The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-13
LATE FASHIONS.


fashionable fabric for elegant toilets. In
white these superb materials are much
used for bridal toilets.
Some of the new hornets and hats
of cactus-lace straw are wonderfully
light and comfortable, and so loosely
braided as to show the gay Innings be-
meath. In other fancy braids are
heather-mixed straws,. with brims stud
ded with mock pearl, sapphire, opal or
jet beads.
For travelling and riding the camisard,
or French refugee wrap, made of dove
gray pongee, dark cardinal surah,
fawn-colored vigogne, or cashmere, is
considered very stylish abroad-so re-
ports an importer recently returned. A
silk embroidery in one color, or rows of
narrow silk braid is the usual decora-
ton of these long protective mantels.
A pretty change easily afforded to
those who already possess dress of
plain white yelling or cashmere made
last year is the purchase of about five
yards of double-width goods matching
the hue and fabric of the skirt portion,
but embroidered or brocaded with small
dots or other figures in mauve, pale
blue, brown, etc. The costume as a
whole will look rich and dainty one,
while the cost for sufficient quantity of
the new figured material to make a
round waist and apron overdress, or
long polonaise, will be really very lit
tie.
Some of the newer fshwife poke bon.
nets are more rounding in shape, and
not so narrow about the ears, or so
high and peaked in the crown as form
erly, making them much more becom-
ing to the generality of faces than the
towering peaked shapes as first intro
duced These bonnets are now chosen
and appropriately worn by ladies of
every age, and they are shown in every
size. The more exaggerated shapes
gives quaint and piquant look to the
faces of pretty blooming young ladies,
while the larger modified styles impart
certain stately and high-bred appear
ance to matrons of mature years. Alto
gether, the fishwife bonnet is favorite.
Over many of the white toilets of silk,
satin or materials of lighter, diaphanous
material are draped very beautiful hand
embroidered scarfs of silk, etamine can
vas, Grape, grenadine or tulle. These
are very wide and form the drapery in
the back. Some of these scarfs are en-
broidered with pure white silk alone;
Others are richly wrought with small
flowers and foliage in Oriental colors in
which shaded silks, arrasene and pearl,
ruby, lumber and emerald beads are deft
ly intermingled.
Bodices OF lace, high in the neck, to
be worn over low-necked waists of silk
or satin, promise to be leading fash
ion for dressy toilets the coming sum-
mer. The sleeves to these are hall
long and lace-edged. This style of cor
sage is far prettier and more becoming
than the regularly low-cut bodice which
displays the bare neck and arms, and
added to its graceful effect it is fash.
ion which will prove most comfortable
during the sultry summer season.
New jersey bodices are imported
made of chenille and silk canvas, with
glints of gold showing the wool. A
handsome dancing dress was a pale
blue silk and chenille jersey attached t.
short skirts of soft blue Ottoman. A
Louis Quinze scarf of silvery blue sill
etamine bordered with an elaborat,
embroidery of golden wheat heads
sprays of forget-me nots, and convol
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with fan-plaited flowers, yelled will
narrower plaitings of the silk canvas
The bodice is cut square in the necl
and trimmed with the embroidery. I
very narrow strap of this canvas an
swers for a sleeve, and the strap j
edged with dainty double frills of pal
gold lace and soft blue lace, laid on
above the other.
The new Russian riding boot whicl
has become very popular, is made c
soft black kid with patent-leather tops
They are cut to reach about three inch
es and half above the ankle, and ar
fastened with tiny round buttons {
French gold.
A new variety of costly lace is in
ported, which very much resembles tn
designs of Duchesse lace, except ths
around the edges of the filmy leaves
flowers and delicate vines IS hanC
wrought tracery of fine silk cord, whic
veins the leaves and outlines each el
quisite bud and blossom. The narro'
widths of this lace are sold at eigl
dollars yard, and the wider patterr
for tlounces cost forty dollars yard.
Some of the new French polonaist
of plain Lyons satin, Victoria silk, {
heavy Ottoman cord, are fashioned
front to form slender vest. The side
lengthen into wide panels, which reac
quite to the bottom of the dress Skin
and the full drapery falls in rich vi
draped folds: in the back. One han,
some costume of bronze brown sat
shot with gold, shows the pane
bordered with a rich passementerie {
arrasne, tufts of silk chenille and shade
silks in gold and bronze. This cost
trimming also covers the entire vest an