The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-29
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion tTotes.

Jet lace is very fashionable.
White is very fashionable for full even
ing dress.
Beige is the fashionable material for
young girls.
Perforated kid lace tops appear on
new kid gloves.
Curls dropping from the back of Golf
fures are revived.
Black gauze gowns set off jewelry bet
| ter than any others.
Real acorns nicely vanished are sold
to ornament baskets.
Tulle is the fashionable 'diaphanous
fabric for ball dresses.
Costumes of Lyons satin and camels'-
hair are pretty and elegant.
Creamy white bonnets are more worn
than any others for full dress.
Bows of piece brocade stitched with
gold thread are worn in the hair.
Jersey waists and fur skirts are worn
for skating costumes in England.
Sicilienne wears better than pure silk,
not being likely to become shiny.
Young ladies who dance wear short
dresses escaping the floor all round.
Smoking jackets are lined with one
bright color and faced with another.
Jersey webbing in navy blue and myr-
tie grees may be bought by the yard.
Cashmere colors appear in the trim
mings of many handsome white bonnots.
Long Branch scollops are stiff little
curves of hair that look as false as they
are.
Little bonnets of black plush, looking
like gentlemen's hats, are worn great
deal.
Loops of braids at the back of the
head are giving place to loose fluffy
curls.
Ruches, ruffles, and fraises in the
neck are more fashionable than linen
collars.
Young ladies wear their corsage bou-
duets on one side of the neck, near the
shoulder.
Walking suits are now made of the
richest velvet brocade, combined with
, Lyons satin.
White Jet and white Spanish lace ap-
pear to be favorite decorations OF white
dress bonnets.
A new Lind of cashmere is very thick
and soft, and feels like ordinary cash
mere doubled.
Anything may be worn that is pretty
) or becoming without putting the wearel
/ out of fashion.
} There never was IL season when sc
great a variety was seen in the style o
$ dressing the hair.
Gold thread traceries around the de
signs of white Spanish laces appear OF
: late importations.
IUh;to r.; opI white ,,o,,1n form, tbI
: composition of many elegant evenin!
y dresses this season.
Spanish slippers have the heel ant
? sole made in one piece, and increase tn
height considerably.
Satin sunfiowers are worn in the hair
t They are made in Paris, and their pric
g is something astounding.
: Small japanese fans with long handle
: are more fashionable than large Japan
> csc fans with short handles.
A Young girls wear waistcoats of som
bright silk and wool mixture with gra
or brown or drab beige suits.
? A fancy dress ball held AT York, Eng
s land, the other day, was the first that ha
a been held in that city since 1885.
v Dahlias of varieg"ted colors will b
!. worn as spring advances, both rs bonne
It decorations and corsage flowers.
u Silk fans are made up over pasteboart
u decorated with painted flowers and tir
/ ished on the edge with plated ribbon @
y lace.
I Tides of colored cotton flannel will
4 borders of lighter tint, and corner
=. l. pieces of contrasting color, are prett
= and cheap.
# Tulle dresses looped with sprays {
70 apple blossoms, rosebuds or daisies
a make the most effective ball dresses fC
/, young girls.
y A small bonnet and a large tie are IL
fashion for street wear. Some of tt
ID ties are twelve inches wide, and near
70 cover the chin.
q White satin duchesse and white sati
ID antique, which is only another name fC
g silk plush, compose Il large number
&c white bonnets.
4 Large scoop front Dirsctoire bonne
~ ~ of plain or furry felt are picturesque al
Vi stylish, but they make any face loo
,S S needlessly older.
a, English corduroy is the most fashio
re able material for little boys suit
in Mixed cassimeres and Scotch cloths a
I'd the next in favor.
he Fur turbans are worn by young ladie
y, trimmed with bands of feathers,
e. when fur bands are used, with wing
he fancy feather on one side.
New silk handkerchiefs for the ne
eo are in pale shades of blue and rose, al
re edged with plaitings of Breton, Langr
D. doc or Valenciennes laces.
The novelty destined to the create
~ popularity in fancy spring goods is
of printed India cashmeres, in small mul
,st colored pine patterns over light grour
he Snoods, simple ribbons passed throu
re the hair and knotted at the side wi
ut pendant ends, are revived. They are
en- the richest Oriental colors, and finish
to at the ends with gold fringe or tassels
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