PARIS AUTUMN FASHIONS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume 1, Issue 41, 21 November 1868, Page 6

PARIS AUTUMN FASHIONS.

We cannot sufficiently congratulate j ourselves at having escaped from the stiff, ungainly models of the first Em-, pire. . Tho reign of Louis XV., with! all its graceful and charming fashions, seems now to revive. In the salon de convea'sation one must appear during tho clay in elogant town toilet, consisting of a dress of shot glace Bilk, thej colour of " Levor d'Aurore " — that is azure blue shot with ruaizo. Tho trimming consists of plain blue velvet ribbons and oval buttons. The sash is tied at tho back, and its lappels are finished off with tasools of blue silk. Tho bonnet is of whito blond, with blue flowers, and a diadem of gold and turquoise. Short toilettes, which had, not beeomo general for town balls last] winter, are adopted by the majority of our elegantes ior summer, balls andfashionable watering-places. Young, ladies arc charmed with this return of fashion, Avhich allows of their dancing without the trouble of drosses with' court trains. Tho most elegant dresses of the season are of whito silk gauze ovor coloured glace silk. All glaco silks shot with whito are fashionable. There are also some mixtures of colours which have much success. Let us mention among others the. dresses of Aurora , colour, azure blue and pale golden yellow ; sunset colour, crimson and maize ( , and dove colour, lapislazuli, blue and pale rose colour. 0 ther 1 tints are coming back to us from the time of our -great grandmothers; abricotino, a pinHsh orange, lavender colour,*a bluish like shade, and vcrtide gris, a dull colour, which suits very few complexions ; it requires very dazzling fmichour -to support it. Bonnets are more than ever becoming diadems or crowns. Flowers of different shades are employed, with metallic foliage. A large quantity of flips and insects of all sorts are still placed upon bonnets. These arc, for the most part, real insects, dried, prepared, and varnished — it would, in fact, be impossible to imitate the thread-like legs and feelers of the delicate creatures. The brilliant flies are pretty and effective placed upon the flowers artistically copied from nature. Bound hats are so small that they can havo but very little trimming. * The Trianon and Watteau styles still prevail. Tho hat 'seems now-a-days made to protect the forehead and nose.- Though very useless^ it pleases young ladies such as it is, because they find it coquettish and becoming. We see many chignons turned up in the shape of a helmet ; others are formed of long curls falling on the neck. Combs with a large and richly-ornamented top are come into fashion again. The combs now become quite a fancy jewel. The ear-rings should be worn to match. — " Moniteur de la Mode." A LOVE MATCH A2TD STOCKES'G WEAVING. The account of the origin of stocking weaving will interest our fair readers. A young man falling in love with an* innkeeper's daughter, married- her; though she had not a penny, and he, by his marriage, lost his Oxford fellowship. They soon became miserably poor, and theonly means by which they couldsupport themselves was the knitting of stockings, at which the woman was very expert. Sitting" constantly together, from morning till night, the young man observed, with great attention, the motion'of his wife's fingers in the dexterous management of her needles, and, j conceiving that it was possible to contrive a little loom, which might perform the work with more expedition, they soon began to make the experiment, which completely succeeded. a digger's wedding. A very curious circumstance recently occurred at a. " dagger's wedding," at Ballarat. The bridegroom on arriving at church waited for some time, but all in vain, for the coming of his bride, upon whom he had liberally lavished some £150 or £200 in jewellery, dresses, &c, and it at last became evident to him that she had no intention of keeping her appointment. This being the case, and being desirous .of not having his journey and trouble all to no purpose, he proposed to one of the bridesmaids^ — to whom ho had previously made a tender of his hand and heart, but who had rejected him— rthat she should reconsider her refusal. Admiring, probably, the philosophic spirit displayed by our friend, the young lady did reconsider, and retracted her refusal; and, apparently very much to the satisfaction of both, and certainly to the amusement of those present, they were made man and wife.