The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-10-28
Fashion Notes.

Real ostrich feathers are used on round
hats.
The fancy for colorei wooden laces
continues.
Embroidered bison and shoodah robes
are novelties.
Combination suits are more fashion
able than ever.
When flowers are worn they must be
placed in the belt.
Large hats in Louis XIV. or Gains
borough shapes will be worn during the
winter.
Jerseys are again imported, and are
cut with as many seams as & tailor
basque.
Light preserves the color of the hair,
though long exposure to direct sunlight
fades it.
Natty little round biscuit-sized purses
now dcpcnd from 4 chain to contain gold
or silver.
Small japanese buttons, fat, diamond.
shaped, oval or round, are used Oh the
new jerseys.
The old English hollow-ware, in form
of coils and knots, has been revived IN
gold jcwelry.
Rhine stones, turquoises, garnets and
moon stones are largely employed IN
silver jewelry.
"A ~favorite fancy is a small krot of
ribbon the color Of the dress set on the
side of the high, close collar.
Several new yelling nets are shown,
among Others a fine silk fabric, so Worn
that it looks like a succession of tiny
stars.
Natty, tight jackets, apparently mold
ed bv steam to the figure and braided in
military style quite around, arc not 50
new, but still effective.
Tinsel is a prominent feature in all
fabrics prepared for bonnets; gold Is not
as much seen as it has been; copper, sill
yer and lead being foremost.
Donnets of dark blue velvet with the
crowns covered with embroidered gauze
in lizard green, and trimmed with birds,
ornaments aud fancy pins, have appeared.
Many costumes are trimmed with
lands of etarmine, embroidered in tent
stitch with wool of delicate tints. These
form the vest, collar, cuffs, skirt panels
and other accessories.
The cloth or tailor-made button is not
used on the. new coats, but large, fancy
buttons of copper and old silver are
fashionable, with silk crochet or fancy
horn buttons for less expensive wraps.
A model in cloth of dark heather
shades has revers of darker velvet, form
ing an open coat, or when closed q
double-breasted one, with loose front
and tight-ftting back, at once easy and
stylish.
Heavy, wooden canvas goods in fine or
large meshes, come plain, in stripes,
forming plaids for underskirts and trim
mings, or plain, with dots and geometri-
cal figures raised upon the canvas
surface.
Great discretion must be used by
wearers of horizontal stripes. They are
becoming to very tall and slender figures
but when adopted by ladies of medium
or low stature are apt to give too rotund
an appearance.
Among tasteful trimmings the follow
ING deserves mention: Velvet ribbons,
black or corded, about an inch and a
quarter wide. are used, and are edged on
each side with gold soutache. The rib.
bon is set on in perpendicular or diagonal
lines with the end of each hanging loose
and cut in an arrow head or two points.
The new round hats follow closely the
styles that prevailed during the summer:
the crowns high to exaggeration, and
square or round in shape, the brim
straight and in most cases very narrow.
The English walking hat with pretty
notifications have appeared, and will
be even more popular with slendcr-faced
ladies than before.
Short jacket bodices are quite the u c
cess of the season; the shape of the
jacket does not vary much; it must al
ways be perfectly we'll cut, extremely
tight fitting, even to under the arms,
with a very short basque, and fastened
in front or at the side; in front it opens
over a plain vest or else over a full
plastron of faille or surah, either white,
starch-blue, cream, sulphur-yellow,
or %poppyy-rcd.
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