The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-21
FASHION NOTES.

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Tan colored grapes and oak leaves art
punched together.
Black Japanese crepe fans are nov
used for mourning.
Eoas, mufs and toques are now madt
OF pheasants' plumage.
Combined rain and travelling era
vanette cloaks are worn. y
Among the novelties are jet bonnet.
with frames of chenille. =. 80, ~.
Dandelion pufts mounted With
aigrettes are used as pompons. Il
Collars and yokes of fine jet and tirsel
cord are suitable for lace dresses. &
Elegant lace patterns are, decorated
with designs worked in rhinestones.
When hats are trimmed only with rib.
bon, generous quantity should be em.
ployed.
The Tudor cape in cloth or in velvet,
black or colored, is great favorite With.
stylish young women. !:
An excellent stuff for elderly women
who do not care to put much money: in 1
gown is corduroy in drab or gray, Got
coffee brown. Z =. y
The Henri II. cloak, which Is stil
favored of fashion, is now made to match
the gown and not, as formerly, of L
different material. +
Authorities say that the high collar
will die with the year, and January
bring US close ncck-bands, yokes and
straight shoulder pieces. - ~ ~. -,
Plain tips and plumes for hats and
bonnets do not seem to be much in favoi
at present, an inclination being shown
for ostrich feathers in fancy effect.
New pinking-irons are manufactured
that work like q pair of nippers, doing
away with the hammer and heavy block
required in using the old-style irons. 81 4.
Pongee or mohair busters have had
their day. II you would be swell buy
$40 travelling gown and covert It With
$100 travelling cloak of rich brocade.
Transparent stuffs for evening wear
lace net, chinon, etc.-are! often madf
high In the neck, over q lace'lining, and
with unlined sleeves of the sheer stuff.
An important chatelaine. adjunct is;s
writing table composed of celluloid slips
enclosed between silver covers embossed
and otherwise made to copy feather fans
A breadth of ruf1ed crinoline, ,innocent
of steels, is worn under trained gowns
to keep them properly distended. This
may or may not foreshadow the hoop
petticoat. ....i.." 'a.s nd
Jackets of various sorts are very popu-
lar and continue to be of the three.quar-
tiers length, are close fitting and are orna-
mented with gallons ard fancy and tinseI
braiding. ......' ti /
A novelty in dress goods is what Is
known as the "unique." This consists
of only one dress length of any particu-
lar pattern or design and includes a
variety of styles. r.
The long veil is an accepted fact. In!
black, soft net, falling we'll below the
chin, it is not half bad. White wells are
ghastly, yet they grow and increase. The.
woman who dares even wears white fig!
ures on black ground. /
A pretty evening gown is of primrose
bengaline embroidered about the footAof
the skirt and the corslet with cabo-
chons of jet. The upper part of the
bodice, which is laced in the back, Is OF
daintily draped crepe de chine. 4
All corded fabrics in wool promise to
be more popular than ever. Bedford
cord in delicate colors, with accessory
trimmings of velvet of shade dark
enough to contrast well, will be used for
visiting gowns during the coming seasons
According to present appearances
shaggy wool fabrics are likely to be pre-
ferred before fine cloths with faced sur.
face. The detached eccentric patterns
that were popular last year are generally
repeated in the vest and other decorations
of the gown. :s
Pretty little mackintosnes are now pre-:
pared for children, being mostly in fawns
red and black, end other checked ma!
terials. One of the prettiest models is
made Of double woven cloth, the outside
being blue and the inside red. All Of
these are coat-shaped, with capes. d
Bodices grow more and more tanciful.
King Solomon in his glory nor any of his
700 wives ever wore Just such and 30
many az you may see in the big shops.l
The underfront has a full, soft vest, the
overfronts are long and loose, the sleeves
tight to the shoulder, where there is .
very full paf.
Some of the youthful French dresses
of cloth and Bedford cord button down
the back and have sleeves set into the
arm-hole with puff made OF a bias piece
of the dress material or of silk, folded
together and gathered, the piece being
much wider in the middle than at the
ends and standing up we'll on the shoul.
dcrs.
VERY handsome is tailor visiting
gown of dove-gray camel's hair, with
Louis XIV. coat of gray velvet, decorated
with frilling of rose-pink arrophsne,
the costume completed by a large picture
hat of softest gray felt crowned with
rosc-tipped gray feathers. The pretty
accessories are long dove-gray mara
bout boa, and gray Suede gloves, with
shoes of the same.
Boas and high collars Of ostrich feathers