Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-28
Fashion Notes.

EaIe DEOnIe Is u pOPuidA VViJE IN spring
goods.
Both round and pointed bOdicss are
fashionable.
Vailing and etamine are used in cOmbi-
nation for spring dresses.
Breton costumes will be made OF dark
etamine with Turkish stripes.
The pointed waistcoat front is the marx
ed feature in young girls spring frocks.
Stripes of all widths and in every
variety of cluster are immensely popu-
lar.
Plaid buttons OF ivory and of mohair
come among other covelties in big but
tons.
Spring Jackets are made longer, but
remain shorter in the back than IN the
front.
Vests Of cream-cOlored cancels hair or
cashmere will be worn with WOODEN
dresses.
Some OF the new bonnets are formed Of
fiat loops of ribbon overlapping one
another.
Another season OF black hosiery is pre-
dicted, but not to the exclusion Of colored
stockings.
Fashion DEGREES that old and elderly la
dies may wear cOlOrs as well as black and
dark gray.
White petticoats are no longer worn di-
rectly under the dress skirt, except for
indoor toilets.
Tan-colored kid gloves, with heavy
stitching on the back, are worn with
walking costumes.
Handkerchiefs with a simple embroid-
cred edge in scallOps are the latest and
most attractive thing.
Rough straw bonnets trimmed with
ribbon bows and beads will be worn with
tailor-made costumes.
Some of the new dresses have full over
skirts shirred on to the long bodice, which
is pointed back and front.
Short loose jacket fronts opening over
long-pOinted waistc0ats are seen on some
OF the new spring street dresses.
Kid gloves, in very soft white, cream,
and straw, can be had either with self
colored braid points or plush ones.
Dark-blue, dark-green, pansy shades,
garnet, bronze and drab are worn by ell
derby as well as by younger women.
Satin with velvet stripes and wooden
bead embroidery, and satin embroidered
with jet boards, are usedtOr nantes.
Black silk and fine glossy black alpaca
are the materials used for the long petit
coat worn under the skirt of street
frOcks.
Spring jackets offne striped or checked
cheviOt are trimmed with cord Orna-
ments, the cuffs being Of molre antique
or velvet.
Cashmere and cancels hair are used in
combination with novelty wooden goods
for young women, and with watered silk
for older ones.
Some of the new wool canVases are
striped with velvet, others with plush
and still others with chenille bands
between those OF wool.
Quaint little frocks have yokes
reaching halfway down to the waist line.
The skirt is gathered full, and a round
collar and round cuffs finish the yoke.
Cotton dresses with white muslin
guimpes and dog collars of embroidery
or velvet will be much worn. Sometimes
the guimpe is supplemented by a vest
harmonizing or contrasting with the
dress.
Beaded passementeries in white and
pearl, fawn and gold, black and jets,
and all sorts OF cOl0rs, are now made TO
match gowns of all kinds and TO fit
accurately round low, square V, or high
bodices.
Entire overdresses Of wool guipure,
made up without lining, will be worn
over silk slips for semi-dress occasions,
and fine grades OF wool guipure net will
be conspicuous in dresses prepared for
summer resorts.
Among the new fabrics for the coming
season is most effective pattern materi-
al this is pongee in the natural cOloring
with applied velvet figures, the edges OF
which are outlined with embroidery in
ecru silk; brown, blue, dark and green
are equally effective on this pongee.
A new gingham, with the boucle
effects, shows ground in checks or
stripes in two or more cOlors, with out
lines OF b0urette threads, either in shade,
or in threads In one shade and the bOur-
cites in another. A brown specimen. with
white and blue threads, is knotted with
red and gold.
The diagonal effects are particularly
pretty in thin albatr0ss cloth and nuns
yelling, and these show diamond and
other patterns without contrast OF colors.
There are lace patterns also In these
goods, and lovely toilets can be made of
them for young ladies by running pretty
colored ribbons or velvets through the
stripes, forming waists, tabliers panels,
etc.
Trimmed skirts are still fashionable,
and oYerskirts will continue to be in
favor. Walking skirts are cut shorter
than those worn during last season, the
feet not being concealed. FlOunces are
once more in vogue, but these are only be-
coming 10 tall ladies. IL is reported that
hounces 80 inches wide will be worn on
many OF the summer dresses. Wide
and long plaits are still In vogue
and plain gored velvet skirts are also fash
ionabie.