The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-10-31
NOTES.
Serge is again worn.
Plaids are all the rage.

Skirts grow fuller all around.
The blouse bodice is in high favor.
Glossy wool fabrics are worn again.
Jerseys are more popular than ever.
The hair is worn higher in the back.
Lavender and lilac shades are revived.
Muslin and lace balayeuscs are revived.
Madras plaids arc worn over plain
WOODEN goods.
Ancient Genocsc printed cottons are
used for decorative purposes.
Riding habits are made longer, and a
new color is very dark crimson:
Gray is one Of the popular colors OF
this season in both woolcns and silks.
Ecru lace dresses drapcd over rose pink
silk is u favoritc combination for evening
wear.
A fashionable evening dress is that
made of ccru lace and worn over a surah
of the same shade.
Fashion confines herself closely to
small bonncts. The capotc is prominent
in all the newest importations.
Bridesmaids wear short trains on short
Kate Grccnaway dresses in pale colors.
with bOnncts to match, if the wedding is
| at church.
The colors preferred for girls drcssy
| suits and outer garments arc pigeon gray,
sapphire blue, and red in the garnet and
ruby shades.
New English walking costumes are
made with narrow skirts and great guam
titles of tucked draping, but the waists
are quite plain.
Clasps and buckles of metal, jet and
smoked pearl adorn the sashes and dra-
perics of little childrcn's, misses and
ladies' dressy suits.
One bird no longer sufficcs for trim
ming Il bonnet, but several are found in
a group if large, and Il dozen may form
the cluster if small.
Among prevailing models are the prin-
ccssc dress, with a long basque added ut
the back, and the %polonaisc, with pulled
or gathered drapcry.
There is such Il variety Of shapes in
mantlcs that every lady will have an OPP
p%ortunity of suiting her individual taste
in the matter of wraps.
Partisan drcssmakcrs insert a small
pillow hustle, stuffed with horschair,
under the plaits of the skirt i'll the back,
| attached to the waistband.
Plain velvctccn and ~vclvctaen brocadc
is shown in many rich shades and will be
largely used for whole suits and for COM
bining with wooden or silk fabrics.
The skirts of dresses have very narrow
bands, or arc attached to Il cord instead
of a belt, to permit the dress body to tit
close and smoothly over the waist line.
Mousquetairc gloves are worn in all
lengths from eight to twelve buttons for
street costume, and a yard long or more
with very short-sleexed evening dresses.
The present tendency is to elevate the
back hair. The front bang is now
graded, making three separate cuttings
necessary to get them into the required
style.
Carved wood ornaments for bonnets
/ arc tho novelties OF the season, anu arc
mainly of light woods of pale ccru tints,
representing tusks, gritfins, dragons,
prehistoric animals, tridents and har-
! poems. e.
A very broad triple boS-plait, with
wide ribbon passing through buckles
down the center and drawn dlagonally
to the side seams where it terminates in
butterfly bows. is one of the latest modes
for trimming the front of a dress skirt.
Fancy mantles for fall wear have a
large scarf of black lace fastened in front
in ample folds, a short pclerinc formed
of three lace flowers, and Il tight-titting
back, like that of a bodice, covered with
embroidery and fringes Of jet and
chenille. .
Velvet is plated, pulled, shirrcd,
waved, box plated and kilt plated, in
many or most drcssy costumes, but after
all. it looks best when made up in
severely plain style with no trimming,
save passementcric and rich lace, black,
white or colored.