Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
Fashion Notes

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The newest parasols are in large
sizes.
Cashmere shawls never go out of
vogue.
New English straws come in every
shaGe of color.
Classic and aesthetic styles still pre-
vail in London,
Velvet BIS Iues grow more and more
in popular favor.
The small poke-shape is to be most
worn this summer.
Partisan women wear only small
crinol>t is and bustles.
The new muslins are soft-finished
without any starch OF size.
Egyptian red cloth havelocks are the
fayorte wraps for little girls.
Nuns yelling viii continue stand
ard material for summer wear.
New millinery goods are very blight
with color and metallic effects.
AISLE, of roses has made it's appear
ance among the aesthetic colors.
Velvet waistcoats let into the front
Of silk and wool basques are feature
in new suits.
The long nurse apron front, with
panicrs above it around the hips, is a
fayor.te style.
The round braided pieces so much
used as trimming for cloth suits are
called ma arCons.
Clasps on the collars and in the
neck of dresses take the place of
brooches and lace pins.
One of the loveliest dresses for mid
summer is of white yelling, closely
dotted with silk brocade DOS.
Orange and flame colors in vanish
ing effects are seen in many of the
new silks and novelty goods.
Loops and ends of narrow ribbons
will he a fayorite trimming for water
ing-place dresses this summer.
New mu Is and silk muslins are
dotted and figured in silk broche spots,
dots. diamonds, flowers and leaves.
Jackets of velvet of the new royal
French blue will be worn, trimmed
with gold soutache and small gilt but
tons.
Scarfs of plush with ends deliberately
embroidered are hung around marble
clocks on mantels where no lambrequin
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Ladies who have fine arms wear the
pretty 81 ewes that are drawn up two
inches shorter in the outside than their
inside seam; these are for day dresses;
lace sleeves, or no sleeves whatever,
are worn with evening toilets, but the
long gloves for full dress conceal the
tapering beauty of the arm below the
elb W.
A mixture of dull brown and cleo
tric blue is effective in the thick dro-
guet OF wool damask of which red
ngOtes, coats, ba ques and TUNES are
made. The skirt of velvet made abb
sOlutely plain may be brown, red or
blue, OF tle sh ide most conspicuous In
the droguet, and the large buttons are
Of wrought metal, bronze, steel or gilt.
A stylish house dress is made of dark
Russian gray cashmere. The skirt is
laid AL the way down in hollow plaits
devoid f trimming. Tie bodice is
pc nted, front and back, the paniers
are arranged in heavy plaits, rounding
over the bps and joining thu lightly
pulled drapery in the back. The fronts
Of the bodice, the edg g of the paniers,
and half the myth of the long, 81 81
sleeves are trimmed with an elaborate
pattern in braidwork.
A charming costume for a young
brunette has a plated skirt OF brown
or orange striped terry velvet, with
yellow stripes laid on the under side Oh
the plaits. The bodice and tunic are
Of brown camel's-hair braided with
rows Of duh gold braid. The bonnet
TO wear with this dress has kid crown
with brim of brown chenille woven
with gold cord. The strings are brown
velvet ribbon. and a brown bird with
ayellow head is apparently cinglng