Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
Fashion Notes.


The Hading veil has had its day.
The violet was the flower of Lent.
Low hats have Dame Fashions favor
this spring.
Empire sashes are made in most
gorgeous designs.
Bamboo stands, cabinets and hanging
shelves are in favor.
Mohairs and challies will be equally
fashionable this summer.
The ladies of Boston do not take
kindly to the Directoiro styles.
Ladies' cardcases are made of old
brocade in soft neutral colors.
Boston is said to be year behind the
times in grasping foreign styles.
Powder and patches begin to be worn
by the more daring danes of the great
world in Paris.
An immense trade in the new styles of
jerseys and blouses is predicted for the
spring and summer
Many of the new stylish low silver
fruit dishes have borders of grape leaves
and clusters in repousse.
Very pale buff, deep yellow, aud about
hall OF the twenty greens are of the
stylish colors for ginghams.
Paris sends over valuable neck scarfs
Of embroidered crash, rs we'll as others
of the finest embroidered Grape
Gold color and black threatens to
take the place of the green and black, so
long considered the height of style.
New imported petticoats, whether
cotton or wooden, have their colors all
repeated in the lace that trims them.
Marguerite gauntlets, the deep close
elbow cults, may be either Of velvet or
of stuif to match the dress trimming.
In elegant dress toilets the couture is
invariably arranged to correspond with
the Empire, Grtcian, or other style of
dress adopted.
With white muslin any color may he
worn; but yellow, old rose, tan and
green will be most used for sashes and
knots this summer.
Marie Antoinette Fichus of white or
colored linen, trimmed all around with
lace, will be worn with Empire or Direc-
toire gowns this summer.
The taste for plush fabrics is steadily
developing, and during the year the dc.
mand for it will be largely in excess of
any previous annual requirement.
The newest black veil is of plain net.
hemmed ut the bottom, with faint
pattern Of gold thread wrought on the
hem and other lines of gilt above it.
London sends zcphyrs and ginehams
III all manner of plaids and stripes, along
with the most delicate and wildly
lowered lawns, sateeus and batistes.
The Directoiro poke bonncts, which
project out orer the forehead and are
piquant and becoming to certain young
faces, will be more popular than last
year.
Insects of various kinds are found on
the new French bonncts. butterflies
hover among the flowers, bees, dragon
flies aud ugly spiders are again Ia
mode.
The stripes and plaid. now on ex-
hibition are voted cloud" by women of
quiet, elegant tastes, and ''perfectly chic
and stylish" by those who seek striking
and novel effects in dress
Some OF the new summer satcens show
fox-and geese game. 1t is suggested
that chess pattern. with n difficult
problem or two. would be an excellent
thing for seaside or mountain wear.
The NOEL tints in millinery are Eng
lish rose, magnolia, anemole pink,
wisteria, lily-'eaf green. oak heart, sum
mer sky and Opal. The same colors an
pear in straw and braid hats as in bon
nets.
The new wa.hing surahs that now
come in all the delicate fine shades will
be largely used for summer frocks, for
ties, for draperies, chemisettcs, and
will be especially valuable for hat and
bonnet trimming.
Eress shoes A.! slightly pointed at the
toes and are cut down deep in front
They have plain pompadour heels. a
narrow strip holds the shoe over the in
step; this strap runs through an oblong
buckle of French brilliants.