PARIS FASHIONS

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1661, 1 December 1873, Page 4

PARIS FASHIONS

[fuoai our own correspondent.] Paris, Oct. 34. It is during the dead season that the fashions for that which is to follow are designed and executed. Perhaps there is nothing new positively in hats, that is to say, that metamorphoses still continue. Toilettes and confections will much resemble those of last winter and spring, almost all are demi-adjusted behind, and fitted to the • figure by a waving ribbon before ; the sleeves a coude, like as in gentlemen's coats, are indispensable with the little' cloth jackets, which button at the side with ! verers^ and pockets; "This jacket will be very fashionable this winter, but the buttons employed, should be for young persons, either gilt or silvered, or in plain or cut, steel, it is very becoming for slender figures also. . For ladies inclining to full habit the dolman with large falling sleeves ought to be preferred. The princesse will be in the form adopted for full dress robes, without tunic or second jupe, but laden with embroidery or jet pearls. Enormous ponffs are declining. Only street costumes will have the right to be draped, but on condition that they be very short and not wide ; the long polonaise will continue to be worn, but j the blouse adjusted only behind will hot live beyond this season. Warm clothing should ever be adjusted in winter, loose garments would be glacial, unless they are crowded one over the other, which destroy, of course, the figure. Jupes of robes will not be much trimmed except in front. The new woollen materials are very attractive, and the predominant color is blue— from Shah to moody blue : there are a good deal of greens also. The strippd velveteens are peculiarly attractive. Ladies may be surprised to hear that fur will be worn this season in the form, of a collar ; that is to say, like ruffs ; this is the muscovite collar ; the muffs are small, and made to match the mantles. 1 should observe that all woollen costumes are ornamented with metal-buttons, and braudebourgs are in vogue $b well. Less English velvet will be worn this season, and it will be reserved for the street. The Henry the Fourth hat is made of black velvet, worn a little to the back for a humming bird, with open bill, just to peep under the rim in front. Two white ostrich feathers of unequal length ornament the top of the hat. The " Frolisdorf ", is nearly similar in trimming, is made up of the same material, with upturned rim behind and diadem in front. The "Angot" is the favorite with more than Republican ladies.