The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-12
Fashion Notes.

| Fashion Notes.
Fans bearing Biblical quotations are
novelty.
Ladies' kid gloves have a heavy stitch.
ing on the outside.
"Mother Hubbard" is the name OF
one of the latest bonnets.
Velvet pocket bags Lave monogram
in silver upon the outside.
A new design for pin is bundle OF
wood with q hatchet across it.
The cottage-shape bonnet seems to be
the MVorite for straw and chip.
Gold thread is a novelty used for
stitching some of the new short dresses.
Wide belts fastened with buckles are
seen on the latest imported costumes.
The most fashionable scarf-pins are
onyx and gold "spoon oars" crossed.
The present style of dressing, makes
it necessary to adopt Princesse lingerie.
Handsome velvet picture frames have
vine of flowers embroidered upon
them.
Carrick capes are seen on the batiste
and organdy dresses, and even on morn
ing wrappers.
In earrings one of the latest monstros-
tiles is silver arrow, which when worn
looks as if it were thrust through the
ear.
The double faced satin ribbons are the
novelties of the season, and display
many new effec in combination of
color.
Many of the new pearl ornaments
used for the trimming OF bonnets are
taken off and worn in the evening as
jewels.
Mantles made of stripes of lace inser
tion and velvet, and bordered with lace
will be worn again this summer. They
are very stlish.
Fichus will be much worn this sum-
mer; those of muslin will be embroider-
ed in colors, and collar, cuffs and hand
kerchief must match.
French lace is very much used this
spring, and some of it initiates the
thread lace so closely that 1t requires
connoisseur to distinguish it.
Pretty country dresses for young Ia
dies are Of Scotch gingham and fine
mixed checks, made with yoked waists
and trimmed with torchon lace.
Pocket handkerchiefs are articles de
luce nowadays. They are very small
and finished with many colors, and much
gay embroidery upon the edges.
The new mastio or putty color is very
fashionable in soft chip. It is trimmed
with satin ribbon OF the same shade, and
pale oats, contrasted with scarlet.
Lace collarettes are now made in the
form of vests, and are accompanied by
very deep, straight cuffs. Instead OF a
bow or ribbon, small bouquet of flow
ers is now worn with them, high upon
the left shoulder.
The new parasols are generally rather
large, have round tops, slender ivory or
ebony sticks with carved handles, and
are either embroidered in pattern
which forms border or fringed with
loops of ribbon. The small carriage
parasols are some of them very beauti-
fully embroidered in colors upon white
or black to match the dress.
French thread gloves are made very
long upon the arm, are without buttons,
and finished like an open work stock
ing. Long wrists in black, and light
tints, have been prepared for summer
wear. Some of them are of fine, real
lace, to which an exquisite embroidery
is added, but the majority are of netted
silk.
High bodices cannot be cut too high,
but the numerous seams extending up
the back and which have been 80 dis
figuring to the form and fabric are dis
carded, and the French back sloped un-
der the arm, high cut upon the shout
der, and without any scam at all to
break it's surface, substituted. Sleeves
are still shaped to the arm, but they are
cut shorter than formerly, and for sum-
mer wear will not extend far below the
elbow; mits or long gloves covering
the lower part of the arm in the street.
A great deal of coquetry is now dis
played in the dressing of the feet. Low
shoes, Oxford ties and the like, have
largely taken the place of high button
ed boots, even upon the street, and the
stockings are as elegant, and as strictly
adapted to the costume, as means will
allow. Fine stockings in thread and
silk are delicately open-worked in
straight lines, or embroidered sometimes
in very striking patterns, and it is a
great fashion with girls just now, to
embroider their own plain hosiery with
tie color of the dress, with which it is
worn. or its trimmings.