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Vol. II.

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. THIS is the month when most of our belles are absent at the springs, the sca-shore, or other places of resort. Few will begin their summer trip without having consulted their milliner and mantua-maker. We shall give our fair readers several admirable costumes which we have no doubt will assist their counsels. Our engraving represents three very choice styles of dress.

Fig. 1. A CARRIAGE DRESS of striped Pekin silk, vert de mer and white ; the skirt immensely long and full, and trimmed en tablier, with broad bias continuing down each side of the fronts, and round the bottom of the skirt, each bias headed with a fancy trimming of gympe ; corsage ornamented à la militaire, with trimmings to match those on the skirt, made quite high to the throat, and waist rounded ; the sleeves are made perfectly plain, and reach only to the elbow, where they are bordered with two folds, headed with a fancy gympe ; an under-sleeve of muslin bouillonnée is worn underneath , attached round the wrists with a fall of narrow lace. Bonnet of white fancy straw, decorated with a magnificent feather, nuée pink and white, the inside ornamented with small roses covered with tulle.

Fig. 2. A PROMENADE DRESS of white organdie worn over a lilac slip ; the skirt very full, and trimmed round with two broad hems edged with a narrow lilac fringe, the body perfectly plain ; cardinal cape of the same material as the dress, edged all round with a narrow fringe, confined at the neck and waist with a small nœud of ribbon ; sleeves bouillonnée, and edged with lace. Capote of straw-colored areophane on a white foundation, the guagings on the exterior confined with small plaits of the same, the inside of the brim having a fulling of gauze running round the edge, the ribbon with which the capote is trimmed being shaded a deeper color than the outside of the bonnet.

Fig. 3. A CARRIAGE DRESS of green moire worn over a pale pink skirt of silk, the upper jupe being turned back on each side of the front, and bordered with a volant of the same, headed with a pretty fancy trimming; the corsage à Medicis point, ornamented with a small round cape, trimmed to match the facings of the skirt, and fitting tight to the figure ; the sleeves perfectly plain, and finished round the wrists with a narrow fulling of the same ; scarf of striped barêge, pink and white. Transparent bonnet of pale pink gauze, the brim ornamented with folds of the same, the crown decorated with a nœud of ribbon, from which depends a long sweeping feather ; brides of pale roses. BALL DRESSES .- The style for ball dresses will also be a subject for the curiosity of our fair readers. These dresses are now being made of satin, blue, white, and black ; also of taffetas d' Italie, of tulle illusion, &c.; the upper skirts opening in the front, and shewing thejupe of satin of a soft shade ; the facings of the dress plaited , or gathered at distances, and caught with pretty trimmings in ribbon of the same shade as the satin jupe. The body and sleeves ornamented with fullings of tulle ; others are made in point lace in the tunique form, and trimmed with volants, attached with velvet leaves, or a broad flounce of the same material as the dress, put on the skirt nearly plain ; the corsage décolleté, lightly draped, and very short sleeves ; then, again, those à double jupe, the upper one raised, and caught with two agraffes of flowers, the body plain and very low, surmounted with an elegant rûche in point lace. Sleeves à la veille ; the second jupe trimmed with volants of lace ; and lastly those made à triple jupe, each one raised, and attached with bunches of ribbon or bouquets of small flowers. IN PARIS, BALL DRESSES are mostly worn in the tunique form ; the body à la Grecque and les niobes. Our fashions speak of a very pretty dress made for one of the young nobility ; it was a robe tunique à deux jupes, of different lengths in batiste de Chine upon the left side ; the upper skirt was raised to the height of the knee, by a breadth of the same material, twisted in the form of a scarf, and representing three broad folds ; this batiste de chine has a most admirable effect, having the transparency and fineness