PARIS FASHIONS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 244, 3 February 1875, Page 3

PARIS FASHIONS.

Now for a few jetless toilettes: — First, a dress of violet faille, with trimmings of mauve faille. The train-shaped skirt is composed behind of four breadths ; the two side ones fall quite straight, but the two back ones are cut much longer, and gathered in at the seams all the way down. Underneath these two breadths is a muslin lining falling quite straight, upon which, here and there, is tacked the fulness of the gathered breadths, which forms thus a sort of very loose bouillonne orfouillis of material, in which the light plays and shows off to advantage the glossiness’ of the silk. The transformation of the puff is much in favor now with our best dressmakers for dinner or evening dresses. It is not meant for the street. A deep flounce trims the edge of the tmin. It is disposed in large box-pleats placed very much apart, and it is piped at tbe bottom and lined at the top with mauve silk. The front of the dress is atriped with bouillonnes placed between pleaiings lined with mauve. The bodice has a postilion basque lined with mauve. The sleeves have double levers divided by a pleating and a bow. A ruff lined with mauve faille forms three deep pleats at the back and opcu revers in front.