The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-06
THE FASHIONS.
Hints Regarding the Latest Styles in DrosS
at Home and Abroad.

at Home and Abroad.
Some of the new cashmere gloves
have the long wrists embroidered in
chain stitch on the closed tops with silk
of pale shade.
Fancy bonnets are made of tinsel and
novelty fabrics of various kinds over
frames of wires and lace net.
New silk jerseys are beautifully
beaded With jet in various designs, and
sometimes in patterns covering the
whole garment.
The most stylish handkerchiefs are
plain white, with narrow hens and
tucks, or borders composed of squares
formed of alternating thick and trans
parent blocks.
Among other delicate and novel bon
net trimmings are limitations of birds
wings and tails of crepe lisse embroidered
in white silk applique on velvet, and
also in delicate gilt thread on black
lace.
Dresses made entirely of lace are a
dainty novelty worn by those who can
afford such expensive luXuries. Made
over black silk, they are worn for
dress occasions in the daytime, and over
silks of delicate colors for evening.
Nothing can be more elegant. Black
marquise lace, very beautiful silk lace,
with exquisite flowers and vines on q
fine net ground, is used for this pur-
pose, as we'll as the French and Chan
lilly laces.
Jersey waists of solid color are worn
with gay striped or plated skirt and
sash, by little girls.
The black armure grenadines are used
as the principal part of a costume, with
Breton vest and plain lower skirt that
has three cross stripes of pale blue with
golden-brown or olive, with black ar
mure stripes as well, or else the gayest
scarlet stripes are alternated with dull
green and gold, with black stripes at
intervals.
The French popln, or, as it is also
called, falle franchise, resembles gros
grain of light weight and fine reps, and
is almost as light as the silk surahs
which it promises to rival for summer
dresses.
Checked materials are combined with
plain ones in very effective manner
A stylish polonaise is open from the
shoulders to the waist line, slantwise,
over plain plastron. At the waist it
is fastened with metal clasp or plain
bow of velvet. Then it opens again
over the skirt, falling into shawl
point on each side. At the back it
; forms draped puff, also finished into 3
shawl point.
, The new pinafore front, a revival OF
: the Jewess tunic, is a style likely to
; find favor with economical women,
both as means Of freshening an old
dress and making the same dress do
duty as two distinct toiletteS 1t is, as
its name indicates, an apron, fitted to
the figure and covering the whole front
of the dress from the shoulders down;
its effect is greatly improved by cutting
h Sits in either side little below the
y waist-line near the hips, and draping a
'' plain sash through them, letting it form
e festoon in front and full ends behind.
10 For very light dresses for summer
e evenings the nuns veilings have the
'e bayadere stripes of white or silver or
gilt, to be made up with plain white
yelling
The Algerienne stripes of many gay
colors across the fabric from sewage to
selvage are very effective in grenadines
or nuns veilings for combination with
plain goods.
For children's dresses, especially fol
70 kilt skirts and sash drapery, there are
TO wool stuffs, heavier than yelling yet moi
e, so heavy as camel's hair, with the
TX brightest cross stripes of blue with gold
y red and blue, or brown with yellow and
Y. red
Ecru canvass or etamine, in small
IN meshes, makes quiet and tasteful
Id dresses, with wool lace of the same
i shade and some ribbon bows for gar
We niture. A silk false skirt and waist lin
" ing are necessary for such dress.
G. Havana brown is favorite color fo
H. the spring.
re White with brown velvet is new
in combination.
Embroideries are works of art, car
"A ried out in chenille, beads and golC
tn thread and shaded like painting.
INF White and black is a Fashionable
be combination for evening.
a Trains apparently distinct from tn
ns front breadth are worn, the front breadt
IS being either of brocade or beaded o
ar embossed fabric, the back of som
n, heavy stuff like velvet or satin.
Colored silk Innings are placed i
.. brocade wraps, and as they are visibl
80 80 in the wide sleeves add pretty an
81 becoming touch of bright color.
Of A very lovely mantle is of moss gree
- brocade showing an ottoman sati
;, ground, with raised velvet flowers i
~, no the same shade. A wide band of ostric
' 30 feather trimming outlines the edg,
~ and the lining is of bright red silk.
~, Wide bands for covering the skirts {
, no cloth suits, made of wide and mario