The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-15
Fashion Flippers.

of some kind.
Shawls of all kinds are revived for
Spring wraps.
Sbirred Innings for bonnet brims take
precedence of all others.
French bunting takes precedence Of
all other scmidiphanous goods.
Black toilets and black lace bonnets
are the furore Of the moment in Paris.
Satin and French bunting make a
beautiful combination for walking suits.
High fraizes and long jabots will be
the leading styles for neck-wear this
Spring.
Worth makes walking dresses much
shorter for Partisan than for American
women.
New York miliners have shown more
colored than black or white bonnets this
Spring.
The latest novelties in shoes are the
Henri Trois sabots and Catherine de
Medici souliers.
Partisan coiffures are de rigeuer low
on the back of the head, or rather on the
nape of the neck.
Derby hats and listers should be worn
only in the country, and on mountain
pedestrian tours.
Pretty stockings and low shoes have
become too apparent fact as part Of
young ladies' toilet.
Alsatian, Normandy, and Lorraine
bows rival turbans as tinishers of fash
ionable coiffures.
Delicate lace clicked stockings should
always be worn over another pair OF
tinted silk or Lisle thread.
Novelties in shoes have Louis Quinze
heels, and many straps across the instep,
with bows and buckles
Breton lace drapery scarfs Irvine all
around bonnet crowns, and then form
the strings of many bonnets.
All sorts of hats, bonnets, turbans and
caps are in vogue this Spring for out
door as well as indoor wear
Many new bonnets have the crowns
entirely covered with flowers, sewn fiat
ON the chip, straw or foundation.
Contrasts in trimmings and pipings of
costume are given preference over shades
of the prevailing colors of the dresses.
Broad trimmed hats are more suitable
for our bright, warm American summers
than English round hats, and are much
more becoming
White and colored Canton Grape bon
nets. trimmed with flowers, feathers and
lace appear at the openings among other
millinery novelties
Gypsy bonnets have large flowing
brims raised in front, tied down at the
sides, and falling on the neck, after being
partially raised in the back
Sa.eens and mummy cloth novelties
show dainty little flower and leaf bou-
quet and vine patterns in jardiniere
colors of pure white grounds.
American women who are sensible as
we'll as tasteful avoid English styles Of
half masculine Derby hats, mannish
listers, and jackets for street wear
Smoothly banded hair, with very lit
tie frizzing on the forehead, and CHG
mons worn low, is the fashion which has
all of sudden been adopted in Paris.
The favorite flowers for lacking on
bonnet crowns are asters, marguerites,
pansys and elegantine blooms, with the
yellow anthers showing plainly on the
delicate pink ground of pearls.
Spring wraps are of various kinds Of
mantillas, mantles and dolman visites,
all having long ends in front, square or
pointed, but light Chudda and India
shawls will probably be much worn.
Pompadour gauzes with alternate lace
and satin stripes, with flower and vine
patterns over the same, made up in COM
bination with plain silk and satin make
very stylish Summer evening dresses.
A gay morning robe always looks vul-
gar at a watering place or hotel break
fast, and corduroy velvet as well as satin
is seen in combination with camel's hair,
French bunting and other light wool
fabrics in spring costumes.
The newest and most elegant umbrel-
las for all occasions are in very dark