Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
FASHION NDrES.
W hats arc just now ON ton.

Straw hats arc just now on top.
Old-fashioncd barcgc is again stylish.
1t is rumorcd that We are coming back
to powdered lair.
F'riczc has NOW all textures. MI colors.
all garments for its own.
Riding habits should now he made OF
light gray to bc in perfect style
Summer bonncts made of lace will 10
trimmed with lilacs or wis;aria
Watering place gowns will probably be
largely made up Of crepe tic chine.
Black moirc, both in silk and ribbon,
will he usrd by the acre in summer cos
tunes
Black grows more and more in favor MS
the thing to be combined with any and
all colors.
Both Tor great folk and small, black
continues To bc the leading color in
stockings.
silk fish nc: with very large mcshcs is
made up over MORE skirts. 1, is to bc
had i'll all colorS.
Empire long coats for utility uses dur
ing the wet and chilly days Of spring are
stylish garments.
Black may now be worn with any
color and every tint or shade, from the
palcst To the deepest
The gowns exhibit every imaginable
form of sleeve. Some Of the designs are
to" peculiar to br pretty.
Indies have forgotten all about tho
word aesthetic since The names Dircctoirc
and Empire have come into uSr
Train dresses are turned down half n
yard ut the top in the back To sivu II
Slight fullncss just below the waist
Very broad rulllcs of lace turn over
from the nccks of evening dresses and
form the trimming aud even the sleeves.
Many new shades of green have been
brought out rs rivals to the still fashion
able Empire green of brightest emerald
hue
The new high-ncckcd bodice, which
has made lis appearance ut Queen Veto
ria's drawingroom,i called "rhc Nurcm-
burg"
The Dircctoire "coai" Of the passing
season is II NODDED repetition of the coat
worn by Charles Surface, in the "School
for Scandal
Next in Gnvor To green come shades oI
rcd-brown, duh brick, terra Gotta and
Egyptian red which are seen in both dark
and light shades
Two or three rows Of Irish lace insrr
ton let into the pctlicoais of wash
dresses serve ms the only trimming except
that on the yoke and sleeve.
Old rose and crushed strawberry shades
are again fully established in fashionable
favor, bnt they are much improved, being
far more creamy and delicate,
The new Jerseys are made in rlnny ,lif.
icrcnt ways, resembling in cut and style
the most fashionable bodiccs of Directory,
Empire and Josephine gowns.
Among other lace novelties Of The
toilet are Spanish pclcrinrs-b black lace
shoulder cnlms with long scarf ends that
fall TO the bottom of the dress skirt.
Black and yellow is favorIc combi.
nation, black straw hats taking yellow
ribbons and flowers, and yellow sirnws
taking black ribbons aud black feathers.
Hair drcsscrs say that if women persist
III dressing their hair on top nf their
heads there will he II larger percentage Of
badness thnn has ever been known be.
fore.
The wrap in highest favor is the one
flat par'akcs Of both the jacket and cape,
"a tight-iiiiing bodice, without sleeves,
over which II loose cape reaches TO The
waist.
The newest and unique limits in millin.
cry are magnolia, nncmonc pink, oak
heart, English rose, lily-lcaf green, opal
gray, summer sky, raspberry and spring
willow green.