3-021-281 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris fashions for March, 1868. 'Fig. 1. Robe à demi-traine, in...striped silk, gathered at the back, and having high corsage, trimmed with a narrow guipure edging and tight sleeves...A rose-coloured bow with ends ornaments each shoulder. The waistband, which is likewise of rose-coloured taffeta, is tied behind with a double bow...Fig. 2. Toilette de promenade, in Indian poult-de-soie, of the shade known as "Bismarck malade." Pardessus in black cashmere, vandyked at the edges...trimmed with black guipure and jet ornaments, and having large jet buttons up the centre front. Chapeau of velvet of the new "Bismarck ardent,"...Gloves of the same shade of colour as the bonnet. Fig. 3. Toilette de Soirée. Under jupe of white taffeta...bordered by maroon velvet ribbon...edging of lace arranged over it in zigzag form. The corsage is made very low...A maroon velvet sash, fastened with a sprig of wild roses, encircles the waist...The white kid gloves are embroidered with gold thread...Fig. 4. Robe à queue of mauve satin...with high bodice and tight-fitting sleeves. The upper jupe, of black silk, with square bodice and long open sleeves, is cut into large teeth-shaped ornaments at the bottom...bordered with mauve and black plaited satin ribbon'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.