3-011-381 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris fashions for October, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of white alpaca, ornamented with black lace insertion...Muslin chemisette, with collar and cuffs of embroidered muslin. The head-dress is composed of a wide entredeux, trimmed with narrow guipure over rose-coloured silk, terminated by a rose-coloured silk bow and ends. Fig. 2. Dress for a Little Boy. Low-necked nankeen blouse, trimmed with black worsted braid; the rounded teeth on the edge of the skirt are bordered with black binding. Wide sleeves, with a band descending from the shoulder...Fig. 3. Dress for a Young Lady. Checkered grey foulard robe, trimmed round the edge of the skirt with Vandyke blue ribbon, surmounted by three narrow bands of blue silk. Muslin canezou, pointed in front, plaited throughout the corsage, and ornamented with narrow strips of blue velvet. The bonnet, of the latest shape, is in tulle bouillonné, the curtain being replaced by a garland of blue flowers...Fig. 4. Walking Dress. Lilac foulard robe, trimmed with mauve-coloured silk edged with black silk guipure. Small upright collar, fastened by a rose-coloured cravat. Chapeau Windsor, ornamented with white feather in front and another large feather falling over the hinder portion of the Tuscan hat'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.