PARIS FASHIONS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 324, 13 November 1875, Page 3

PARIS FASHIONS.

Coiffures are becoming more /extravagant than at any former period, being as high as they ever were, and -now, at the same time, drooping down the back. They are,"in fact, exaggerated both ways. A very useful toilette fpr the; present season consists of a black silk skirt or tunic of beige material of a large pattern : gray, black and white, streaked with crimson. The black silk Skirt is trimmed with a deep-gathered flounce, and above this with a deep plissd a la vieille, closely pleated and put on with a heading. Tablier and cuirasse of the plaided beige material, trimmed round with a fine plissri of black silk, The cuirasse bodice is quite plain, with standing upper collar of black silk, black silk sleeves, finished with silk plisses and biais of the plaided material. The tablier is of a square shape, and is gathered up at the back under p wide scarf of black silk. Jackets without sleeves are very fashionable as an extra garment for demitojlette. Mantles for out-walking are mostly the pelerine or mantilla, or again the demi-saison jacket of light-coloured cloth. Mohair braids of all widths are very much employed for trimming dresses and mantles. . They are generally placed lengthwise, so as to stripe the material. Velvet ribbons are also employed in the same manner, and open-work passementerie is very much taking the place of jet. There are also knotted fringes of a novel style, with network heading.