The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-11
TIE FASHIONS.

a New 4Ork 1aSnlOn writer say III
lingerie alone American tastes become
more and more luxurious. Undergar
ments are made of fine Foulard anG
Tusseh silk, profusely trimmed with
Valenciennes lace, the colors of delicate
pale blue, lavender, rose color, and ecru.
Importations of this class of made up
toilet articles can scarcely fill the orders
pouring in constantly, and the materials
able modistes.
Fashion, signing for novelty, concen-
trates her energies and love for e1trava-
gance now on stockings and garters.
Stockings are certainly exquisite in
fneness and beauty of design. In Lisle
thread they are as filmy and delicate as
a cobweb in lace and silk clock-work.
But silk stockings just now command
more attention they come in such tints
as pale cream color, varying to shades
Of lemon, orange, scarlet, and buff,
again in blue, pink, purple, mauve, and
sea-green.
The designs embroidered upon them
as copies of nature are really works of
art. The instep of one style is worked
with twin red cherries and round the
leg spiral of pale cherry blossoms is
exguisitely embroidered; another is
dotted with moss rose buds in garlands;
black currants with tiny green twigs,
strawberries and red currants all find
place in their natural colors upon these
stockings, for which an enormous price
is asked, and, SO great is the competi-
ton, readily given.
In the days of James /. carriers were
broad, with gold fringes and point lace
ends, and these are now fashionable.
Carriers are very elaborate and in orna-
mentation, and range in price from SIS
to $50 pair. Some of the most ele-
CANT stockings have the top trimmed
with point lace or Valenciennes ruffies !;
between these is clasped the garter.
Garter buckles are made of gold or OK
ydized gilt or silver set with precious
stones, sometimes in monogram or in
itial and in the way of souvenirs and
betting gifts pair of beautiful garters
is purchased with the same considera-
ton that is expended on pair of brace
lets. Many of the most delicate in style
large rosettes and point applique; others
lace and orange blossoms; garter buckles
can be purchased in pairs and attached
to a variety of gsrters at pleasure.
The new boot in Paris, which ladies
are now looking forward to with eager
ness, is the Pompeiian. It is of black
velvet and very high; the Logging in
front all Venitian cut work, embroid-
cred with tiny silk cord. The pink,
red, or scarlet Pompeiian silk stocking
is thus seen through the open clover of
diamond-shaped pattern. Plain stock
ings of decided high colcrs are all
clocked on the edges of the feet and
around the ankles in white silk, or some
strongly C ontrasting color.
In this harlequin fashion brown stock
ings are clocked with bright blue, black,
gold color, and purple. Ribbed stock
ings are never clicked. Pure white and
unbleached Lisle thread stockings sell
at from so cents to 81 pair !; lace-work
and silk-clocked they cost from rs cents
to S1.50 pair, and advance in price &C
cording to the amount of work upon
them. Plain coiored Lisle thread he
siery average in price from 65 cents to
80. so.
Striped stockings are being con
demned for an irritation, caused by the
aniline dyes, sometimes ending in seri-
ous evils, and so if one can not buy the
costly silk and embroidered stockings,
there is nothing 30 pretty and modest
as the pure Wilderness of Isle thread
and fine Balbriggan.
The real Irish Bllbriggan sells from
$I.j0 to 81 pair /; the British imitation
from Al to $1.25, and excellent fine
American bleached and unble ached, in
close imitation. from "a to 40 a dozen,