Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-24
FASHION NOTES

FASiiiON NOTES.
Fur trimmings upon cloth tooucs NAV
be of light or dark fur, the selection
usually being made With view to CON
trast.
Short and half-long jackets of seal
plush, heavily braided, bid fair to he
very popular this winter with young
ladies'
''FourGlpc pclcrincs. which give AN
appearance of breadth to slender figures.
are made with two capes of seal and two
of Persian lamb.
Silk cmbroidcrics arc more popular
just now than jettcd garni,urcs, though
the taste for the latter is rcviving, and
by another season they may be as popular
us ever.
The "sling" sleeve, so long popular,
appears upon many of the winter gar
mcnts. Nearly ail large and long outer
sleeves have inner sleeves in coat or bell
shape, TO give proper protection to the
arms.
The Dircctoirc shoulder-capcs in
light -cOiorcd cloths are made warmer.
in appearance ut least, for winter wear.
by the addition of Il band OF fur or
astrachan around the neck and down the
front.
Among the most clcgan! of outer gar
ments are fur-lincd brocadc pclis,cs.
The materials of which they are made
are SD expensive that those who wear
them need have IT, fear of their bcconl.
ing too common.
Nothing more graceful and attractive
i'll dress trimmings has been offered for
many seasons than the slender Vandykc
and Gothic points which are the dis
tinguishing features of the present sea.
sons garniturcs.
Belts of every description are now
worn, either entirely cncircling the waist,
or extending from the side seams across
the front, and afford opportunity for the
display Of ii large variety Of handsome
buckles and clasps.
Many of the plated skirts now so
fashionable are not plated at all, but
strips or folds arc laid overlapping each
other on the skirt, airording opportunity
for the Introduction of contrasting
material in very simple way.
Leatherworll trimmings, in white and
delicate shades of kid, cut out in ap-
pliquc designs, and wrought with silk to
match. and tinted pearl and cut silver
and gilt beads, are among the most cx-
qiisitc of the seasons garniturcs.
Fur shoulder capes with tabs in front
are very stylish. They are oftcncst made
Of scalskin, with an Elizabeth collar that
reaches TO the waist, of some constrasting
fur of longer fleece such as Russian sable,
sca-otter, black martcn, silver fox or
chinchilla.
Many of the new bonncts worn by
women who have an abundance of hair
are set back upon the head, and very
smart and stylish they look, but they are
an unfortunate selection for any one mt
all subject to facial troubles due to ex-
posurc to the buffctings of the northern
winds.
~ combination Of two kinds of fur in
one shoulder cape is fashionable feat
urc of the season. Sometimes alternate
stripes of two furs, lcngthwisc, or car
ried around the shoulders, form the en-
tire cape, while others have different
side pieces, collars or V fronts, or per-
haps binding Of different fur.
The little velvet bonnets which really
look more like baby caps than bonnets,
that arc set forth for winter wear arc
mostly finished with velvet strings cut on
the bias and quite narrow. They are
fastened by tiny velvet bow without
ends, with small jcwclcd pins holding
the loops in place. Such strings look
very neat and compact, .and will not
interfere with the boas and collars of fur
about the throat. =