. Godey's lady's book . tremely rich quality, the skirt trimmedby two gauffered bands of the same, three inches inwidth, the plaits confined by narrow gimp mixed withjet. They were placed ten inches or so apart, and be-tween them was arranged a ruche of rich guipure lace,caught by handsome silk and jet ornaments. The sleeveswere quite wide, and trimmed in a corresponding man-ner. Corsage plain and pointed, closed by jet ornaments. Another di-ess was of plain gray silk, with tabliertrimming of porcelain blue, in graduated ruches, at eachend of every ruche a butterfly bow. The corsage wasarrange
. Godey's lady's book . tremely rich quality, the skirt trimmedby two gauffered bands of the same, three inches inwidth, the plaits confined by narrow gimp mixed withjet. They were placed ten inches or so apart, and be-tween them was arranged a ruche of rich guipure lace,caught by handsome silk and jet ornaments. The sleeveswere quite wide, and trimmed in a corresponding man-ner. Corsage plain and pointed, closed by jet ornaments. Another di-ess was of plain gray silk, with tabliertrimming of porcelain blue, in graduated ruches, at eachend of every ruche a butterfly bow. The corsage wasarranged so as to give the effect of the corslets or waist-bands now in use. A ruche of blue rose from under thearm, and was brought up to a point just under the bust,as in a peasants corsage, where it ended in a bow. Thedress was corded heavily with blue on all the seams ofthe sleeves and corsage. In our next chat we shall speak particularly aboutbonnets, which, we are happy to say, have decidedlychanged in shape. Fashion. v\.
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