The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-10-17
FASHION NOTES.

styles.
Seal brown suits, tailor finished, are
very fashionable.
Sleeves have a decided tendency to
fullness at the top.
The knotted silk handkerchief is as
much used as ever.
Gay and severe styles of dress are
equally fashionable.
Flounces pinked out on the edges
are again fashionable.
Large collars and lace fichus are do
rigueur for full dress.
Velvet. plush and chenille are the
leading dress trimmings.
English jackets and jockey-cap Don
nets will b. much worn.
Pointed or tapering crowns for bon
nets are no longer fashionable.
Felt anal velvet bonnets will be
worn to the exclusion of plush.
Pattern dresses, in dark blues, reds
and browns, will be popular this win
ter.
Turbans, composed entirely OF
feathers, have gone entirely out OIL
style.
Spanish lace scarfs are not worn,
eXc,pt with back silk dresses. Then
they are relieved by having white lace
peeping from beneath their sombcr
folds.
All the aesthetic and fancy writing
paper is going out Of style, being re-
pla"ed by that which is thick, llaln
and unru,ed, with Il big square enve-
lope to match.
Among new fall goods arc woven
tapestry patterns with borders of an
tique designs and in blocks, bars,
checks and plaids, the fabric rough but
so.t came. 's-hair.
\ great many lace dresses are worn.
They are generally made in the
princess style, or in long redingotrs,
and are worn over satins OF a bright
| color. Black Flemish binche and
| Spanish blonde are the favorites.
Young ladies' are wearing a great
deal f black at receptions, dinners
and balls, but very little in tile street
The black dress always heighten' the
fairness Of the skin by gaslight, and
this is doubtless the reason why it is
SO popular.
Bla"k stockings are almost univers-
ally the choice for girls Of all ages
and for boys in dresses or short
trousers. The ia >hion is expensive,
as black hosiery is apt to be inferior in
quality to white or colorcd, therefore
requiring more frequent renewal OF
supply.
Jersey Jackets for cool days are made
somewhat heavier than tile summer
zephyr Jerseys, and are supplied with
SELF colored fans of satin or surah set
in below the waist at the Lack. Where
the Jacket is part of the costume,
wide surah is put around the hem and
tied in great bow at the back.
The thickly. corded Antwerp silks
are aga;n in favor for both Dire SEES and
cloakS, as they come in single ano
! double widths for dresses and for cir
culars: these have none of the lustre
of satin, to begin. with, anl as they are
not adulterated, they do not take on
suspicious and unwelcome gloss after
being worn.
FichuS of black Spanish lace are
worn twisted about the neck, e'pecl'
ally with the jerseys, which are popll'
lar this fall. Jerseys in dark blue an.
black are the only kind permitted by
fashion for street wear. They arc
worn over black silk or dark blue silk
skirts, and have a sash back, and often
sash drapery down the front.
Rough and really wrap, for girls
and small boys, are made in seml-ulstel
form, of all wool plaid cloth. They
are plated the entire length in front
like a blouse, but an added plain
breadth gathered on to the waist al
the back gives fullness to the skirt
Larger girls have tight fitting coats
Jackets with dolman backs and raSlans
to choose from.