FASHIONS FOR MAY. [From Le Follet.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 740, 4 September 1852, Page 4

FASHIONS FOR MAY. [From Le Follet.]

1 Before' calling the attentiongof our readers to j bonnets, we must notice two very becoming and fashionable caps. The first, the Charlotte Corj day, made of deep indented blotide^ falling over ' bunches of roses. : The second, the Psyche : it > is graceful, modest, and youthful, composed of black guipare, over black lace, with a wreath i of green ribbon foliage, encircling a beautifu , rose. 5 We now pass on to the bonnets. Thef first is 1 a capote of bouillonnes, violet tulle, with loops ' across each boujlloii, o^ery narrow violet and {. straw coloured «üb«iB\paWmeßterle (these ribi ' bons are a "great novelty, and are as delicate and 1 light as gauze^ Two. rows of grey passementerie ' embroidered with straw are slightly quilted over ' I the bouillons of tulle ; one across the crown, and | another on the curtain. The inside of the front, ! which is wide, is trimmed with violets of three ; shades. The capote papillonnGe of blonde and • white gauze ribbon. There are three rows of ; papillons of blonde, and consequently three bands , of gauze ribbon. A broad white taffetas ribbon : passes over the crown .in the style of a fanchon, and forms the. long Broad-strings. On one tide the ribbon is concealed by a tuft of double narcissus and long grass ; three rows of blonde and gauze ribbon fall from the back of the crown, covering the curtain. An exquisite capote of pink gauze, of biases slightly gathered, trimmed round the edge with a large ruche a la vielle, formed of pink gauze and blonde ; a large double rose ornaments one ear. Another of blue taffetas, and crepe lisse in bouffantes, vrith rotaces of straw at equal distances. A bouffante of taffetas round the outer edge of the front, and of crepe lisse inside, with rosaces of straw double daisies encircled in bouillons of tulle round the face. A capote of lilac-coloured taffetas, with an edge of lilac and white gauze ribbon ; the lining is composed of alternate biases of spotted tulle and gauze ribbon. The crown is fiat, and j trimmed with crossings of ribbon ; the left side is ornamented with a large bunch of Parma violets. Cap of spotted tulle, with a bunch of violets on one side, aad long floating ribbons ou the other. A pink bonnet, composed of tulle and taffetas ; the edge being of tulle, with narrow fringed rib? bon fastening it to theljbouillonne of taffetas. The front, towards the crown, has four bpu^aqtes. of taffetas fastened with agrafes of fringed passementerie. The crown is three puffs of taffetas covered with Pink and black poppies, grey foliage, and green buds, mixed with blonde, form the cap. A bonnet of white tulle Malines and taffetas, separated by an agrement of straw. The edge and curtain are scolloped and edged with narrow blonde ; a large bunch of straw flowers and folirige on the right ■• side ; bunches of currants, with straw leaves and blonde, trim the inside. A blue bonnet, with a broad flat frout, trimmed with narrow rouleaux of blue taffetas placed transversely ; a narrow blonde on each side. These rouleaux are repeated at distances round the edge of the bonnet, and continue round the curtain. The crown is formed of four bouillons terminated by a broad rouleau. The inside is trimmed to match. Pink roses, slightly frosted, in the Pompadour style, in the cap. Dresses present themselves next for inspection,. A robe bouisson de roses, the bottom of the skirt being of satin, and the upper part of gros de Tours, with white flowers on a green ground:; the flowers are stamped on the satin. This robe is suitable for spring or autumn costume. A robe; mandarine, with bouquets of Pompador roses ' upon a sea-green ground, and stripes of brown and dark green. Carriage dress a robe of gros , de Tours, with large bunches of flowers in rich colours round the bottom. This robe is exceedingly elegant in pearl grey or tslay green. A robe sylphide, with three flounces of grenadine, ' plaid, either green, yiolet, blue, or yellow, upon a black ground. A robe Uranie of black taffetas, with shaded stripes disposed in angles over the squares of the plaid. A robe Gran tier, with three flounces of plaid, velvet, green, dahlia, and' black; with* green', yeljow/ black, white, and groseille stripes ; the §Mii arid body are plain. A robe Isabeile, wklt ; jix flounces,, three broad and i three narrow ; half of white gauze ribbon with broches flowers, half of sky-blue taffetas and Na- ' pole on blue stripes, separated by a silver thread. • The ground is sky-blue taffetas. A robe en arc- '. en-ciel, Islay green ground with six shaded flounces ; a cancaieux fringe of progressive width. ' Another with five flounces cut on the bias, one < very deep, and four very narrow. The colour is i Sevres blue. A white robe in the same style, < with three deep flounces, with a fringe of straw. '. A robe Iris, of pink and white taffetas, with i three festooned flounces, edged with a narrow ] white fringe. An embroidery of white bouquets i over the flounces. There is do decided rule for i the number or width of flounces, fancy alone re- i gulates this trimmicg. -' < Bayaderes, plaids, dnnees, printed fou- ( lards, and flowered taffettas, are all in great 1 demand. A very elegant dress, called the Saraphina, is { made with a double skirt ; the first white, with { broch£es bands ; the second of blue taffetas, ( with white designs, rounded in front en tablier j marquise, or of silver or gold larat, over white < gros de Tours. Shaded bareges, muslins, tarlatanes, and t organdis, are displayed in great variety. ' j The gilet senateur is composed of white moire, j quite high, with two rows of gold banging bat- I

tons, ■tf'he lace «nd embroidered muslin waist-, coats are lined with white/ pink, and blue taffetas. The new form of sleeve is the raanche taillad6e, a slashed aleeve. A small cuff fastens the five pointed. ' angles, between each of which the white under-sleeve protrudes. This has the advantage of novelty; but the open, rounded, square, or mousquetaire aleeve, with open sleeves of Brussels lace, or Valenciennes, or English point, are much more elegant and preferable for summer toilette. The most successful novelty for the season is la mode for lace mantes. Imagine the mante of the finest black in beautiful designs, forming a rounded scarf behind, descending only to the waist ; the ends in ftont are sometimes long, sometimes short and narrow, and are tied in a knot at the waist, descending to the knees, or carried behind and fastened like the Dubany mantelets. A hood is added, which forms a double pelerine over the shoulders, or a delightful coiffure madone when thrown over the head. Some are lined with thin coloured taffetas. We Lave also admired some splendid scarfs and large square shawls. Then come the mantilles, Fontange or Dubarry, trimmed behind with deep flounces reaching the front of the arm, from which a much narrower trimming continues down the front* This scarf' is .exceedingly becoming with a light coloured taffetas. The Pardessus Maintenon, of violet taffetas, with* three deep flounces of Cbantilly lace ; if has sleeves hidden by the lace. That which gives this Pardessns the stamp of elegance is the scarf, embroidered with beautiful passementerie and trimmed with lace, falling over the Fardessus, and forming the iourth flounce. The ends are a l'antique, in the style of Louis the Fourteenth. Caps are worn very small, scarcely covering the top of the bead.