3-028-333 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris fashions for June, 1870. 'Walking Costume in poult de soie, trimmed at the bottom of the skirt with a deep-plaited flounce, surmounted by a small double ruche, bordered with velvet...Jacket Faust, in poult de soie or cashmere, trimmed with a silk and satin biais and two rows of passementerie..2. Dinner Dress, in pink faye, trimmed at the bottom of the jupe with a deep flounce...The tunique-jupe...is caught up behind en pouf. The open corsage, the pagoda sleeves, and the tunique are trimmed with a double ruche of lace and satin...One or even two roses are usually worn in the hair with this toilette. 3. Carriage or Walking Costume. Robe of mauve foulard, trimmed with a flounce of foulard Pompadour...Manteau-tunique Louis XV., caught up at the sides. The corsage is...trimmed with ruches...Pagoda sleeves. 4. Walking Toilette. The robe is of grey faye...The first and second jupe are...trimmed with a biais of plum-coloured satin. The jacket is what is styled the habit Montesquieu. It is made of plum-coloured satin, trimmed with buttons. Pagoda sleeves caught in at the elbow by two plaits, fastened by a button. The under sleeves are of Bruges lace. The chapeau is a small round toque in plum-coloured satin, trimmed with a grey ostrich feather'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.