The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-01
Fashion Facts.

Street toilets for spring wear are very
effective.
Chudda shawls make pretty spring
overdresses.
Leg of mutton sleeve are made with
small, fiat cuffs.
Grape strings are now never used on
mourning bonnets.
1t appears that rich colors On dark
grounds will lead in satteen goods.
Pin-head dots on white ground form
the pattern of some of the new mus
Inns.
Serges are still fashionable. The new
shades Of blue and brown are rich in
tone.
Collars and cuffs of white organdy
muslin are worn with mourning cos
tunes.
Mummy cloths are handsome and
make up effectively. The threads are
crinkled in the warp and woof.
Sevres blue is new dye, something
like the turquoise Shade, but ofa deeper,
more durable appearing color.
Beads figure extensively in garnitures,
and fancy buttons run over vast space
in this section of dress adorning.
Percales show patterns of flowers,
squares, dots, and leaves, all small, and
sometimes so disposed rs to give ban
danna effects.
The gold pins used to fasten laceS,
frills and ribbons are often so arranged
as to seem to pass through initial letters
or monograms.
The Prince albert basque is a pretty
pattern for spring suits. 1t has side
draperies and may be worn with per-
fectly plain skirts.
Surah silk is much liked for evening
dresses, on account of the facility with
which It can be made into ruches and
feather trimmings.
Bran instead of soap must be used in
washing the bright-colored cotton
grapes, mummy cloths and fancy tissues
shown for summer gowns.
Polonaiscs trimmed with bands laid
straight down the front and shirred at
wide intervals appeared in the patterns
prepared for spring dresses.
Small figures hold sway in French,
English and American prints; the ma.
lority of the grounds are dark navy
blue, bronze or Pompein red.
Turbans, wide-brimmed round hats
and bonnets of medium size, are all to
be worn this summer if one can judge
from the early importations. The tur-
bans look like inverted bowls.
The evening dresses intended for
watering-place wear have no longer the
decollete expression. The rule is high
bodices, the squareshape, and the shawl
design-styles not at all conspicuous.
Jeddo Grape, a cotton stuff figured in
light colors arranged in Chinese pat
terms, and Yokohama Grape which
comes in dress patterns bordered with
wide stripes, are two lew materials for
summer dresses.
Damasks, satins and brocades of light
shades will form ton" toilets for young
married ladies and single ladies of mid
die age, while the more youthful beau
ties will wear tulle, gauze and grena-
dine, elaborately embellished with lace.
There is no prevailing color in sum-
mer dress goods. All the soft pinks and
blues seen in China, the red and olive
and green of Japanese ware, and the
deep brown Of pompadour stufis are all
used for grounds and the figures are 0
all the rainbow tints.
Three classes of dresses are worn at
present, street costumes which are short
and masculine looking with plain skirts
and coats; demi-toilets, worn in the
house, Of very gay colors and artistic
make, and full dress toilettes for balls
and receptions, which are as elaborate
as possible, with long, flowing trains.
Striped goods (Pekines) will form the
chief garniture in costumes Of the waist
coat mode; the plastrons, cuffs and col
lar are made of Pekine. Pekines come
in q large variety, including velvet,
satin. corduroy, and cotton goods. The
early spring costumes show q handsome
assortment Of this fovorita material
always used as 4 trimming.
Neckties are worn larger than ever be-
fore. They are to be seen twenty inches
broad. These neckties are Of plain
surah, and have the lower part trimmed
with insertions and Russian lace, and
are bordcred with q plated surah ruflle
trimmed with lace. Russian Lace is ex-
tensively employed. Fichus arc ofimi-
tation old point lace and old guipure,
which are perfectly yellow. They