The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

THE TOILET.

(Specially from Paris.)

FIRST FIGURE-Dress composed of a black silk skirt, having round the bottom a band of green silk. Body à la pensionnaire. The sleeves are cut with elbows, and are slit up and rounded at the end, which is bordered by a double fluting. Silk waist-band bordered with steelbeads. The black skirt is cut in wide dents at the bottom, and bordered with a double fluting.

SECOND FIGURE- Dress of light Havanna coloured pou de soie. A Milanese-body, composed of an under body of striped pau de soie, round at the waist, over which, in front and behind, is a Milanese corsage made of plain Havanna pou de soie, forming a square plastron or breast piece, without seams under the arms. Elbowed sleeves. Fanchon bonnet made of crinoline: a mauve crape-puffing two inches wide runs round the front. Behind, over the hair, a steel fringe, a mauve crape-puffing, and branches of white lilac. Inside, lilac and crape-puffing; white tulle puffing down the sides.

White muslin robes are again in favour, and are often accompanied with a ceinture corslet of a bright tint. Coloured muslins are if possible prettier than ever; some have appeared with a cordon of flowers at the bottom, or with groups of them disposed in the most graceful ways. Sleeves are worn nearly tight-and black and white collars and wristbands, either of linen or piqué, remain in favour. Round waists prevail; but corsages are still cut with basques. I beg to inform your readers that we are about to return to les coiffurs élevée sur le sommet de la

tête." Not the style of 1830, when the hair was placed as high as possible in large coques, which gave the wearer an aspect more or less comic--a style, however, which Etty delighted to portray; but the genre which Leroy coiffeur to l'Impératrice has adopted, and one which our classic beauties will only be too happy to adopt. Indeed, there are few to whom the highdressed head does not give a charm of dignity or grace. Do not believe, however, the hair dressed low is out of vogue: far from it. It will be so worn as long as the chapeaux fanchons are in fashion, to which it is indispensable to receive the tulle veil, or spray of flowers that are disposed en cache-peigne. Indeed coiffures relevées continue to be worn in preference for evening or morning toilets intérieur, or almost always except with the empire bonnet, which is not a favourite. The models of this genre are gar nished at the side with a very thicket of field flowers, and have a little bias of taffety adjusted in the form of a curtain, or very often a bouillonnée of tulle, with loops of ribbon, No. 4, posed à cheval behind. The chapeaux coquilles have no crown: these are worn a little more perched on the summit of the head than the fanchon-shape bonnets; where, with their bright colours and light ornaments, they resemble gigantic butterflies with trailing wings. The little round hats are charming in form, and as becoming as they are convenient. We especially admire those of Leghorn, accompanied with a veil of green gauze, which makes a charming addition to a toilette de voyage.