Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-08-07
FASHION NOTES.

The English box coat is being done to
death by ladies of fashion.
Brocadcd silk Oh which are chess
figures are something new from Paris.
Silver bangles, on which arc engraved
some poetical quotation, continue to be a
fad.
Some Of the new fiat hats are called
pancakes. They make even pretty
girls look ugly.
Debutantes who have pearls 70 wear
arc fortunate, the gems being both ap-
propriatc and becoming.
a cut glass cracker jar with silver
cover and bail handle, is in form like an
old-fashioned iron kettle.
/ y couple of spurs formed OF pearls aud
connected by gold crop look well ut
the neck of riding bodice.
Little compotcs are being male on
high and slender standards after the
fashion ofold time centre pieces.
Rccfcrs have become too fancy and too
snowy to be nautical for the girl of the
period who really goes yachting.
The newest thing out in hand mirrors
is an oval glass framed in silver, with
silver handle and ~ ebony back.
When a woman has means to be "fool
ishly cXtravagant, the best thing for her
to do is to invest i'll lace flounccs.
The latest fad in underwear is to have
velvet ribbon in art colors running
through the meshes of the insertion.
Rus'ct shoes are out again on ten thou
sand feet, and, it goes without saving.
they will be the footwear throughout the
summer.
The beautiful gold-wrought plastron,
used on almost MI the important START
robes" are really Il renaissance OF the
stomacher worn by Flemish women cea
turtles ago.
Jet, which hold: it own against all!
corners, has undergone n complete trans
formation us to weight. L. is now as
light rs other Training and is rs finely
incetcd is are precious gems.
Long, open JACKET bodiccs, the fronts
cut square at the edge or with the corn
crs rounded of, are very fashionable in
cloth, the waistcoat being always chosen
to form contrast with the jacket.
y model tea gown is OF pink crepon.
made with Il trelis work yoke of cold
and pink passemcntcrc \ dcep turn
down fr:il Of white lace appears at the
neck, and the sleeves are edged with a
long iloppy frilI to match, headed by a
band of the embroidery
a gigantic spider i, late ornament
for the hair, but not even his diamond
legs or his yellow sapphire body can re-
conclic one to the enormity OF his shape.
y diamond lizard looks well on n male
green dress, and serpents figure in many
ways since the rev;va! OF cleopatra. "
/ Collars and broad bands for the wrist
OF metal open work set with garnets OF
different shades, from black to cherry
and rose, are new SO also are the sets.
which are sort Of metallic lace in
crustcd with turquoise, pink coral, gray
and white seed pearls or any small
stones
The bandcau trimming dawns upon
one as a fad that will become universal.
1t consists OF band SCI under the brim
OF the hat 10 fit close to the heal. which
is covered with roll or ribbon, ruche
oi lace or wreath OF small flowers. Vel
We: flowers are fast becoming common
and cheap.
Tailcta silks in changcabc effects are
IN high favor. They are made into
charming summer gowns, skirts and
fancy waists, and they are also used rs
irliis ard other trimmings for plain ncu.
trail silk aud fine unpatterned WOO,
dresses, and also pale hued silk CLEANLINESS
and canvas fabrics.
The lace which is now so popular as a
trimming is carried ont throughout thc
entire costume. Point de Vcnise. point
dc Mnrano, the delicate Alencon in thc
Louis NVI. designs take the shape of n
tab.ler, fiounces ut the bottom of the
skirt, an form part Of tn. corsaoc and
usually all of the antique shaped sleeves.
Louis coats of rich PomDadour satin
or Marie Antonette brocadc continue n
prominent feature OF various costumes.
They are worn with skirts of light sum.
mel wool cloth and usually the material
has black ground with small colored
bouquets scattered over it. Bonn Its of
the same material rs these coats are very
stylish and popular.
Gray and tan hats abound, so do
black, yellow, blue and nearly white
straw. Many have the entire brim in
open work or one or two rows of the
braid show interstices. The straws are
pliable, fine, of many shades and decid-
eddy expensive to what they have been.
Many flare to leave room for au inside
trimming. A cap-likc capot. has a
crinkled brim, with u wreath of violets
and tics of velvet ribbon. The inside
has putting of crepe held by single
violets.
How Can That Be?