Original illustration from Illustrated London News, titled: Paris fashions for the New Year, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring by academic artist, approx. size is 30 x 25.5 cm, text in English on the back. From issue of Illustrated London News, English 19th century illustrated magazine, dated Jan. 5, 1867.

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PARIS FASHIONS FOR JANUARY.

BROCADED silk dresses appear to be in favour at the Imperial Court: but they have not yet come into general wear. The great expense of setting the looms for the more elaborate patterns has no doubt interfered with the production of any very striking novelties at his late period, so that, with few exceptions, small patterns of no particular character are those which are chiefly met with. For walking-dresses the robe en fourreau, shaped into some fantastic form at the base, with a different-coloured jupon either plaited or elaborately ornamented at the bottom, is as much in favour as ever. Ball-dresses are usually made with an upper and under jupe, the one being much shorter than the other, and generally of a different material. The under jupe, for instance, is sometimes in white satin trimmed with rouleaux of the same material, and made with a train. The corsage a la Grecque is also of white satin, trimmed with narrow lace at the top and at the edges of the sleeves, which are very short. Over the satin jupe are worn two other jupes of different lengths of white tulle. Ball-dresses, too, are of white muslin, embroidered with small flowers in stripes, and with wreaths of similar flowers running round the lower part of the upper and under jupes. They are also of white tarletan, with a lace veil which hangs from the coiffure falling over the robe behind, and are generally worn with a scarf of rose-coloured satin ribbon, ornamented with a fringe of white beads, which is fastened at the waist behind with a large bow.

An elegant evening dress has the jupe made of white satin, bor¬dered with an orange-coloured silk cord, with three broad ruches of orange ribbon running up each seam. Over this jupe is worn a robe of orange-coloured velvet, short in front, open at each side, and ter¬minating a la queue, and having long hanging sleeves, lined with white satin and finished with silk tassels. The corsage is made very low. Chemisette of white plaited muslin, with short sleeves of the same material. Coiffure of interlacing gold chains.

There are no novelties in bonnets to remark upon. Velvet is almost universally worn. Amber ornaments are beginning to super¬sede jet ; but, being far more expensive, are not likely to become at all common,

THE ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fig. 1. Evening Dress.—Jupon of light blue taffeta, with a plaited flounce about 10 in. or 12 in. deep. The robe, which is of white foulard covered with large bouquets of flowers, is mad in front, and goes off gradually, a la queue; the lower part is formed into scallops, which are bordered with blue velvet ribbon covered with white silk guipure. Each seam of the robe is hidden by a similar ribbon, having an insertion which corresponds with the guipure. The bodice is made square-shaped, and very low, with loose hanging sleeves lined with blue taffeta, and scalloped at the edges, which are trimmed to match the bottom of the robe. The chemisette is in puffed tulle, with long puffed sleeves tightened at the wrists.

Fig. 2.—Jupe of warm grey taffeta, ornamented down the sides and at the lower part with guirlands of leaves in blue velvet. Blue silk corded girdle round the waist. Corsage in white foulard. Blue velvet Zouave jacket, embroidered with grey silk and silver thread, with small silver bells running round the edges.

Fig. 3. Ball-dress aux Quatre Saisons.—The jupe of pale grey foulard, or of velvet even, spotted over with snowflakes and trimmed with swansdown. Tunic of white taffeta, cut into small scallops at the bottom, and ornamented with vine-leaves and grapes. A fringe, composed of ears of corn intermixed with poppies, hangs from the trellis-work of gold-coloured velvet, which, worn over a bodice of green silk, forms the corsage. Spring flowers run round the lace chemisette and ornament the coiffure.

Fig. 4. Robe, vest, and jacket, with long, hanging sleeves, in dark velvet trimmed with sable. Chapeau of velvet, with a wreath of blue feathers and blue velvet strings.