The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-20
SPRING FASHION NOTES.

Nbkut.
Lace dresses arc as fashionable as ever
or more SO.
Ancmone is the new name for mauye or
pale lilac.
All new sleeves are pulled, slashed or
vandykcd.
Plain waists and coat sleeves will soon
bs things OF the past.
High, low and hall high coitlures are all
equally fashionable.
Black toilets will continue 20 be favored
Of fashion for all occasions and in all
fabrics.
Spring ulstcrs, ncwmarkets and raglans
have taken on the braid, button and en-
broidcry fever.
Tinscl and bead decorations are seen in
many OF the new colorcd ruchings and
pleatings for neck wear.
Every lady who has not black Lace dress
should hasten to possess one. They will
! be more in vogue than ever.
The wrap OF the season il the short man.
lie OF last year, made shorter i'm the back
and with longer mantilla-like tabs in front.
The Greek couture, adorned with bands
OF metal, is really becoming style of
hair dressing for women with regular
features
Shot or changeohle silks are in demand
more for facings, bands parcmcnts and
piplngs than for the foundation OF the eli
tire dress.
Fashion inclines 10 parasols Of unusually
large dimensions, with generally very un.
pretentious handles, made OF wood, carved
IN many curious and unique ways.
More jerseys are imported and produced
this season than ever, aud now they are
woven with full sleeves, shocked nj the
armhole and shirred into n cuff at the
wrist. and sometimes gagged above the ell
bow.
The latest novelty in summer silks II the
| embroidered China silks, not hand.
wrought 10y the patient Chinese, but ma
chine embroidered in the looms of France.
in charming and varied designs, colors
and effects.
White neck lingerie has almost COM
pletely disappeared from the toilet, liz
place having been usurpcd by ruchngs of
ribbon and tinsel gauzcs, colored lnccs and
other materials OF n diaphanous nature in
all sorts Of foldings, pleatings and other ar.
Engagements.
Tho white, dressy iruck Of the coming
summer will be a dainty creation Of main.
sock, null yelling. cl,ailIc. bajisic, plain
or embroidered, bclncod and much bobut-
toned with fancy cai's-cyo buttons IN tmts
OF blue, rosc, green, yellow, purple, aud
all the terra Gotta, old rusc, opaline and
other artistic colors.
One OF the latest ilucics IN the trimming
ol bOnnets IL to cover them completely
with little ivy leaves, whivh lap closely
over each other. bonnet uf green iullc
j. entirely covered with these pale green
leaves and has an cdeirg of velvet oi a
! darker shade gathered IN n soft uuT about
the face. The string. az, short lengths Of
the tulc.
There are hnlf a hundred or uorr new
white dress fabrics in six, wool, cotton
and linen brought ont Tor tlir summer
toilets this season. They are plain fig.
urcd. barred, bfochc, embroidered and
machine tucked, lace striped and woven
IN a multitude of new wcaycs nud effects,
aud when made up with lacuS. hniilihOucd
aud bu,ioncd up wherever a button can bc
utilized, with tinted catscyc buttons. win
hc the summer glory OF the piazza, the
boudoir, the lawn and the garden party.
The incNhaunlihle fancy which hns
! already designed 10 many different cor.
sagcs i still al work preparing pretty nov
elites Of the delicate aud bCal.iiul sun
mcr fabrics. No matter how plainly made
! and drdpCd the skirt 10 ,lic cust,mc may
| be. the bodice must br adorned. Plain
corsagys are becoming less and les numcr-
ous. Even Tor stout l.ufts. the waist
must have llio appcamnccu u being dmpcd,
II not actually ~. The molisc making use
81 various devices Tor producing The dripcd
effect, plusiron, n rcvrr ~ velvet, O fail
OF lacc or . iiohu of uac1ull length cross.
Ing the bodice diggouHliy
Tic spring hats have lhpc marked char
acicris,ics. They are wide: they have O.
sharp, pinchcd poke over tAc face and arJ
trimmed either with ribbons OF with low
ors. the tendency being io coniiue the trim
ming either 30 one or the other. II u Is u
ribbon, IN nine eases Oh, oi ten Il viii hc
ombrc. There X. with the rage for gubeiin
blue, fancy for straw hats Of the same
shade and these arc trimmed with mnsscs
OF crisp looms u gobolin blue ribbon. Shad
ed through oil the tones 81 that color and
frequently edged with silver. When The
hat il trimmed with flowers, they alc somC
email hlOS-luts iursci-mc nOia. butter
cups. blucligs. heath or spires aud ihc-c
are made mp IN long wrcaihs, much mixed
with small, light foliage, and tlic hat J.
heavily covered with mnia u blossoms.
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