The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04
FASHION NOTES.

Velveteens are now selling better than
they have for years.
Velvet sleeves in silk or wool gowns
are still very fashionable.
Every manufacturer and importer seems
to have crepes and grenadines.
Gauze, silver and gold effects in fancy
ribbons are taking remarkably well.
The appearance of China silks indi-
Gates preference for black grounds.
Velvet ribbons will undoubtedly trim
figured silks again and grenadines as
well.
Gold is in favor. There is rage for
gold lace, gold braid, gold passementerie
and gold ribbons.
There has been o noticeable falling off
in the wearing of CATERS, and now they
are worn no longer as fad, but for COM
fort.
Brocades, silks and pompadour damas.
scs will be the materials for dinner
dresses this season, and lace will be their
chief ornanentation.
The so-called cream breakfast coat is
white flannel jacket made with loose
front, lined with pale blue silk, and
trimmed with gold braid.
Glace kid gloves have taken the place
OF Suede gloves. Glazed black kid is
more popular for street wear than tan,
which it has to large degree replaced.
1t is a question whether the three
quarter jackets will prove success or
not. They cut the figure in half, and
are by no means as smart looking as the
short coat.
Very becoming picture hats, worn at
the concerts, are made of black velvet,
pipcd with Mermet rose-pink, with pink
ostrich tips and pink pearl passementerle
ornaments.
To combine with the new plain or
striped velvets are exquisitely fine India
wool fabrics, 70 lal cords and armures in
lovely fruit tones and in rich blue green
ana rusSeL snaQes.
Neck ruches have been abandoned to
the vulgar million, and their place IS
filed among the select and favored few
by collars of gold gimp and chenille
knotted together with bright ribbons.
Black velvet slippers, with paste in
step studs, are worn by many of our best
dressed women, with white silk hose, for
full evening dress, though as rule hose
and slippers should match the gown in
color.
Very charming toilets for bridesmaids
are of soft repped Sicilienne silk in Eng
llsh rose, lime, leaf-green, and pale hon
eysuckle yellow, draped with silk gauzc
OF the same shade, dotted with bead
work, or brocaded with small flowers in
shadowy tintings.
Yokes and puffed sleeves of gold en-
broidered on velvet are being prepared
in many rich colors for elegant house
toilets for spring wear. Some of the
gold-wrought plastrons used on imported
art toilets recall the decorated "stom-
acher' worn by Flemish women of past
centuries.
Pearl garniturcs in form of the half
round blade of a Turkish sword are
used. They have pearl border,an inside
dull net, sharp top, broad bottom
and have pearl grelots. Three OF these
arc used together as breast trimmings,
the outside one of which is larger than
the other two.
Notwithstanding the array of novel
wool fabrics, curlcd, knotted, splintered,
long -heeced, striped and plaided, i'm.
porters maintain that their largest
spring sales will be found amcng the
finer woole ns-the henriettas, vigognes,
India and French cashmeres, clairettes,
and light, smooth faced cloths.
The great rage of the season is for vel.
vet ribbons, barrow ones, tieo under the
chin or hanging down the back in float
ing streamers. Black ribbons and white
ones, and all the new malarial colors
that would look like mistakes if they
weren't so stylish. Collarettes of piece
velvet, shaped to fit the neck and match
the bonnet, are worn, and are sometimes
fringed with pearls OF bordered with
diamonds.