Mirror of Fashion November 1816

Lady’s Monthly Museum November 1816 at 289-90.

FULL DRESS FOR THE OPERA, THEATRE, OR EVENING PARTY.

The dresses we have the honour of presenting to our subscribers, are from the fertile imagination of Mrs. Bell, who has acquired considerable fame for the novelties and improvement she has given to female costume; and we are happy to state, that we have been promised a regular continuation of facsimiles of original dresses, as invented by this lady, every month.

The full dress is made of a most beautiful gauze, of a light and happy effect, and of French manufacture. The trimming at the bottom is singularly elegant and novel, composed of a rich satin and blond-lace trimming.

The body, as the print represents, is tasty and pretty, which is likewise ornamented with satin and blond lace. The cap is Austrian, composed of satin and blond, ornamented with fox tail feathers, either white, or tipped with blue, and when worn by an attractive lady, as a most beautiful effect. White kid gloves and shoes. Necklace of turquoise and pearls.

AUTUMNAL WALKING OR RIDING DRESS.

Of thick jacconot muslin, trimmed with a deep worked flounce, and ruffed round the throat. The autumnal walking pelisse, generally admired by ladies of real taste, is made of a fine lemon colour cloth with three full capes, and high collar, lined with silk of the same colour; and is altogether a very great novelty. The head-dress is an Austrian toque, composed of moss silk, or satin and ornamented with a plume of black feathers. Boots and gloves to correspond with the coat.