The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-20
Fashion Notes
Amber iewelry is revied.
Pleatad waists are fashionable,

Fashion Notes
Amber iewelry is revied.
Pleated waists are fashionable.
Arabesque galloons are very fashion
able.
Plush is used for collars and cuffs of
cloaks.
A new color in artificial flowers is
French pink.
Ribbons with fringed edges are COM
ing in vogue.
Satin ribbon is very fashionable for
bonnet trimming.
Silk and feather boas are among this
seasons novelties.
Double breasted sacks and cutaway
coats are both worn.
Bonnet strings are fashionable for
even very young ladies.
In spite of all that is said against high
heels, they are still worn.
Yellow kolinsky, dyed sable, is seen
among the novelties in furs.
Egyptian types fer jewelry and fancy
articles is q fashion of the passing mo-
moment.
Cocks plumes and cocks feather
ruches are favorite trimmings for felt
hats.
Cut steel buckles on velvet bows are
used on Louis XIV. and Louis XVI.
slippers.
Princess dresses and princess polo
naises take the lead as fashionable gar
ments. . &m
Bonnets are more FASH lie than
hats for young ladies g for
matrons.
Black silk and black vely6t t6ntinues
to be the favorite combination Costume
of. American women.
Moonlight pearl beads and variegated
pearl beads take the place Of moonlight
Jet for evening toilet.
Among novelties are earrings of silve-
i enamelled with small shells, pearl ex-
uding from each shell.
A new lace for flannel skirts is knitted
in variety of patterns of Sa1ony yarn
the color of the skirt.
Four or five bows are used on each
slipper, fastening high on the instep by
means of kid or elastic straps.
Light cashmeres in the evening colors
are combined with gros grain silks OF
the same shade for evening dresses.
Stanley neckties and standing collars
are affected by fashionable young ladies
with the waistcoat and jacket.
Uncut figured velvet having white
ground, with the figures in colored de
signs, is exquisite for ladies' waistcoats.
Grecian bodices and yolk waists, with
gathered or pleated backs and fronts,
are among the late imported dresses.
Fur and feather tippets, with long
tabs down the front, in the style OF the
Victorines of thirty years ago, are COM
ing in vogue.
Large Russian collars and cuffs OF far,
and lapels of fur on the pockets, are the
only trimmings seen on some of the most
fashionable cloaks.
Among boudoir novelties are elegant
work boxes with slanting sides, suspend
ed upon crossed ebony sticks, 30 that
they must always maintain an upright
position.
The most fashionable way Of arrang-
ing the hair is braid fastened low in
the neck, running upon the head, the
fastening on the crown hidden by two or
three puffs, or comb.
Gold threads in all the .ints of the
rainbsw are used for embroideries on
evening costumes and opera bonnets by
those who object to the weight OF moon
light and variegated beads.
The passementeries ani braid trim
mings, which come especially for cloaks,
are of such ele2 ant designs and richness
of material as to give the effect Of lavish
costliness to the plainest shaped gar
ments.
Among fashionable trimmings are
pleats, gatherings, shirrings, galloons,
ribbed beiges or corduroys, yariegated
bean, silk and chenille fringes, silk,
variegated gold, silk and beaded en-
broidery, feather bands, bands of fur,
velvet and brocade.
Habit basques of velvet, shaped very
much like q gentleman's swallow-tailed
coat, with the masculine effect modified
by a profusion of bows, pleatings and
other trimmings, are worn over princess
trained skirts, or skirts and tunics OF