The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
FASHION NOTES.

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FASHION NOTES.
The snake pattern in rings comes in a
variety of shapes.
Light colors are still in great favor,
and black is gaining prominence in con-
trast.
Gray is to be we'll WON this winter in
combination with soft yellow and gold
braid
A two-inch band of velvet is new,
simple and pretty finish for the bottom
of the skirt.
Mechlin lace is used for trimming costly
lingerie, to which its fine delicate mesh
is we'll adapted.
The newest and most unique idea of
dressing gown is monks robe with
knotted rope girdlc.
Cotton and muslin balayeuses are to be
replaced by silk or thick colored zephyr
embroidered in white.
News comes from London that one and
two buttoned gloves take precedence of
those with longer wrists.
All women wear tightly clinging gowns
and bodices that mould the figure. Few
women look we'll in them.
New lace trimmed handkerchiefs have
quarter-inch hens, and are edged with
inch-wide Valenciennes lace.
Silk cellular in many pretty shades
will be brought out as material fol
wcmen's dresses next season.
The printed woolens and figured silks
so popular this summer will continue to
be used through the autumn.
There is fad for monogram and crest
rings. Any one can have the former,
but much humbug goes with the latter.
Chinese and japanese articles and ma
terials for house decorating are to be
more extensively used next season than
ever.
Some of the newly-imported sleeveless
Oriental jackets, embroidered in silver,
are handsome enough for ugly girls to
wear.
Lovely woman is ruffed to her ear lobes
in tulle, crepon and crepe lisse. She
looks as snug and warm as pufec
robin.
Belt buckles of silver now assume the
form Of crescents, and where the points
meet they are finished off with little sill
| yer knobs.
Reports of the elegance and magni6
cence of new carpets are rife. The de-
signs and coloring are something en-
tirely new.
Designers of dresses have been utiliz
ing the kitchen garden of late, and We
have tomato red, lettuce green and mush
room color.
Turquoise and jet is the latest fashion
able combination. Bodices and the
fronts of skirts are frequently embroid
cred with them.
Some of the winter gowns of silk auc
and lace will have for trimming passe
menteries and embroideries studded with
turquoises aud Rhine stones.
Among the most popular wedding
presents are vinaigrettes, with large dull
gold tops, bearing the brides monogram
set in diamonds and rubies.
Woolen muslins are taking the place
of the orgaadies. Some resemble Not
tingham lace, others are striped OF
plaided. All are stylish and durable.
The new make of shirt is more lady.
like than the stiff maanish front, and is
arranged all over with small inch-wide
box pleats drawn in at the waist beneath
| q belt.
Lace hchus are now arranged in new
fashion. The point ornaments the from!
of the throat and the ends are carried
down the back, their edges meeting along
the middle.
Corsc!cts are made in Swiss bel!
fashion, with slight points below the
waist, and much longer points rising on
the chest in front and between the shoul-
| ders in the back.
If the Medici collar seems to have
grown too common, have one cut much
smaller than those usually worn, call i: Il
"chcrusque, and it will impress tie
world as something new.
A smart leather cap rerched on the
head, pair of field glasses s!ung over
the shoulder, tall aspen stick in one
hand and a six-inch satchel in the othel
is the latest makeup OF the photograph
loving maiden.
Dress materials that sold as high q:
Sl.70, may be bought nov for less THAI
half that amount. There are screr2 &c.
signs and quiet patterns in every linc, and
these are the styles that withstand tine
fluctuations of fashion.
Cairo embroideries are novel ard
beautiful, and promise to be largely
used on winter dresses, Oh vests, cuds,
| pockets and senorita jackets. The gold
| and silver boleros already in use are most
effective The workers as we'll as the
wares are to be imported TO England.