the
wrist, and not open at the ends, cuffs of various patterns are worn.
Those generally adopted have two or three buillonnees, with a row of
lace between each; or a single buillonnee, edged by a lace frill,
falling over the hand.

MANTELETS are likely to supersede pardessus in a great degree; there is
a variety in their forms, and they are made of silk, muslin, and lace.
The Medicis, the Violetta, and the Victoria, are the most remarkable of
the new shapes. The first is of deep violet taffetas, small, and the
hind part of an oval form--the garniture composed of three flounces, cut
in dents, and encircled with a deep fringe, surmounted by a light
embroidery; a narrow flounce in the same style goes round the throat.
Being set on full it has something of a ruff.

BLACK VELVET COLLARS date from the earliest days of Louis XV., for the
_beau monde_, who adopted them from the peasantry, with whom they had
been long in vogue. They are now revived, and likely to become general.
The collar is a black velvet ribbon, never very broad, crossed on the
throat, and fastened by an ornament of jewelry or gold, according to the
fancy or the fortune of the wearer; the ends descend upon the neck, and
some are bordered with seed pearl or diamond fringe. These collars can
be becoming only to blonde belles.

There is no probability of any radical change in the costume of women of
the better classes.

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