Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-04
FASHION NOTES.

Inc BOURBON lily is 1avorite design.
Glace kid slippers are very fashion
able.
Crowns having large polka dots are
made of feathers.
New crepe finished woods arc imported
for winter tailor gowns.
The corneowcr blue shade is among
the assortment of felt shapes.
Jewel beads are to be seen on millin.
cry, as usual, but in lesser quantity, this
season.
The gray moufflon is another pretty
name for lambs wool, and is exceeding.
ly pretty.
White gloves with blac< embroidery
on the back are still worn, but not SC
generally.
Some of the new and dainty purses
arc made of white kid and have frame
of French gilt.
The prettiest of all the ribbons is that
which is shot with gold thread one
way, making very pretty shimmering
effect.
English suitings for travelling and
walking costumes repeat the broken
checks and irregular stripes of last
spring.
The most charming of beaded bonncts
are those Of beaded felt, white felt
studded over with fine jets being most
attractive.
Graduated bows, seven in number, OF
small silver beads and fastened with 6
square clasp are suitable for young girls.
AT night they look like pearls.
Blankcting plaids appear this season
in rich colorings and in fabrics that, al
though coarse and shaggy in appearance,
are soft and silky to the touch.
Stained ivory is beautifully applied to
a set of oyster forks. The forks are
tridentshared, though few in rumber
and have tish-hook Examinations, a happy
and sensible idea.
The juxtaposition of fur with dainty
evening silks and laces is new Partisan
departure, Narrow borders of mink
and sable surround the bottom of skirts
and edge the bodices of ball dresses.
Waists of cloth dresses continue to be
extremely fancy. Black velvet is extern
sively used for trimming them. Entire
sleeves are made of it, also vests and
portions of the waist, so that very little
of the cloth is seen.
Very pale gray gloves are worn with
entire white costumes. The effect is n
| little odd, inasmuch rs the hands look a
shade darker than does the upper part OF
the arm, and consequently have what
might be called dusty look.
The large real white lace wells that are
worn by few women will, it is said, be
popular during the winter months with
the large white felt hats that promise to
hide the view of the stage from every
body who loves to go to the theatre.
Pattern or robe dresses are sent over
in boxes in camel's hair, Henrietta cloth.
vigogne and drap d'ete. These are
woven with curved borders, gra duatine
in size and pattern rs they near the Oh.
posite sewage which is the TOP of the
FIN de steele" skirt. These dresses are
rich, stylish and expensive.
Circular earrings the size of twenty.
five cent pieces are seen every few steps
eHio Aoi. oohiSUihiCS ehSy ufC SCI with
good sized diamonds with spaces of
plain gold; again they are wheels of
topaz, and again rings of repousse gold.
They are a decided innovation on the
unobtusive styles of earring that have
been worn for so long.
Loves and doves riot over everything
that is used for lovely woman IN her
personal adornment-on her brushes.
combs, hand glasses, shoe horns, parasol
handles. The most dainty adaptation is
seen Oh her card case of white vellum
and undressed kid. In the former the
ornament is illuminated, on the latter is
a raised ornament lightly touched with
gold.
The prevailing mode for an evening
bodice is similar to that worn during the
time of Lincoln, and seen to such adj.
vantage in the numerous portraits of his
wife. 1t is cut perfectly round, front
and back, and finished with face of
deep lace, carried over the shoulders.
Sometimes the lace is tackled to form n
pulled sleeve, but more often it hangs
loosely and Grapes the upper portion Of
the ann.