The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-15
fOB TIE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Eancios.

The full sleeve, gathered into cuff
at the wrist, is revived for house
dresses.
The fez shape for ladies' indoor caps,
!. either for morning or evening wear, Is
'~wo bouquets are now always sold
together-one for the hair, the other for
the corsage.
Sleeveless habit corsages of velvet or
satin are worn over bull dresses OF
tulle or gauze.
Spanish lace manties are very large
wide scarfs and in the shawl shapes
formerly worn.
Heliotrope and cream will be the
fashionable contrast of color for early
spring millinery.
Tinted pearl and enamel buttons have
eyes in the middle so deeply indented
that they are invisible.
Gray and purple are much used to-
gether in brocades and in the different
materials OF costume.
Lilac flowers of two kinds and shades
are fastened together with q silver rib
bon for corsage bouquets.
New ribbons are of satin on, both
sides and irregularly dotted in rich col
ors on contrasting ground.
The favorite fabric for summer coats
for small children is white cordurette,
:. E., fancifully figured corduroy.
Black tulle and black satin, bright
ened with jet, forms a number of the
toilets prepared for evening wear.
Puffed or plated plastrons take the
place of waistcoats, but they are unbe-
coming to any but slender figures.
A great panache of two or three os-
trich feathers, placed far back on the
Left side of the bonnet, is very stylish.
Light woolen and silk and wool ma
terials will be more fashionable for full
dress even in the summer than silk it
self.
Corduroy underskirts will continue
to be worn under draperies of silk foul
ard, Yeddo Grape and light wo9len dress
goods.
The high faring Valois collar, kept in
place with wire, is found among new
styles of neck garniture on the richest
toilets.
Ecru lace of the same shade as the
chudda cloths anG French buntings
that they trim will be much used this
season.
Ecru of darker and richer shade
than of former seasons appear in most
of the latest importations of spring
dresses.
When q floral tabier is worn, the
-coifure and corsage bouquet flowers
must correspond with those sewn on
the tablier.
The polonaise is accepted IS the lead
ing m odel for expensive costumes. The
present pattern differs considerably
from the original design.
Hairdressers have discovered how to
dye or turn the hair ashy blonde or
drab. Ashy blonde hair is now more
fashionable than golden HAIR.
Ladies' morning and evening caps are
made of figured tinted foulards and
satins in preference to lace or tulle, and
the fez shape is preferred to all others.
Draperies of silk and satin over cor.
duroy underskirts are considered very
dressy. This style IS certainly pictur-
esque, and particularly to young ladies.
Tortoise shell headed pins in all sorts
of shapes, black jet, silver, filagree, and
amber ornaments, beads, and chains are
all very fashionable with new coifures.
A new idea in wool suits is the use of
cords and tassels arranged merely as
festoons or passed around the hips with
the ends hanging to the feet directly in
front or else on the left side.
White toilets will be fashionable this
summer. A great deal of white French
bunting is found among goods of that
kind. Pheasant brown is one of tie
most fashionable spring colors.
Basques will be worn, but not SO gen.
orally as hitherto. The coat design
of basque will still continue in favor
This mode is rather masculine, still
pretty and becoming to most figures.
Seaside grenadines have openwork
bars that look like hemstitching this
year, and also come in lace patterns.
Silk grenadines are very lustrous and
have either brocades or lace patterns.
Full fraises OF lace, worn high in the
neck, are more fashionable than linen
collars. But linen collars will never go
entirely out of fashion. Linen cuffs are
frequently worn when the collar is dis
earded.
The new modes are replete with col
ors Tho Or;ental iGea of color maesin O.