ENGLISH FASHIONS AND NOVELTIES. LONDON MORNING DRESS.-Fawn-coloured silk robe; it is striped and figured with black; the corsage made up to the throat, and slightly, but very slightly, pointed before, is cut bias, which forms. the slope very gracefully; it is trimmed round the top with Brussels lace, and ornamented with a knot of ribbon en papillon. Ceinture tied in a similar knot, but with long floating ends. Sleeves demi-large, trimmed with ribbon. Small round cap of Brussels lace; it is arranged plain over the forehead, and full at the sides, the fulness in. termixed with roses; an ornament of the diadem kind, through which ribbon is run, and a knot behind, completes the trimming. LONDON EVENING DRESS.-Lavender bloom velvet robe, the corsage low, square, and deeply pointed, is trimmed with a blond lace pelerine mantilla. The sleeve short and tight, is rendered very novel by two knots of velver, one placed behind, the other at the bend of the arm; a blond lace ruffle of a very light kind, completes the trimming. Head-dress of hair, arranged in bands at the sides, and open bows behind : it is decorated in a very novel manner with a blond lace scarf. REMARKS ON THE PREVAILING LONDON FASHIONS. The extreme severity of the weather renders it impossible to make any great change in out-door costume; but as the inventive genius of fashion never stands still, a new mantle has been introduced, which, if not more elegant than those already in favour, is at least of a different form: it is short, falls loosely found the figure, and is made with a very large collar, cut bias, and descending in the lappel style quite to the bottom of the fronts of the mantle; it has very wide hanging sleeves, which are open at the bottom. These mantles are composed either of rich silk, as reps, gros de Tours, &c., or of velvet, and are always lined with fur. They are worn in carriage dress only, and in a good many instances the robe is of the same material; when that is the case, the latter is frequently trimmed round the border with a band of fur corresponding with that which lines the mantle. Wadded mantelets are, for the moment, laid aside, but there is no doubt that they will resume their vogue as soon as the weather becomes a little milder. |