The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-29
FASHION NOTES.

Old-faShloned DareSe Is again styllsn-
tits rumored that we are coming back
to powdered hair.
Frieze has now all textures, all colors,
all garments for its own.
Riding habits should now be made of
light gray to be in perfect style.
Summer bonnets made of lace will be
trimmed with ilacs or wistaria.
Watering place gowns will probably be
largely made up of crepe de chine.
Black moire, both in silk and ribbon,
will be used by the acre in summer cos
tunes.
Black grows more and more in favor as
the thing to be combined with any and
all colors.
Both for great folk and small, black
continues to be the leading color in
stockings.
Silk fish net with very large meshes is
made up over moire skirts. 1t is to be
had in 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
palest to the deepest.
The gowns exhibit every imaginable
form of sleeve. Some of the designs are
too peculiar to be pretty.
Ladies have forgotten all about the
word aesthetic since the names Directoire
and Empire have come into use.
Train dresses are turned down half a
yard at the top in the back to give o
slight fullness just below the waist.
Very broad rufles of lace turn over
from the necks of evening dresses and
form the trimming and even the sleeves.
Many new shades of green have been
brought out as rivals to the still fashion
able Empire green of brightest emerald
hue.
The new high-necked bodice, which
has made its appearance at Queen Victo-
ria's drawingroom,i is called "The Nurem.
burg"
The Directoire sscoat" of the passing
season is o NODDED repetition of the coat
worn by Charles Surface, in the "School
for Scandal"
Next in favor to green come shades OF
red-brown, dull brick, terra Gotta and
Egyptian red, which are seen in both dark
and light shades.
Two or three rows of Irish lace inser-
ton let into the petticoats of wash
dresses serve as the only trimming except
that on the yoke and sleeve.
Old rose and crushed strawberry shades
are again fully established in fashionable
favor, but they are much improved, being
far more creamy and delicate.
The new jerseys are made in many diff
ferent ways, resembling in cut and style
the most fashionable bodices of Directory,
Empire and Josephine gowns.
Among other lace novelties Of the
toilet are Spanish pelerines-black lace
shoulder capes with long scarf ends that
fall to the bottom of the dress skirt.
Black and yellow is favorite combi'
nation, black straw hats taking yellow
ribbons and flowers, and yellow straws
taking black ribbons and black feathers.
Hair dressers say that if women persist
| in dressing their hair on top OF Their
heads there will be larger percentage OF
badness than has ever been known be-
fore.
The wrap in highest favor is the one
that partakes of both the jacket and cape,
tight-fttjng bodice, without sleeves,
over which q loose cape reaches to the
waist.
The newest and unique tints in milin.
cry are magnolia, anemone pink, oak
heart, English rose, ily-leaf green, opal
gray, summer sky, raspberry and spring
willow green.