Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-21
The Freaks OF Fashion.

NJ
THEMSELVES MKT.
III is said that The ingenuity OF the manu-
facturers of hosiery has been taxed beyond
precedent TO satisfy the demands OF fashion
for the coming season. The irst inspirations
have reached our shores. and the heads OF the
hosiery departments in our leading DRY goois
houses say that the eccentric and costly won
ueTs that they are showing 20 the few fashion
reporters who are not permitted the indul-
geice OF vacation during the heated term
l. nothing 10 what is on the way from Paris
whether American women will really wear
these fantastic embroidered, clicked, and
striped stockings Is 20 be tested. But the
iact ihat they are TO toe found in every lead
demand Tor them and that somebody wears
Them.
The SIX hose come in fancy boxes. four
50 TO 40 BOX.
The ioul pairs are all OF diiierentrcolorS, auf
each pair Is embroidered or clocked ia a liz
lerent design. The artists auh designers
skill is seen On every pair. some are pure
others pearl, and others cream white: some
rale blue. rose color. mauve. drab. brown
in all shades; rel. from scarlet "a deep Grim
son; aud gray, from the darkest London
smoke TO the p3lest lead color. Exquisite
COmDIEatlonS IN strOngl y-cOl ~ Stet colorS
appear In embroidery OF the sides. running
nail way mp The leg. or 10 the swell OF The
calf above the ankle, and sometimes cover
ing the whole lnStep. Sometimes the EN-
broidery Is ofthe same color as the stockings
long lines running between open laCe-lixt
clocks, terminating ga flOri-fOrm points half
way between the kree aud ankle Tn. in
step Of pair OF white silk hose H. sprinklei
over with tiny roScbuds and leaves in NAT
urai colors, the pure green and red. Another
pair has
\ BEEHIVE on THE rxsrEP.
with bees swaTmiug, IN lines that tern mate
IN points below the garter; another pair is
striped lengthwiSe i'm alternate Inch bands OF
blue and rose color, each stripe ending in a
steepIe, or vandyke, at the same point de
hIod on a solid ground Of drab or lead color
The tops of the wand ykeS are ornameutal
with embroidery in flowers. Again. another
PAIR Is scarlet. with gold color or bright blue
embroidered clocking on the sides some
are striped horizontally in narrow bands OF
blue and rose color, or rose and Head color
intersected by leCgthwiSe lines of embroii-
cry and open clOckiug. Others again are OF
plain solid colOrS-blue, apple green rose
color, scarlet and crimson, purple, brown
and gray, in all shades, bat knit or woven in
ribs TO form lengthwiSe lines.
Al OF this hosiery is long enough to
GARTER FAR ABOVE THE KNEE.
They say that IN Paris choice and faStidi0uS
women are having the tops OF their fine hose
trimmed with Nalenciennes. Cluny, ald
Euchesse lace. IL il put GA fan enough to
admit OF being iuted. Exquisite garters,
with gold and silver buckles, aud some even
-Jewelled, are shown % go with this costly
hosiery. The carriers are also trimmed with
roSettes Of real lace.
In addition 10 this fine silk hosiery. there
is what is termed iace-iinished Balbriggan
hose. They are indeed as fine as though
woven OF lace thread. But the thread Is
really ofunbleachei Sea Island cotton, fine
and smooth as lax can be spun. These ex-
quisite productions of the stocking weaver's
SIKH are also ciocked in silk embroidery ard
open lace stripes, each pair with different
design. They cost only from
SO TO 800 A DOZEN.
when on the foot they flt like an ADDITIONAL
epldermls or scarf skin. Every delicate
muscle, Tendon and vein SHOWS through the
filmy tissue, and the nails are seen as dis
tinctly as though uncovered.
The cheaper hosiery, that which will be
purchased and worn by women Of more moi
crate means and sensible ideas, initiates
these elegant productions, but in sOberer
colors. The shopmen say that they are al
ready selling large quantities Of sober dark
browns and grays, with clockings IN the
same color or in blue or gold color on the
sides, and sometimes on the instep.
THE AIMEE STOCKING,
named for the enterprising little opera bouffe
singer who introduced that style, meets with
marked favor among younger women. IL L.
striped lengthwlse in bright cOiors TO the
swell of the calf, each stripe headed with a
sharp vandyke, or steeple on solid ground
Of contrasting color or Of white. Chiltren's
stockings follow the same character OF
stripping, but with even greater variety than
il displayed in that intended fol- women.
or course all this elaborate and ornanlen-
tai hosiery is made TO be seen, and with a
high buttoncd boot this would be impossible.
Who would hide rOSebude and butterflies,
beehives and busy bees under a covering OF
kid and CLOTH? So inventors are meeting
the requirements OF the case with sandal
DDols Oh KIDS. OldCh SdIil
and block velvet, with straps that button
over the foot from toe TO ankle, showing the
stocking with its exquisite embroiderieS and
clockings in the spaces between the straps.
Zach strap is ornamented with a buckle or
silver, gold, steel or jet, and for full house or
carriage dress the buckles are nestled in the
centre of a lace rosette. This lace may be
either white or black, or of the still more
rare and popular, lately produced ecru Rus
sian lace, made, however in Brussels, of
either unbleached fax or OF Angora fleece, a
lace destined to take the same rank among
white and ecru laces that llama does among
black. These boots have square box toes ami
Louis Nv. heels when intended for house or
carriage wear, and when for the dreSsiest DC
casions are ornamental rust below the instep
with large Louis XIV. bows or dahlias OF vel-
vet, trimmed with lace. The tops are also
trimmed with lace.
THE CINQ-MARS SANDAL.
is ore of the prettest styles for the display
OF this fancy hosiery. II is named for that
favorlte courtier OF Louis MIL, among
whose wardrobe effects were found, after his
execution, three hundred pairs OF lace-trim-
med boots. 1t is a Louis Mi. slipper. with
The back piece rising IN "A point four inches
above the Louis XIV. heel. Above the SQUARE
box toe is a velvet and lace rosette, while
four lace trimmed sandal straps Ornamental
with buckles, and small lace rose.tes fasten
over the instep and around the leg above the
ankle, creating the effect of half high san
dal boot with lace RUIZ at the top. in the
style OF an old portrait OF Cinq Mars by Lee
MAN, and the paintings OF celebrities OF the
sixteenth century by Abraham BoSSee AMI
Jaques Cabot. White satin boots are Shown
FOR bridal toilets, and colored satin ones TO
match ball dresses.
SCAIDFp TO DEATH IN A NAT-An in