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Description of the May 1860 fashion plate from Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine at 47. Walking Dress.—Bonnet of white crape, with a bunch of feathers at the side, and trimmed with white blonde. The front is wide at the bottom, and rather flat at the top, with a full white cap in the inside. On the right-hand side of the bonnet is a bunch of ostrich feathers, which should be so arranged as to fall a little over the front of the bonnet, and the tips fastened in the cap. On the left hand, inside, is a bunch of green and white daisies. The curtain is formed of one piece of crape, and is covered with a piece of blonde rather wider than the curtain, so that it just comes below all round. The strings are of plain white silk ribbon, with a very narrow fancy edge of the same colour. Dress of white muslin, with a double shawl of the same material. The dress has seven flounces, each one trimmed with small ruchings of green. The edge of the shawl is trimmed to correspond. Walking Dress.—White silk bonnet, bound with black velvet and trimmed with blonde and violet poppies. The front is bound with black velvet, covered with blonde. The curtain is made of black velvet, and trimmed with blonde to correspond, and should be made spreading. The crown is soft, and made of white silk. Three violet poppies are arranged on one side of the bonnet, rather forward, so that one of them comes into the cap. Full cap of white blonde, with white ribbon strings. Dress with plain skirt in violet-coloured silk. Black silk mantle, falling over the shoulders, with two frills, the top one finished off by a puffing of black silk. Dress for a Little Girl of Eight or Nine Years of Age.—Straw hat, with turned up edges, trimmed with green velvet. A feather is fastened in the front, and falls over to the back on the left side. Dress of pink and white striped material, trimmed with strips of darker rose-coloured silk. The body is three-quarters high, and is trimmed with a berthe, which crosses in front. The sleeve forms a puff, with one frill; the waist is round, with a rose-coloured sash, tied in front. The skirt is trimmed with three flounces. The width of the rose-coloured silk on the berthe and sleeves is an inch and a half; that on the bottom flounce, three inches; on the middle one, two inches and a half, and on the tope one, two inches. The drawers are trimmed with muslin embroidery.
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