The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-02-11
o. H FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes,

Inc peacock ian CIaln IS revived.
The Spanish lace vail is worn again.
Jet grows more and more fashionable.
Square trains are no longer fashion
able.
Red stockings will be worn more than
ever.
The Merveilleuse is the latest large
lace cravat bow.
The most popular overskirt takes the
name of the Ta!lien.
More of the front hair is used in max.
ing the bang locks than ever.
Fancy dress caps remain in vogue for
both morning and evening wear by ma
irons.
Normandy point grows in favor for
trimming black velvet dresses and
wraps.
Deep gauntlet cuffs, reaching almost
to the elbow, have been revived this
season.
Toile religieuse. or purple cloth, is
only another lame for white French
bunting.
fashion of wearing large Alsatian
bows on the top OF the head is on the
increase.
Embroidered satins are imported by
the yard to combine with plain satin de
Lyon or silk.
Gradually reviving fuller-sleeves for
house dresses, especially TOR grand toll
lettes, are reported.
The fashion of having the corsage Of
lsToro~k ~~,&o-o1 froro tho glirt wi
prevail in the spring.
Apple blossoms make lovely flower
panels for the side g%arnitures of young
girls evening dresses.
White French bunting, so fashionable
ut the moment, is nothing more than
white mouseline de laine.
Ornamental darts, and daggers
are now thrust through the loops and
braids of elaborate coltfures.
Artificial flowers in jardinieres. pots
and gilded baskets are used this season
for household decorative purposes.
The most popular material for full
dress toilets for very young ladies is
white "toile religieuse." or nuns cloth.
In white fabrics the favorite for young
ladies is gauze with silver and satin
stripes for draping white tulle ball
dresses.
Little children whose hair is very
short, wear it curled in the back and
banged square across the forehead and
temples.
Dark purple cloth suit has a vest, pan
els and border of gray plush, with a
plush turban trimmed with purple os-
trich tips.
Yellow marigold, dahlias, h%ollyhocks,
and even sunhowers, appear as corsage
bouquets for ladies who affect pictur-
esque style of dress.
Water lilies, and occasionally Gala
lilies, used sparingly, are among the
favorable flowers for ornamenting dia-
phanous ball dresses.
For rich black costumes the skirted
coat is almost universal and this is
nearly always enlivened by very large
and richly colored buttons.
Ropes of blue forget-me-nots, with a
silver cord intertwined, form the decor
atoms of many lovely evening toilets
for young girls this season.
The purple shades now fashionable
gre not the dark invincible plum colors
lately worn, but the blue-purple known
formerly as royal or Humboldt purple.
Black lace fraises. are worm by ladies
of fair complexion, and the same lace is
plated around the wrists of the sleeve,
and worn without any white frills in
side.
Long lace .iabbots, extending below
the point of the corsage and buttoned up
within the bodice at the waist line and
propping out above and below that
CONT. are worn with dressy home toll
cites in the evening.
For warmth in travelling and for
%sleighing, hoods with capes that cover
the head and shoulders are made of
black satin. Bands Of black fur. in
which are snowfakes of white, trims
the front and the cape.