St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-19
STOCKINGS OF THE FUTURE.
They will Sill Wear Th e IN Black.
New. Sensible, Tasteful and Novel

They will still Wear Th IN Black.
New, Sensible, Tasteful and Novel
Styles.
New York Sun.
During the summer. particularly toward
the latter part of the past month. there was
rumor that black hosiery, so long popu-
lar, would be supplanted by white, ecrue, tan
and pale-tinted stockings. 1t looked at one
time as if black stockings were moribund,
for the fair tashionables who lead the world
of society at Newport, Saratoga, Lennox and
other notable seaside and inland resorts de-
clared that they would wear dark and black
stockings no longer. The parlors and
piazzas were duly besprinkIed with twink
ling feet encaSed in delicate tinted mauve,
water blue, canary. fesh-pink. tan, brown
and pearl-gray hose, and black or bronze
! slippers, pointed at the toes, with moder-
atey high heels and straps of kid tied over
the instep with bows of black or brown
satin ribbon. or ribbon of the prevailing
color of the gown.
By the way, ladies wear gowns and frocks
now-it is 80 English. you know, mot
costumes and dresses and toilets as they did
ten years ago.
But to return to the mementous ques-
ton of the stocking. The fall importa-
tions of hosiery SHOW that black hosiery is
expected to be in as great or greater de-
mand than ever, but brown tan, dark blue,
and dark gray stockings will be seen. or at
least, worn as we'll. But it is evident that
the freak of the fashionables during the
waning days of the heated term has had it's
effect upon the importers of hosiery. The
announcement in some Of the leading fash
ion journals that black hosiery was mort
bund, has led to the importation of many of
those pale tinted and bright colored silk
novelties In stockings that are brought out
by foreign manufacturers from year to year.
A reporter has, within the Ia week, gazed
upon some exquisite pairs of fancy silk
stockings in delicate tones of lavender,
canary, water blue and flesh pink. over the
surfaces of which, on the instep and front
of the leg, were scattered in shaded effects
sprays of small brown leaves. The effect
produced in these stockings is to suggest
that the wearer had taken an autumn walk
under the dropping leaves of hawthorn
thicket, the brown leaves of which had
chung to the slken tissue spread over her
dainty instep and ankle.
Other silk stockings are shown at all the
houses in celOrs. the foot defined in one
color. the leg in another. Some have verti-
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instep and forming the boot. Some have
polka dots in red on dark-blue grounds. or
in any bright color on darker or somberer
ground, others have vertical lines Of open
work and raised embroidery, and others
still in blocks, bars and checkered effects.
The taste for black shows itself even in
these fancy stockings by the frequent oe-
curence of black boots defined on white,
| red, blue and rose-colored uppers.
| In one leading house the head of the
hosiery department said that one cause OF
| the mistaken impression in the minds of
some regarding the revival of white hosiery
was the fact that many ladies bought as
many or more white or ecru Isle thread
| stockings as black or dark-colored ones
| when laying in supply of hosiery for a
season. They do this because white and
ecru stockings of the sheerest kind are al
| ways worn under black or dark colored
stockings by prudent and careful women,
| who do not wish to run the risk of blood
poisoning from badly dyed cheap hosiery.
| To sum up, he concluded that the taste for
| black stockings was really on the increase,
| but ladies were beginning to realize the ne
| cessity OF wearing them over white ones.