The Penn's Grove record., 1883-06-09
Fashion Chat.

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atm, brocaded, dotted, sprinkled with
erescents etc. When made of ONE of
these latter fabrics they are frequently
quite plain, having merely a large bow
IF the same material fastened to the
handland, as the design of the material
may he a red o OF a blue ground, or
A blue moon On a red ground, or some
thing equally conspicuous, no further
! adornment in the way of lace or en-
broidery is certainly needed. These par
4soIs, we will remark, generally match
some costume, and ladies in buying
materials for visiting and carriage
l~resses, frequently get an extra quantity
and have the parasol made up to order.
Almost all the parasols covered with
plain ottoman, merveillux, or pongee
have lace or embroidery trimmings.
generallyz6 che latter, Irish point being
extremely faNhionable for the purpose.
1t is put in as a fiat turned-up border,
not as a fiounce. The border is six
inches wide on an average. Light check
summer silks or Powered foulards are
often used to cover parasols that are to
correspond with certain dresses, and
Irish point generally constitute the
trimming in these cases, too. The result
is a pfetty and eminently summer-like
parasol, which will do nicely with a var
iety of light, thin dresses, satteens,
foulards, or anything of that sort. One
Of the newest shapes in parasols is
square and fiat, or less Japanese in
| effect, and has been dubbed the 'Boule-
ward" But it is not a shape that pre-
walls ext 5iyely by any means. The
high, bolds' curvl ,hape still holds its
own. The black, dark blue and dark
red ottoman ~parasols, with Irish point
embroidery or lace, being at ence hand
some, simple and suitable to carry with
any dress, are those chosen chiefly by
women who cannot afford a variety of
sHnshades. A large white satin or
brocade parasol, or one of white foulard,
if something less expensive is desired,
is another excellent choice for watering
| places and summer resort generally.
This style of sunshade also does to wear
with all kinds of pretty summer dresses,
AMI it is always most becoming, the
| white reflection thrown over the face
being very flattering to the complexion.
A border'of Irish point, or of guipure,
can be turned upon the border of a white
satin parasol, or a row of Spanish lace
set upon the edge in a fiom1ce. This
last arrangement is softer about the
face, and so would be chosen in prefer
ence, probably, by ladies, young OF
youthful, who study what is becoming,
above all things. Among the more ella
borate parasols, little affairs that may
/ cost twenty, thirty or forty dollars, the
choice is unlimited, and there are all
sorts of beautiful things for instance.
u peacock feather p~araSol, lined with
blue satin a crushed strawberry satin
parasol, covered with white Spanish
lace tlounces, and thickly beaded with
seed pearls q parasol Of rich white
ottoman with large satin designs, having
a broad puff of the brocade on the edge,
and a deep flounce of Spanish guipure
below it, and so on, and soon.
The --latest thingn in hosiery is a
particularly ugly thing, but at the same
time such a totally new departure, and
so utterly different from all styles
hitherto brought out in stockings, that
it commands attention. The hose are
parti-colored, ecru and pale blue, pale
shrimp and bright scarlet, etc., and the
division is made, in harlequin fashion,
right down the centre of the stocking
from top to toe. One side of the foot, as
exhibited by a low slipper, is therefore
one color, the other sideanother. These
stockings have embroidered clocks
which are generally white. Far less
conspicuous are stockings with very fine
perpendicular pin stripes. These are
now considered quite the ''creme de la
creme" and besides being quiet and
lady-iike in appearance, give a very slim,
clean look to large feet or stout limbs.
Even Isle thread stockings are again
shown with coiored embroidered me-
dallions on the instep. They are chiefly
pretty with sateens, wash dresses, etc.
The popularity with black stockings,
a fashion which has come to us
from England, as so many fashions do
nowadays, continues as great as ever.
And this, despite the fact that the
black always cracks off, and that in hot
weather it is a fashion that becomes
positively ~ncleanly, soiling the under
clothing aid the ssottom of white
dresses. II )wevel, With a shoe an Ok
ford tie, a fine black Isle thread or a
black silk stocking is the very hand
soonest that can be worn. Nothing is so
stylish nor 50 becoming to the foot. AS
a rule, a high shoe is very ugly worn
over a colored stocking. The ankles
look thick and unwieldly at once. But
with a slipper we should accord the
preference to thin colored stockings by |
all means, except when certain dark tot
let's are worn.
A number of new Louis XIV shoes, |
we may here notice, are made of black
cloth with patent leather foxings. And
there are also some that are made of
black satin merveilleux, the foxings be-
ing again of patent leather. These, of
course, are to be worn with richer cos
tunes. The toes OF the new boots and
shoes are a trife broader than hey have