3-034-751 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris fashions for the month of November, 1871. 'Fig. 1. Robe of fawn-coloured faille; the jupe trimmed with a series of flounces...Bouffantes of moderate dimensions...Sleeves...terminate with a deep flounce...Chapeau of velvet and lace...Fig. 2. Robe of bluish-grey taffeta, the under jupe trimmed with wide vandyked flounce...Chapeau...trimmed in front with a large white feather...Fig. 3. Toilet de diner of green faille...The trimming is composed of a broad band of black velvet...The corsage, which is low, and cut square, is supplemented by a lace chemisette. The coiffure is composed of a tuft of feathers and a flower. Fig. 4. Toilette of garnet-coloured faille. Jupe ronde, trimmed with a very high flounce trimmed with a beading. Large vandykes, falling lower towards the back, and from which hang a rich deep silk fringe of the same colour as the robe, ornament the upper part of the jupe. From the high, tight-fitting corsage pointed basques fall down in front, with a smaller one behind where the robe is bouffante. The sleeves, which are tight, are trimmed with deep cuffs bordered with a biais. The lace chapeau has a large faille bow on the one side, a feather at the top, and a gauze scarf veil falling behind'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.