Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-29
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
Silk braids with feather effects are new
trimmings.
Camels' hair is the leading material for
spring wear.
Bonnets are smaller and hats higher
than formerly.
Embroidered and plain velveteen are
used in combination.
Fedora nets, with floral designs, have
founcing to correspond.
Black alpaca lined with red flannel is
much used for oyerskirts.
Cameo clasps arc set in oxydized silver,
studded with Bohemian stones.
Bead trimmings in two tones match
the spring suitings in two shades
Half-long sleeves are slashed OF are trim
med with stripes of passementerie.
Cashmere laces, with tinsel effects, are
used for fronts, %iounccs and draperies.
Black cotton hosiery may now be had
which will not fadenor blacken the skin.
Bodice; train and panels are made of
the same material. Plastron and tablier
correspond.
Clasps Of Rhine stones are in arabesque
designs; Others are in the form of large
hooks and eyes.
They are trying to narrow down the
sphere of black silks to church dresses,
but they will never be banished.
Velveteen, both plain and figured, is
much used this season for house dresses
as we'll as for street costumes.
The anti-crinoline faction has tri-
umphed in England, and skirts fall in
straight folds from the waist.
Buttons are of all sizes, some are as
large as the dcbascd dollar, while
others are scarcely larger than shot. 8
Among the new colors for spring are
euellyptus and celery green. Straw color
and maize are the new shades of yellow.
Trains are combined with side dra-
pcries, leaving the fronts and sides usual
ly different from the rest Of the dress,
uncovered.
Jackets of velvet, silk Or plush, with
basques cut in vandykes are worn with
tulle skirts. They are made half-high
and have q low chemisettc.
Stout people, whether tall or short, are
most handsomely dressed in plain, rich
clothing, well made and of fine fabrics,
but with very little trimming.
A high-crowncd hat with wide brim is
of black velvet dotted with small black
rosary beads. 1t is trimmed with black
feathers held in place by a knot Of vel.
low ribbon.
Colored folds of silk or japanese crepe
are worn in the neck and sleeves of dresses,
but are not becoming to most people
without something white in the way OF
lace associated with them.
Indigo blue and flame color are worn,
Jackets of these colors are braided with
black in points from the shoulder to the
elbow and from the wrist to the elbow.
They are lined with some contrasting
color.
$ A dress of pale sea-green silk is covered
= with tulle of the same shade, the CLEAN
of the silk showing through the tulle
like the light upon sea waves. The skirt
, is studded with coral and the pointed
. green-plush bodice is fringed with thc
coral.
\ turquoise blue plush bonnie has
t plated crown. The brim is covered
| smoothly and is edged with gold beads
The trimming consists of pale yellow
feathers and aigrette. The strings are o
blue satin corresponding to the shade o
:; the plush.
Tall figures should have bands G
trimming around the figure, such as
II border Of fur or plush, or braidiny
l. at the foot of the skirt, Will
a panel In front or on one sid
may be made of crosswise rows c
% beaded p~asscmenterie, or braid, c
bands of velvet ribbon. -
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