Alexandria Gazette

PARIS FASHIONS JUNE AND JULY.

The season for light and airy tissues having arrived, I will attempt to designate what description of summer materials are likely to meet with most favor. Bareges have followed the name fashion as silks. A plain barege is no longer admissible; that called the sublime, of a grey color, with flounces pinked to imitate leaves, and mixed with grey and pale blue, is very much in vogue;—also a barege with a light ground, in the oriental style, having flounces worked with small spots, and terminated by a wreath of colored flowers. The ground of the dress is also worked with small colored spots, whilst the trimmings of the body and sleeves have only a wreath. All the barege dresses have patterns worked for each peculiar part and consequently require no ornament, except a few bows to decorate the body and sleeves.—

When gathered and plaited with a narrow wristband, then quite plain; silk tissue loses its transparency, whilst all transparent materials gain by the same process.

Sleeves are still wide and cut at the side; they are decorated with two little trimmings matching the flounces, and two rows of gathered lace.

The capote Parisienne is composed of narrow bouillons of spring green taffetas, with ornaments of grey passementerie over each running. A bow of green gauze ribbon, mixed with an open grey gimp, with green gauze edge at each ear; four large rose-buds encircled with grey gimp trim the inside. The capote fanchonette of sky blue taffetas, edged with straw and shrouded with a black horse hair lace; the front is formed of two deep tucks, with a narrow black horsehair over each, the front lace coming beyond the edge; the blue curtain is edged with a lace to match, variegated Bengal roses inside.

The most beautiful mantelets we have seen, are those with hoods, with revers edged with a deep lace to match the four rows of the mantelet. The Chambord mantelet is shorter than those worn in winter; it is composed of taffetas l'Italie, with a very deep place, surmounted with rows of narrow moire ribbon, worked with jet beads; the hood is round without lace, and but simply trimmed with two rows of ribbon. The mantelet is rather deep behind, shorter in front, and much sloped over the arms.

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The corsage of summer dresses is entirely different from those worn in winter. A corset is adapted to the season, composed of fine pique made more lightly than the satin or silk corsets worn in winter.

Coral ornaments are much in favor, and are preferred to summer toilets as assorting with the light colors of thin dresses better than any precious stone.

The puffed bandeau is universally worn as the coiffure of warm weather, in preference to curls; the bandeau must not be frizzed; the hair is divided into two strands, the under one plaited, the upper smoothed over the plait with a cosmetic; the whole is supported by a small comb fashioned to suit this style of bandeau. The hair thus arranged will bear the pressure of the bonnet without being disordered.

Fashions is still in favor of tight garments for gentlemen with wide sleeves, large at the top, so as to come well over the shoulder; the skirts of coats are of moderate fullness, the collar low, in keeping with the proportions of the neck, the coat has but one row of buttons for summer, to give it the lighter appearance generally desired in coats not intended to be buttoned. Tight pantaloons are in favor, but not so exclusively as to prevent many persons wearing those of moderate width.

Hussar trowsers are preferred to all others for the heat of summer.

Of waistcoats, there are at least a dozen different styles now worn, adapted to different purposes. Coats, surtouts, tight paletots and jackets are also diversified, some buttoning, others not; some having two rows of buttons, others only one. For the summer neglige the shirt must not be embroidered or trimmed with lace.—N. Y. Jour. Com.