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WHAT TO WEAR AT FANCY BALLS.
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also correct. Or long white satin dress worked in pearls; train from shoulder; high standing collar, wired. Kate Vaughan dressed the character as follows—Short white satin petticoat embroidered in gold, and low bodice; short sleeves, train from the shoulders, fastened on one side only, of white brocaded silk lined with yellow and edged with gold lace. The whole costume was ornamented with birds of Paradise. Second dress, white satin, elaborately embroidered in silver; the train white, lined with pale blue satin or silk, and large clusters of white ostrich feathers; the hair curled over the forehead, with bandeau of glittering stones; stockings embroidered with silver. For the following, see Plate III. Figure II.—Short plaited skirt; tunic and bodice in one; muslin fichu, loosely knotted; small round velvet or silk cap; bellows at side; broom in hand.

CIRCASSIAN. Costume of white satin embroidered with silver, trimmed ermine, consisting of skirt, long bodice, and under-bodice; the face, all but the eyes, veiled in white muslin; white satin Turkish trousers scarlet velvet Greek cap, with gold tassels; gauze veil hair in plaits, entwined with pearls. Gold coins admissible; dagger and pistol.

CIRCASSIAN SLAVE. White llama dress, loose and flowing, bordered with rows of gold braid and fringe; scarf and waist-band embroidered in gold; necklace of coins; wrists and ankles united by chains beneath full Turkish trousers small cap with gold band and coins.

CLAIRE DE LUNE. (See Moonlight.)

CLAIRETTE. (See Angot.)

CLARICE D'AUBIGNY, 1467. As worn by Lady Elizabeth Villiers at the Buckingham Palace Ball. Short skirt of ermine; tunic and low bodice of blue velvet bordered with silver; ermine braces; stomacher of darker velvet wrought in silver; conical Cauchoise head-dress, with tulle veil.

CLASSIC. For style, see Cleopatra, Druidrss, Ancient Greek, &c., and large Coloured Illustration III. This simple rendering of a classic gown is suited to a young girl of slender figure, and is not rigidly correct as the costume of ancient days. It can be made in soft cashmere, muslin, nun's veiling, crêpe, crépe de Chine, or