A three-page fashion report from Harper's New Monthly Magazine describing women's styles for early summer 1850. It covers ball dresses trimmed with puffings of net and lace, flowered and fruit wreaths, light chiné and barège silks, worsted lace mantle trimmings, pagoda sleeves, straw and tulle bonnets, and black lace jackets. Engraved fashion plates show the dresses, promenade hats, a tulip bonnet and a lace jacquette.