a high white-embossed velvet, the deiign outlined with pearls j her

niece. Mile* de Martinoti, in low black moire, trimmed with white Valenciennes lace, her Titian red hair unadorned either with flower or jewel. At the last evening party.of the Baroness do Weissweiler, the Baroness de Haber was in red satin, the front trimmed with magnificent white Spanish blonde. The bodice was fastened with a moat original ornament —a cock’s head in pink and white diamonds ; her hair was fastened up with a pearl comb. Mmo. Forges was in pale blue faille, trimmed with velvet of the shade called “bleudomer,” the bodice out as a wide square; the feathers in the headdress were of the two shades of blue. Mmo. Forges, nee Weissweiler, was in ruby satin, made with square bodice, and Louis XV. waistcoat of rich embroidery of the last century ; no other trimming than a thick ruche round the skirt. The Countess de Trobriand the other day appeared in black velvet entirely covered with point d’Angloterre of the finest quality, once belonging to the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. At another soiree Mme. de Trobriand appeared in black tulle, covered with black lace, the design outlined with gold thread ; black velvet epvilets and low bodice, both richly embroidered in gold. Worth, like all other leading dressmakers, is making very few boll dresses, simply became there are no balls going on. _ I, however, saw two beautiful evening toilettes at Worth’s prepared for Mme. de Villeneuve. The first was white tulle, striped and fringed with gold, and draped over cream satin; four or five dark blue birds were studded here and there in the tulle ; a large tunic of white plush ornamented with gold pastilles formed half of the train, the other half was old gold satin; the bodice was pointed, it laced at the back, was very low, and surrounded with gold tulle, in which nestled some dark blue birds similar to those on the skirt, but considerably smaller.^ Mme. Rodrigues is alio making elegant ball dresses in the following style—Cream lace skirts, draped over light satin, either pink, pale lilac, turquoise blue, or straw j the overskirt is in a light Japanese material called “Housse,” which is original-looking, and is embroidered all over with gold and fantastic birds in the brightest colours. This finishes in a swallow tail with two points, called “queue d’hirondelle,” supported by a small fiat balayeuse ; the low round bodice is encircled with flowers and birds. These dresses are suitable to young tall women, for they are rich-looking and full of colour; small women look better in the white lace dresses, draped with clusters of tiny humming birds. Another successful evening dress made by the same lady is a pink satin train, one corner round, the other square; a tunic of silk stockingette worked thickly over with pink beads ; low satin bodice enriched with similar embroidery, fringed at the edge; a cluster of pink hyacinths at one side. The toilettes at this house ate simple in make, but composed of rich materials, costly embroideries, many ribbon bows, and much white cream or sulphur lace, and flowers in quantity 5 and yet the general effect is youthful. For fulldress occasions all the bodices are made low and round, leaving the shoulders entirely uncovered.