PARIS FASHIONS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 242, 27 January 1875, Page 3

PARIS FASHIONS.

Cuirasses are extremely in fashion. The handsomest are made of tissu a jours, and covered with such a profusion of beads, be they of jet, or gray or blue steel, that '.the material is well-nigh invisible. They are, of course, very expensive. No doubt but ladies who are clever at their crochet or fine knitting could easily manage to crochet or knit one. But it is not every lady who could do so, whilst I have a style of cuirasse to propose to you which is very elegant, and the easiest thing in the world to make. Make, or have have made for you, a cuirasse of black faille. There is no need for the silk to be new, as almost nothing of it will be seen. When it is completely made and fitted to a nicety, cut out into imitation Spanish blond sprigs of flowers and running designs, and arrange them tastefully and close together all over the bodice ; then bead them carefully and plentifully ; edge the basque and arm-holes with jet fringe, and you will have a very nice and highly-fashionable article of dress, which will render you innumerable services throughout the winter, without having cost you the twentieth part of what you would have to pay for a ready-made one. You can in the same manner embroider with beads over lace long bands of black silk, which will trim en suite the skirt of the dress with which you wear the cuirasse. Il va sans dire that black over black is always more habille and ladylike than a mixture of two colors when beads are employed. Jet is quieter, and will be longer in fashion than steel; so I would advise such of my readers who wish to wear their things as long as possible to adopt jet.

“ Wonderful things are done nowadays,’ said Mr. Timmins. “ The doctor has given Flack’s boy a new lip from his cheek.”—“ Ah!” said the lady, “ many’s the time I have known a pair taken from mine, and no very painful operation either.”