The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-11
FASHION NOTES.

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Empire gowns are still being made.
All the yellow shades are fashionable.
Combination garments gain popularity
with each season.
House shoes have never been more
elegant than at the present.
Hosiery worn with full dress toilets
matches the gown in color.
Bangle bracelets are being revived,
and with more vim than ever.
The gold and silver brocades worn
this season are rich to stiffness.
When the dress is trimmed with
flowers, flowers may be worn in the
hair.
Slippers for evening wear are made in
brocade satin, of i color to match the
gown.
A combination of two or more fabrics
is of frequent occurrence in evening
toilets.
The newest idea for arranging the
short plumes is to make sort OF fringe
of them.
The Henri Deux bodice, with puffs on
the hips and high frills on the ul1ers,
appears on some of the imported gowns.
Feathers are very becoming massed in
the high Medicis collar, and the popular
jewel embroidery with soft feather trim
ming is happy combination.
Feather bands are next in favor after
sable, and there are many mild days dur
ing Partisan winter when they make
more suitable trimming than fur.
Net wells arc more worn than lace ones
since very long wells came in, for not
every girl has three yards of valuable
lace among her inheritauces or the gen.
erous sum requisite to purchase it with
among her possessions.
The dinner dress must be made of
heavy material, of velvet, brocade, satin
or gros grain and lace; beads and jewels
must embellish these. For evening wear
use crepe de chine above all, then tullc,
lame gauze and satin-perhaps.
A favorite garment will be the small
fur visite, fitting closely over the arms,
it is so easy to slip on and of, and so
young looking. Sometimes huge velvet
sleeves are added, and astrakhan collar
and sleeves or skunk sleeves are used.
Diminutivc fiat toques have no trim
mings except ribbon loops and ends COM
ing over from the back. These are pref
tiest when made of the richly colored,
long g-napped silk plushes, as the material
requires trimming little, as does fur.
Younger women greatly affect combi-
nations of cloth, velvet and satin, with
bor'lerings of fur. Dark fur, like Rus
sian sable, is used as contrast to light
or medium shades of cloth, and blue and
gray fox and blue bear will be chosen to
trim darker shades.
Do not wear the white kid gloves SO
eager 20 force their way. They arc
hideous, and make the daintiest tips look
like SWOLLEN sausages. Wear black
gloves for economy, with black gowns OF
with black-trimmed cloth costumes;
} otherwise use pale beige or straw.
A fun. Shat, which rests on the very
top of the heal, snd seems some new
idea in maids caps, has fattened Tam
O. Shanter crown, with brim kilt-plait
ed to the crown edge and standing ou
: all around like circular fan. The fas
!. bonnet has kilt plating so utilized as II
!. form the bonnet of three open fans.
A tea gown of old rose camel's hair il
shown made with pointed and tnel.
, tucked yoke, outlined with narrow sabl
bands, which cross under the bust, fin
, ishing under the arms. A heavy sill
! cord of the same shade as the camel
- hair confines the folds at the waist ant
the throat and hem are finished with fu
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