Page:Fancy dresses described, or, What to wear at fancy balls (1887).djvu/213

---

spangled veil; a silver wand, with crescent at the top; an owl on the shoulder; black fan, having moonlight scene painted upon it. Sometimes the bodice is made à la Vierge, with long pendent sleeves. Black gloves, black satin shoes, with crescents. This is the ordinary rendering, and with stars only, instead of crescents, is suitable also for Evening Star, or Starry Night. A more original dress for Night is a black tulle, with a bouillonné of blue tulle at the edge, trimmed with silver stars; a train of bluish-black satin, studded with silver stars and comets; a pale blue gauze scarf, representing the Milky Way; stars seen through it; on one side the constellation Orion; the veil attached to the shoulder by a nightingale and the red berries of the deadly nightshade, surmounted by a bat with outstretched wings. This character is sometimes called The Trailing Garments of the Night. Or, dark blue tulle over satin, with silver stars dotted all over, the bodice trimmed with shimmering silver fringe; a silver band round the head, with a crescent moon in front; a long blue tulle veil, with stars of various sizes; a dark blue fan with silver sticks, and a moonlight scene painted in white and grey; ornaments, silver stars. Or, a dress half black half white satin with stars and crescents, and in the hair; an owl in front of the bodice and at the side. (See Plate IX., Fig. 34.) Queen of the Night. Sapphire blue velvet, studded with silver poppies, and bordered with silver fringe in the form of rays; a fringe round the waist of sapphires and diamonds; the head-dress an enormous pouf of sapphire blue feathers sprinkled with silver, the hair thickly studded with diamonds; and an enormous black tulle veil enveloping the figure, fastened to the shoulders as wings. 'Night and Morning. Bodice and short dress of velvet and white satin, one-half completely black and the other white; white and black stockings and shoes; velvet and white satin cap. Night on the Bosphorus. A blue satin dress studded with gold stars; long black veil studded with silver and diamond crescents. Night and Morning. Chocolate and blue satin dress, made with a low bodice; a striped skirt; stars and moon on one side, on the other on a cream ground the rising sun in gold embroidery. Night and Day. Powdered hair, the dark purple and pure white feathers fastened in their place by a diamond star; the bodice half dark purple satin, and half white; on one shoulder a bouquet of small starry jewels, each one illuminated with electric light;