A two-page fashion column from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1853, with engraved plates of a dinner dress, a promenade cloak and a bonnet. The text describes winter styles: plaid silks and Irish poplin, flounced skirts, jacket bodices, wide sleeves, cloaks and mantillas, and bonnets of velvet, satin and lace. It gives details of fabrics, colors and trimmings such as moire antique, Maltese lace and fringe.