Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-08
Fashion Notice


Only black crochcted buttons ara
used.
Twisted wire bracelets arc again in
vogue.
Cloth is favoritc material for day
dresses.
argc silver waist buckles are q fancy
OF the hour.
iarisicnncs are again wearing long
pendant earrings.
India cashmere in white or some light
tint is y favorite cloth.
Velvet By the yard isa good substitute
for galloons and appliqucs.
Garniturcs for bodice trimmings take
the form OF Figaro jacket.
Polonascs of black wool are often
worn with colored sill; skirts.
Emhroidcrics and braided garniturcs
were never in greater demand.
Separate motifs are preferred to passe.
mcntcrics for handsome toilets.
a very pretty boa Is made of soft
green tinted lat ostrich feathers.
| The newest bordercd fabrics admit of
some novel features in simple gowns.
Mulfs and boa of contrasting fur ara
d
Even bady's cloaks have wool lining,
and pure wool instead of cotton wad-
ding.
Cloth walking costumes are decorated
with silk braid Of the same color US tho
cloth.
Yellow is experiencing revival of
popularity, but mostly in the pate
shades.
Broche goods and dnmask material
are popular for elegant gowns for cere-
monial occasions.
Jet trimmings are more popular than
ever, and are worn in every variety oil
new aud elaborate patterns.
Pale almond -coorcd brocadc, made
up in conjunction with golden brown
velvet, is late French fancy
tasty cloak is of white and gold
brocadc lined with pink plush and
adorned with pink marabout bands.
Black furs are much used on wraps,
cloaks, jackets, and redingotes OF Roman
red, moss green, terra Gotta, or rcseda.
Dinner gowns are made in various
fashions, with low jackets and sleeves,
with Vshared bodices and with the
classic draperics.
Quilting is being largely introduced
INTO children's garments, especially the
old-fashioned patterns, sucn rs the dia.
mond medical wool
The fancy for green extends to dinner
costumes, many OF the handsomest being
Of that co or, or combining green with
copper red, Venetian pink, old roses OF
blact
The richest black costumes are made
of brocadcd silk, in combination with
iallic peau dc sole, or plain velvet. The
plain material is always used for the
lower skirt.
The large, square knee buckles of the
oldcn time arc utilized as belt buckles
by young ladies who arc so fortunate as
to gain possession of those ornaments Of
their ancestors.
The taste for strong contrasts is car
ried out in fur as i'll other trimmings,
black furs being used on colorcd cloths
and brocaceS, while light colored furs
are used on black. -
A rather dniuty wrap is of blue and
gold brocatelle on n pale gray satin
ground. 1t is lined with pale blue
plush and has gray feather bands
powdered with gold. u
Short wraps are made as drcssy as pos
sblc with einbroidercs and passcmte.
ries of let, silk oord, metal lace, ribbon
fringe, and "motfs" OR agraffes, gilt.
tcTing with rain fringcs.
In spite OF the oft-lepeatcd assertion
that long cloaks alone will be worn by
fashionable women, there are innumer-
able short wraps in velvet, bengalinc,
cloth, brochc, and plush to be seen ON
fashionable tEoroughfares.
OF white dress fabrics there is no end.
Brocades, plain or striped velvcts,
watered silks, bcngalinc, Ottoman silk,
faillc. Irish poplin, embossed satin, and
Henrietta cloth arc obtainab!e in white
and make up very effectively.
The great advantage of the popula,
color, Russian blue, is that it is equally
becoming to women of light or dark
complexion. The shade appears in
broadclo;h, faillc, cashmere, cancels.
ha'l. vigognc. velvet, tr.cot, fancy silk
and velvet combinations, wooden armurc,
and English serge.