Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
FASHION NOTES.


Epigramatic Mention of the Prevailing
Gossip Concerning Dress.
Irish poplins are again in fashion.
Yellow flowers are very fashionable.
Color plays an important part in fancy
dress bonnets.
The new evening gloves are as long
or longer than ever.
Flowers will be more worn than
feathers on spring bonnets.
The new spring hats are very high in
the crown aud narrow in the brim.
Yellow plays an important part in
millinery and toilet accessories this
spring,
Ribbons striped in canvas gauze and
watered silk come for bonnet trimmings.
Lace bonnets will be much worn as
soon as the weather will permit their
use.
The new capotc bonnets are of me-
dunn size, and are very quiet and mod
est in effect
Great lunches of flowers, all of one
kind, are favorite hat and bonnet deco
rations this spring.
1t takes but small quantity of tinsel-
shot camel hair etamine to brighten a
costume OF plain stuff.
Braid and embroidery in the greatest
imaginable variety of patterns adorn
tlle1-aUw Jersey jackets.
Soft Surah satin and tatleta scarfs for
trimming bonnets come in broad stripes
OF soft shaded color.
The peak-brimmed poke bonnet reap
pears among spring millinery importa-
lions and productions.
Fancy bonnets are made of tinsel
and novelty fabrics of various kinds
ovc' frames of wire and lace net.
Wide tinscl braids put on in bands
and long looped cabbage bows are the
favor.te trimmings for spring hats.
The new shapes and trimmings OF
hats and bonnets for spring are seen in
tie importatouS at Denning's.
Small sunliowers on flexible stems
nod over the crowns of many of the
new imp)rte hats and bonnets.
Canvas woven linen ctamine ribbons
shot with bars of gold thread trim some
Of the new Paris bonnets and hats.
The Wild business of the frizzled
bang is abated unit now it is reduced
20 II modest waved fringe on the fore.
lead.
Spring vclvets come in all the new
shades of mastic, tan, br!ck-red, Rus
san green, and gray and brown shades
New six jerseys are beautifully
hca led with jet in various designs, and
sometimes in patterns covering the
whole garment.
Some of the new cashmere glove:
have the long wrists embroidered II
chain stitch on the closed tops, with sill
of pa'er shade.
Upr ght iabot bows in front of q
bunch OF holding flowers, which tower
above the high crown of the hats, are
q feature in spring millinery.
All the trimmings of hats and bon
nets are placed directly in front oveI
tue forehead, on the fore part of the
Gown, and tower high above the same
Some of the new spring hats have
high Tyrolean crowns and narrow brim!
Topped very high on one side with {
space in the loop for the trimmings.
New spring wraps for dressy toilet
are covered with embroidery and je
beading trimmed with RULES OF lace
and are in modified dolman mantl,
forms.
New camel's hair etammes are showr
with bourette and bouce threads thrown
UP on the surface in bars, stripes and
clusters of stripes.
White har is 50 fashionable that lad,e!
are ordering white wigs to wear a
evening entertainments, or they us'
powder to excess on the pufs and loop
OF their everg growing higher and highe
coiflures.
The cOlori in new silk gloves rang,
from dark to pie shades of modes, tan
rnsset and nut brown from tilbert ant
hazel to chestnut, golden brown, gray
from slatc to pale Russian, and man,
intermediate tinti of gray, blue, ambe
and mast.c.-N y Sun.