Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-27
FASHION NOTES.

bated.
: London smoke is the Fashionable
color.
High standing collars are again II
vogue.
Alpine sticks and parasols are ne'
combined.
Brides adhere to Quakerish gray TO
travelling suits.
Dolly Warden nOie-paper is the latest
we believe.
Blue sunshades lined with white are
reputed genteel.
Flounces continue the principal mode
of trimming skirts.
Yacht ties are rapidly superseding the
Lord Stanley scarf.
White Swiss muslin will be very much
worn this summer
Ladies' shoes are now made to lace
on either side of the foot.
Sailors hats are voted common and
vulgar in genteel society.
Turban hats, always genteel and
pretty, are in fashion this summer.
Nilsson collars continue to hold their
own, despite fierce opposition.
Would-be Brummels now insist upon
two and three buttoned kid gloves.
Black is all the rage in London and
Paris, and, no doubt, will soon be here.
Lace sacques worn over light-colored
silks are exceedingly effective and
stylish.
The old.fashioned opera cloak has
been discarded for a sleeveless affair OF
white silk.
Chatelaine purses for ladies are
fastened with ring and chain to the
middle finger.
Young ladies have their coral-handled
parasols fastened to their wrists by neat
gold chains.
Full dress parasols are OF lace or
white silk, with narrow frills, and gold
or coral handles.
White tulIe, grenadine and organize
will be the fashionable material for eve
ming dresses.
Work of all kinds, embroidery and
elaborate braiding, cover outdoor cos
tunes this season.
Immense white sunshades-small cir
Gus tents, in fact--are the correct
thing for demoiselles at the seaside.
Yachting jackets for ladies are made
of blue or white flannel, with wide
revers and trimmed with large buttons.
Sleeveless jackets of muslin and lace
are very fashionable at this season, and
are very stylish for full dress of white
lace.
Umbrellas are now carried by our
would-be conspicuous young ladies sus-
pended by chain from bolt around
the waist.
White cashmere jackets lined with
light-eolored silks and made with re-
vers are pretty and stylish for riding and
yachting.
1t is now the style to wear ones over
skirts Of the lightest shade, and the
train Of the darker. In full dress sew
eral colors are blended.
"Meud Muller" and other variations
of the cottage hat will be again in favor
for country and seaside wear next sum
mer. The Louis XIV. hat will also be
fashionable.
Garden hats are ma de of muslin, but
the queen of park and conservatory hat
is the wide Italian leghorn, that flaps
over the brow and is worn with fichu
crossed over the bosom.
Bodices are made with points in front;
points ornament them at the back and
diminish. on the sides. Prayed silk and
satin rrlching, cords and tassels, curled
feathe rs and plating are the trimmings
preferred.
Ladies may be glad TO know that some
thing new among the cameps hair fab
RIGS are entire costumes, embroidered
with color corresponding to the dress,
and trimmed with guipure lace of the
same shade.
We are told that street costumes re-
Gently sent over from Paris are made
short enough to clear the ground. La
dies Just returned from abroad are sur
prised to find American ladies dragging
handsome silk dresses over the dirty
sidewalks.
Marguerettes sewed on black velvet is
a favorite and fashionable trimming for
bonnets and hats, and it is also worn
around the neck, as well as to form
bracelets. The contrast pleases the
ladies, inasmuch as it gives to the skin
an effective Wilderness.
The little nieknacks Of the season are
crepe de chine accessories for bows in
the hair and collars. 1t is no longer adj
missible to wear the old formal bows.
They are trimmed with Valenciennes
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