Worked collars, or pelerines, with a short lace or ribbon scarf are also fashionable for the promenade. Shawls are adopted only by ladies of a certain age, and they are always of a very light kind.

The only novelty in promenade bonnets, is the introduction of some composed of the finest clear muslin; the crown is lined with white sarsenet, on which the muslin is fluted; the brim is also fluted, but not lined; a white ribbon runs through the edge of it, to which a ruche of fine narrow lace is frequently attached. A muslin rosette edged with lace, or one formed of white ribbon is placed on one side of the crown, in either case the brides correspond. This is a pretty gentlewomanly walking bonnet, and we think likely to remain in favor during the summer.

Clear muslins sprigged with colored cashmere worsteds, and lined with gros de Naples to correspond, are much in request in carriage-dress. They are of the pelisse form, and a good many are trimmed en tablier with lace; point d'Alencon, or point d'Angleterre are the laces most in request. Fancy silk robes, with black or white blond mantelets are also in favor. The most fashionable hats are those of rice straw. This beautiful and delicate material which, is in fact the most expensive of any, as half an hour's hot sun will spoil it, is now brought to uncommon perfection, and of a much higher price than we ever remember it. Some of the most novel are trimmed with a single exotic flower of uncommon beauty, but we cannot give the name, it being only just introduced, and copied, as we are informed, from the herbal of a celebrated botanist. Others are trimmed with a wreath of wild roses, or a bouquet of variegated pinks; or of white lilac, or red hyacinths. Generally speaking, white is most prevalent both for hats and bonnets; those of the latter of the drawn kind are of white crape, or white gros de Naples glacé, with a curtain veil of tulle filet attached at the edge of the brim. Silk hats are of white cordiline, or pou de soie, trimmed with white ribbons, and the flowers that we have just cited as fashionable for rice straw hats.

Evening dress offers, comparatively speaking, little variety, because the robes are almost all white. Gauze, tulle, and clear muslin, almost as transparent as tulle, are the materials employed; they are worn over white sarsenet or white gros

de Naples. We have seen some evening dresses that had the corsage disposed entirely in very small plaits, they were laid on longitudinally. The sleeve was short, and of a very singular form, small plaited at the top and bottom, but with an exceedingly full bouillon in the centre. The corsage is trimmed with a ruche of tulle blonde, if the material is gauze or tulle, but of Jace if it is muslin. A ruche descends en tablier on each side of the skirt, it is formed with plain spaces in which are inserted light bouquets of flowers. This is really a beautiful stile of trimming, and more novel than any thing that has appeared for a long time.

Ribbons are destined to play a very great part in the trimmings of dresses this year, and some of the new ones are so remarkably beautiful, that we know not any thing more proper for trimmings. We have just seen a robe of white gaze Ondine, trimmed with festoons of the beautiful new ribbon called fleur de Champs, the festoons were arranged down the front of the dress en tablier, increasing progressively in breadth from the top to the height of the knee, from whence they turned back round the border, where they were shallow, the point of each was finished with an ornament of the leaf kind, formed of ribbon. Although coiffures en cheveux are exceedingly fashionable, they are not the only ones adopted in evening dress, blond lace caps are also very much in favour, particularly those of that small light shape called bonnet à la Juire. We have just seen some of these latter trimmed with a new species of heath-blossom, disposed en bouquet on one side. The colors most in request are the lighter shades of rose and green, lilac, azure, straw-color, several shades of drab, and some fancy colors.

FOREIGN FASHIONS AND NOVELTIES.

PARIS EVENING DRESS.-The robe is composed of rose colored gros de Naples glacé, low corsage fitting close to the shape, and trimmed with a pelerine of English point lace, narrow on the bosom, but falling deep round the shoulders and back. Butterfly breast-knot, with a gold brooch in the

centre; a trimming formed of puffs of ribbon descends from the breastknot to the bottom of the waist. Maintenon sleeves with English point lace manchettes. The front of the skirt is trimmed en tablier with rows of English point lace laid one above another from the waist to the bottom of the skirt; the tablier is bordered on each side by a row of puffs of ribbon interspersed with knots. The hair is arranged on each side in a double loop à la Berthe; the hind hair disposed in a soft full bow round which a platted braid is twined. A gold chain crosses the forehead en ferronière, and going round the back of the head encircles the base of the knot. A full blown rose with its foliage, and a sprig of exotics are placed on one side. Gold ear-rings, necklace gold and emeralds, carved ivory fan, of a large size. White kid gloves trimmed at top with ruches of rose ribbon. White satin slippers. White gaze Ordine scarf.

PARIS DRESS FOR AN EVENING FETE CHAMPETRE.-Robe of white Organdy over gros de Naples, it is sprigged in a light pattern in colored silks, a single flounce with a richly embroidered border encircles the skirt; the flounce is set on by a heading, drawn with pale gold colored ribbon; knots are laid upon it at regular distances. Low corsage made tight behind, but with a little fulness at the sides in front. It is trimmed with a lace pelerine of a very novel form, square at top, but arched in the centre before and behind, and falling in the style of a small mancheron on the shoulder, where it is ornamented with a knot of pale gold ribbon. Long and very wide sleeve, trimmed in a very novel stile with ribbon. Ceinture to correspond with floating ends. The hind hair is arranged on the summit of the head in a single bow, encircled by a braid, and disposed in very full tufts of curls at the sides. It is ornamented with two light sprigs of fancy flowers, the one inserted at the back of the hind hair droops to the front, the other descends on the left side.

REMARKS ON THE PREVAILING PARIS FASHIONS.

There never was perhaps a time in which the dress of a woman of fashion was more expensive than at present, and yet there is such simplicity in its ensemble, that at the first glance one would be tempted to fancy all our elegantes