FASHIONS FOB, NOVEMBER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 672, 12 February 1864, Page 6

FASHIONS FOB, NOVEMBER.

(From "Le Follet.")

Although the winter toilettes have scarcely begun to make their appearance, we are able to give some very decided information as to what will be fashionable for the coming season. High bodies will be exclusively confined to morning dress. For at home, dinner, or evening dress, fichus or lace vests will be worn over low bodies. The vest camail, or trimmings placed on the body so as to imitate it, is still much in vogue. Many corsages for neglige dresses will be made with postilions barques, especially those trimmed in jacket fashion, so as to form a waistcoat in front. The dresses made in the princess style, body and skirt in one piece, will be much used for visiting dresses, made.of rich materials. Full evening dresses will be as much, or if possible more, trimmed than ever. Skirts are still made very long, and very full at the bottom. Plaid is for the pi-esent quite the rage ; whether it will continue its reign much longer^ is a question we cannot answer; certainly, plaid rotondes are beginning to get a little common in Paris. However, they are unquestionably very charming when made of handsome material; but, in that case, they should be longer than the plainer rotondes. Velvet rotondes are covered with guipure ornaments, and a rich guipure is placed round the bottom, underneath which there is a fringe of silk chenille. Paletots of velvet cloth, brown or grey, nearly fitting to the figure, trimmed with galons, are worn by ladies of fashion. We must not omit to mention that several dresses are made with waistbands, especially those of taffetas. Some of these bodies are laced in front, and have ends of the material edged with lace; others form a band in front and basquine behind, ending in a scarf (or sash) to match. Lace and guipure are as greatly in favor for trimming as they have been of late. Some very elegant opera cloaks are made of lace lined through with bright-colored silk or cashmere, which shows off the beauty of the pattern. There are also very charming lace fanchons for throwing over the held when leaving the opera or ball-room. Feathers will be much used in trimming moire or velvet ddj^es. Amongst the toilettes we describe this month, some will be tound excellent models for vinter dresses. A robe of pearl grey taffetas, with a flounce round the bottom, between five and six inches in widthJ in hollow plaits, and put on with a band of violet of the same width, which is formed into trimming in the shape of large shamrocks put very closely together, and edged round with lace. The body is made with a double point and piped with velvet; the sleeve, half open, quite long and narrowed at the bottom, i 3 trimmed round the bottom with a flat band of velvet and velvet shamrocks up the back, matching the design on the skirt; but, of course, of smaller dimensions. A Gabriel collar of violet velvet. The lingerie accompanying this toilette should be small tight sleeves of organdie, with an embroidered wristband and two frills of Valenciennes lace, and a lace to match standing up round the throat. This dress may also serve as an evening dress by having a second body made low, the top trimmed round with a biais of. violet velvef, with three shamrock-shaped ornaments down the front and also on the back ; the sleeve composed of three bouillons of tulle separated by biais folds of velvet, and above them two small jockeys, the one forming the upper, the other the under part of the sleeve. A pli33e of organdi, edged with Valenciennes lace, altogether about two inches in width, finishes off the top of this body. A silver-grey taffetas dress, in checks of narrow stripes of a deeper shade, China Rose-colored stripes, edged with a black thread; at the bottom of the skirt a wide flounce, with a heading of embroidery. This flounce is made in hollow plaits, and where it is set on a narrow biais of rosecoloured taffetas matching the stripes of the dress, are placed pattes of plain grey taffetas edged with a biais of rosecolored taffetas about the sire of a thick piping. These pattes are placed up the dress about three inches apart, and the bottom one has a grey fringe with threads of rose and black mixed, the bottom of the fringe just touching the flounce. A band of the same width as the pattes on the skirt is put on the body, like a square berthe in front, and forms a jockey behind. This band is bordered with a fringe. The sleeves are rather long, and just wide enough to pass the hand through. At the bottom three pattes are placed crossways, and higher up the arm still more on the biais. Rose-colored taffetas buttons close the front. A dress of blue striped Chambery gauze; the upper half of the skirt is made of this, but the lower consists of a wide blue taffetas flounce headed by a ruche or a plise a la vieille. A low gauze body with blue taffetas trimmings. An Indian foulard, the ground white with small checks of pale green; wide flonnce of green taffetas ; high body, w&h long green sash. A Chambery gauze dress, striped with rose colour. At the bottom of the skirt a narrow black taffetas flounce, with a rouleau of white. Above this an insertion of black lace, over a rose-coloured ribbon; a second flounce and insertion higher up. Low body, trimmed with an insertion. A robe, the upper part of the skirt plaid, a wide-gathered flounce of black taffetas forming the lower part. Half way up the flounce a plaid ruche, with the centre of black taffetas. High plaid body, black postillion basque, and black trimmings. The newest bonnets are more moderate in shape, and, therefore, more becoming. Many of them have soft crowns, although these are certainly not suited to the style in which the hair is now worn. Crape and velvet, black silk and plaid velvet, plush and satin, are to be fashionable materials. We have seen some j elegant bonnets, made of white plush, and trimmed with plaid velvet and jet fringes. This has a charming effect, and will, we expect, be much adopted. Another white plush bonnet had the curtain of crepe lisse, edged with plush. A flat bow of plush, placed at the side of the crown, mixed with a bouquet of begonias in white velvet. The same flowers inside, in a pouff of crepe lisse. A band of white ribbon across the head; strings of the same; or front of the bonnet of white tulle, soft crown, and curtain of coloured plush; a bouquet of velvet flowers to match the plush. The inside trimmed with a pouff of black lace and bouquet of flowers. White satin strings. We conclude our remarks on bonnets with one more of crape and plush of a light drab colour ; silk curtain to match ; at the side, a flat bow of double silk, from which falls a long ostrich feather. The same tint fringed with plumes de cog, black and wnite. Inside, a flat edge of blue velvet, and quilling of the same, with a bouquet of brown grass attached by a bow of blue velvet and black lace. Strings of blue sattin ribbon. Some very pretty headdresses are formed of Chantilly lace over a net, surmounted with a diadem of white lilac, and on one side a small black bird with white wings, which are so beautifully made as to shake continually. A very charming little cap was made of black with frill all round, and on the top a bow of violet ribbon mixed with grass in jet.