3-028-272 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris fashions for May, 1870. '1. Walking Dress. Toilette...in cherry-coloured poult-de-soie, trimmed with five flounces and narrow bands of velvet...The tunic is bordered with a small ruche and a narrow band of velvet...The jacket or paletot is trimmed with a ruche surmounted by a velvet band...The sleeves are bell-shaped...The bonnet is the chapeau Montespan, made of very fine straw, bordered with ribbon and a lace ruche. A bow is worn on the right-hand side...and at the top is a bunch of small ostrich feathers fastened by a lace veil...2. Morning Toilette...The skirt is trimmed at the bottom by a deep flounce...The chapeau is made of pieces of blue velvet cut into the shape of leaves...The strings are of Chinese crape, fastened behind the ear by a blue velvet bow...3. Afternoon Toilette, in light brown poult-de-soie...The tunic...is bordered with black Chantilly lace...The sleeves are bell-shaped...The coiffure is composed of a lilac cap in poult-de-soie trimmed with lace...4. Carriage Dress. The jupe...is made of white satin with a broad blue stripe...The sleeves, which are cut open to the elbow, are also trimmed with fringe. The bonnet worn with this toilette is the chapeau Zerline, in white straw, the brim being turned up behind'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.