A 16-page fashion column from Demorest's Monthly Magazine, covering late-19th-century women's and children's dress for a winter season. It describes named pattern designs (Alisa demi-train, Odile basque, Molda, Zampa and Micheline cloaks, Rodolpha, Valmont and Peninah costumes) with fabrics, trimmings and pattern prices. Other sections cover lingerie and lace jabots, bracelets and rings, painted silk evening waists, household draperies and lambrequins, Christmas cards, Twelfth Night costumes, woolen costumes, bonnets and children's toys. Illustrated with engraved and silhouette fashion plates.