which from their richness and brightness afford a beautiful display for capotes, especially of the deeply colored materials. With straw they have been seen in detached leaves, laid in the garland form.

Some rare and beautiful feathers were mentioned in the previous number, and are admirable appendages to the capote. The saule Victoria, composed of a long ostrich plume, over which floats lightly and gracefully the diaphanous plumage of the marabout feather, is in the first fashionable taste.

Passementerie, from the extensive variety of forms and styles which it assumes, and is capable of being brought into, are in a great number of toilette examples. The guipure passementerie imitating embroidery; jet and pearls affords specimens of this general applicability in an especial manner.

The passementerie velontée is also extremely rich, and with the very beautiful camails and other cloaks, lately so much in vogue, is highly decorative and extremely appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE 1.

FIGURE 1.-Evening dress.-Satin dress.-Pelerine corsage, ceinture en-pointe; skirt in broad volans. Dress hat with feathers.

The pelerine cape had the addition of a treble row of piping, which equally encircles the skirt, in the several departments into which it is divided.

FIGURE 2.-Promenade dress.- Corsage and sleeves close fitting, epaulette ornaments rounded at the ceinture; gimp ornaments down the front. Bonnet and feathers.

A broad description of gimp trimming is added to the upper part of the corsage, the short sleeves and the centre of the skirt, down which it runs in several rows.

FIGURE 3.-Evening dress.-Short sleeves, peaked corsage, trimmed, together with the skirt and sleeves, with ermine.

FIGURE 4.-Evening dress.-Figured satin dress.—double lace falls, with satin pompons as well down the skirt, as disposed on the corsage. Turban of the same with feathers.

Ribbons of satin with scolloped edge descend from the ceinture, half way down the skirt, being terminated by a rosette each, the others are placed in the intervals.

The caps in muslin and lace have ribbon ornaments of satin. Blond demi-barbes are added to that on the right.

The First Half Figure in Algerine, has a double velvet cape.

The Second Half Figure in chené, has a fur pelerine; the sleeve close and with bouffan ornament.

Bonnets ornamented with velvet, bouquets and ribbons, also feathers.

PLATE 2.

FIGURE 1.-Walking dress.-Sourtout sans couture, in Pekin. This beautiful dress cut in one piece, depends for its elegance of appearance on the management in cutting, in which, experience alone can guide. The underneath dress is made quite plain. Bonnet and feathers.

FIGURE 2.-Walking dress.-Chusan pelisse. The upper part entirely en-coulisses; sleeves partially full; the skirt ornamented with pieces of the same material. Capote and feather.

FIGURE 3.-Walking dress. Palitot cloak, elegantly ornamented with passementerie.

FIGURE 4.-Satin dress.-Promenade dress of satin, tight bust and sleeves with gimp ornaments. Drawn bonnet with a bouquet.

The Bonnets which exhibit several very pretty varieties of shape, have feather and flower ornaments; some of the same materials.

PLATE 3.

The corsage

FIGURE 1.-Walking dress.-Plaid dress. pointed and quite close and plain; the sleeves tight and long without ornament. The cloak of satin has a double cape of velvet with fringes and bordering of the same, to the lower part. The apertures for the arms are ornamented with velvet, which being cut in a particular manner project outwards, as though figuring sleeves. The capote, the brim of which is rather close and formed in a very pretty oval, has feather ornaments.

FIGURE 2.-Carriage dress.-Chiné dress. The upper part of this dress is ornamented with draping, which slope inward from the shoulders to the ceinture, terminating in a peak which is in itself also slightly sloped; the sleeve has a flat and rather broad biais piece; the cloak is made to unite in front by buttons. The sleeve pieces have similar ornaments, the cape as well as the whole of the other border of the dress is elegantly trimmed with lace volans laid on full. The capote which is simple, made much in the cottage taste, has the addition of foliage in velvet which sets it off to great advantage.

FIGURE 3.-Carriage dress.-Satin dress. The corsage made with perfect plainness and tightly fitting, with the exception of the upper part which is embellished with passementerie and above that with a tulle bouillon. The sleeve is perfectly tight with an epaulette ornament embroidered; the whole of the front of the skirt is ornamented with passementerie in the tablier shape. The capote of velvet ornamented with flowers.

PLATE 4.

FIGURE 1.-Walking dress.-Balzarine dress. The corsage is embellished with drapings, which are laid nearly in a perpendicular position, but following the direction of the bust; the sleeves, which are tight, are ornamented with a ruched band and scolloped bordering; biais are added to the upper part of the bust and shoulders; additional ornaments are disposed on the upper part of the corsage, at the back, shoulders, and descending in a sloping direction to the ceinture, thence in a double row to the termination of the skirt; the capote in chiné, with bouquet ornaments, and narrow bordering round the edge.

FIGURE 2.-Promenade dress.— Velvet redingote. The corsage is made very much in the style of the preceding dress: the front is decorated in a similar manner, gradually enlarging from the centre both ways, more especially that downwards; the skirt is very full. The capote of Poult de Soie has lace and flower ornaments.

FIGURE 3.-Opera dress.-Satin dress, with long sleeves, moderately full; skirt in deep folds. Manteau ajusté in velvet, with a very elegant embroidered border and collar. Satin capote with feathers, the corners square and with pointed corners.

Bonnets principally ornamented with lace, embroidered decorations and bouquets. Ribbon bows and blond added to the caps,