The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29
FASHION NOTES.

India silks with satin finish are I'M
ported.
Pepper colored cloth is the newest TO,
street gowns.
The panier is being revived in Paris
for some of the new gowns.
"Anything in the way of crepe sells, "
is the verdict of the retailers.
Doubled. faced satin ribbons are still
seen on some elegant headgear.
Foulards, grenadines and crepons will
be made with panlers this summer.
The striped surahs, wash silks COM
monty called, are selling very well.
Wash crepe is mixed silk and cotton
fabric, retailing at seventy-fve cents.
Cloth is not much used for dress, serge
and cheviots having taken their places.
Some of the new stuffs for dresses have
shining white crystal beads woven in
them.
Gray, mastic, navy blue and flame
color are the predominating shades this
season.
The black Indias having mauve de-
signs in single flowers or sprays are good
sellers.
Satin stripes broken by small brocade
are stylish in light, but not evening,
shades.
Wool surah, a new dress fabric, is
almost as light and delicate as the silken
material.
To be in fashion in Paris the hair has
to be worn in wavy undulation at the
side of the face.
To be quite fashionable now one must
wear string of pearls morning, noon,
evening and night.
Pet cats are often adorned with ban
giles; eight or ten of these hoops have
sometimes been seen on one cat.
Wells are worn to cover the chin.
Every girl with or without good COM
plexion wears one at this time of the
year.
Hair stripe batiste comes in a mixture
of wool and cotton, but only in white
grounds, with the narrow stripes about
an eighth of an inch apart.
In drab camel's hair is a travelling
cloak, with revers of fox fur. The lin
ing is old gold satin, and the only deco
rations are handsome frog buttons on the
front.
Jewelcd buttons of high price are i'm
ported this season to be used on the cor.
sages that are garniturcd with the
increasingly popular gcm-set dress trim
mings.
Short, round cloaks in silver gray
cloth are trimmed at the edges and upon
the shoulders with effective trefoils of
velvet, appliqued with silk along the
points.
A beau;if ii wash goods, which was
among the novelties last season, is linen
batiste, sometimes called gazine. 1t i:
seen in plain colors and in large and
small stripes.
Slight draperies appear upon the latest
sheath dress-skirts from over the sea,
and strong reaction has begun against
the too plain. too clingiug French skirt
of the past season.
Lace is the prevailing trimming of
the day. 1t is seen upon toqucs, it
forms the basis of tiny muffs, it adorns
glove tops and is used tor founces upon
the skirts and bodices of street dresses.
India is the name of new street shade
in silk and wool fabrics. 1t is a tint be-
tween a crimson dahlia and deep plum
color, and it is becoming to women both
fair and dark. Gloves are imported in
shades to match this color.
Among the dress-models for summer
is one from q London designer made of
flower striped black silk grenadine, the
flower devices in fine-cut jet. The gown
is trimmed with quantities of very
beautiful black silk Calais lace. with
ruchcs of new taffeta silk and the lace.
Pale willow green with gold or with
silver (the tint of that seen on the reverse
side OF the silver maple-lesD, appears in
combination on some exceptionally beau
tiful dresses of Pompadour brocadc. a
CLINT of the softest, most delicate mauve
shows in the changeable background.
Mytle-green camels hair is combined
with various furs, looking remarkably
we'll with each and every one. 1t is ex-
tremly stylish with black astrakhan,
looking brighter by contrast. 1t COM
bines excellently we'll with mink, which
is always stiff, unmanageabIe fur, and