FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER.
The plate, for the present month, may be pronounced the prettiest affair yet published: we intend to show, by progressive improvement, the height to which there embellishments may be carried.
Fig. I.—The Caraco—This fashionable walking dress is of green moire shot with a plum color, the front of the jape trimmed with several rows of narrow ribbon velvet, put on one side, and continued up the centre of the high and tight-Atting corsage, the jucket edged to match manche d’homms, the jockey and cul also edged with several rows of narrow ribbon velvet, tho sieeve being sufficiently short 10 show the under falled eloove of plain datists. Bonnet of dark velours épinglé, with 2 Russian plume on the left side.
Fig. II—Evening Dass of blue silk: the corsage Pointed and low on the shoulders. A euccession of pails encircles the skirt, giving this costume a novel and elegant appearance. ‘The hair is curled in front, and adorned with two roses on the 1ight temple.
Fig. III.—A Ball Dress of white tarlatane, having two jupes. Corsage like fig. 2. The upper skirt is prettily adorned wilh tufts of wild Bowers. Tt will be seen, from this and the procediog costurae, that low necked dresses and short sleeves will be the fashion for evening costume this winter,
Fig. IV.—Promenade Dress.—A dress of chocolate colored Pekin plaid silk. Searf manteau of rich black satin, made much shorter than the dress, and encircled round the bottom with a black fringe of moderate width; the scarf which forma the cape is edged over the shoulders and back with a double broad irilling ot flounce, edged as well ae the ends in front, with black fringe; the top of this scarf turns over round the throat and down the fronts, forming a kind of lappel; these fronts are crossed, rendering it very warm to the chest. “We need scarcely add that this is a very favorite style of cloak with our fashionables, particularly those who study comfort. Bonnet of white velvet, trimmed with a wreath of flower
Bonnets. —In Philadelphia, the gipsy bonnets, of which we gave a pattern in oar fashion plate for July, are still the fon: they are being made up by all the leading milliners in preference to those in any other uyle. The gipsy cottage,-with but half the pole behind that there is before, will be the most recherche Velvet is considered the most desirable material for bonnets, Plames will be in great request for ali fashionable capotes.
Opera Dress—A dress of rich white natin, the skirt trimmed with two immense broad flounces of white lace or Blonde, reaching high up the dress; low plain corsage, and short sleeves, both richly decorated with white lace. Sortie du bal of dark violet-colored velvet, with small square collar, and half-long drooping Persian sleeve, edged round #8 well as the collar und cloak, with a row of white swausdown, the border sound the lower part being considerably wider than the rest, the entire mantle lined with a rick white sill quilted, or white satin. A smell muff of the same description of fur, may be worn in cold weather, lined with pale pink satin, and finished on each side with two ends of white satin ribbon, of a moderate width.
Cap composed of a light style of lace, intermixed with pretty shaded pink roses without leaves, arranged in a kind of cluster at the side, the lace being perfectly flat upon the top of the head.
Evening Dresses.—Muslins are now in great favor for thin style of costume, the bodies of which are made low, and encircled with a petit hali-handkerchief of the same material, bradés petit pois, and edged with a narrow lace, put o quite plain; this chale or revere, descends upon the front of the corsage, and parts on each side of the ceinture, serving lo decorate the two fronts of the skirt; these pieces being rounded toward the lower part, whiah it also encircles, forms a kind of tonic, lnving a very light effect, the amsll short sleeves deing similerly decorated; the eexntwre, or snsh, is composed of a pink and while Bayadére ribbon, tied jm a pretty kind of nerud in the front, and falling in two long floating ends; the same style of ribbon serves to decorate the hair, forming two maude on each side of the head. Another very elegant atyle of evening co tume, are those made in the redingote form, of gros da Naples, figured in crossways pink stripes; the body plain, a petit chales, made very low.
Costume for Party. —A very superb and entirely novel costume for evening is composed of white tar- Jatan muslin, worn over aalip of white satin; the juupe ix made immensely full, and with two immense broad tucks, the top of the upper one reaching to a litle below the waist, on each side of tho front and epon the sucks, at equal distances, are placed two aplendid pink and white roses, sucrounded by its foliage, made in dark green velvet The corsage ie made low, round, and full, divided over the bust with thres rows of om= broidery inlet, the sleeves very short, and formed to match the upper part of the corsage, A splendid rich lace scarf, of an immense width and length, js thrown carelessly over the shoulders, and lined with very pale pink gaze. The back hair is fastened low at the back, surrounding the head ina thick plat, and forming ‘8 very large round; magnificent pale pink and white rose und ita foliage, pare? to those on the dress, are placed very low at the back on each side the head, the front hair arranged in three narrow plats, looped ap with « varrow gold comb,
Promenade Dress.—For promenade, a new fall style is as follows:—A dress of a rich shot taffetas pink and fawn color; the skirt made with (wo deep vandyked ounces, edged round with a narrow piak silk fringe, and simply headed with a petit-rouleau of the same material as the dress; these flounces are put on only a short distance from each other; low corsage a trois pieces, the centre of the waist forming a perfect point; the top of the bust decorated with a round double cape, made quite open in the front, and each edged with a narrow fringe; high chemisette, made slightly fall, and edged round with a narrow lace; half long plain sleeves; the under fulled one of white muslin forms kind of continuation to the upper sleeve, a row of lace falling over the hands. Bonnet of fancy straw, prettily but simply trimmed with a roll of twisted red and gold colored ribbon falling in a deep drapery on the right side, fringed at the ends; the interior decorated with loops of the same description of ribbon, and tied in the centre under the chin.
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