The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-12
FASHION NOTES.

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Blackroses are novelties in millinery.
Shot moire antique dresses are tho
latest.
English coats of rain-proof cloth arc
in great demand.
Blush violet shades are now taking
better in Paris than the reddish violet
craze now here.
Belted waists, which the modistes
call blouses, are part Of many OF the
imported dresses.
Paris is advocating fesh-colored
suede gloves for evening wear in place
of the pure white so long worn.
Dress nets, more popular than lace
skirtings, in large meshes, have bor-
der trimming in guipure effects.
Black orgsndies have clusters Of
cherries, unripe b]ackberries and holly
berries tossed gracefully on the sheer
black surfaces.
A favorite combination of color for
evening dresses is white and bright
orange yellow, the soft, rich tone OF
ripe nectarine. .....
Shoulder rufles seem to suffer no de-
crease in popularity as the season ad-
vances. They are used on almost all
dresses of all materials.
Waists are inclined to be short and
are finished at the bottom with either
frill or soft folds of silk, and hsve
enormous dropping sleeves.
Parasols are shown in all sorts OF
pretty and graceful shapes They
follow the dresses in being on ths
fluffy order, aad are literally loaded
with lace.
Linen tatting, in the new intricate
and really beautiful patterns, makes an
exceedingly pretty trimming for
morning dresses for both women and
children.
The hair at present is completes
waved all over the head. Fortunate is
the woman whose hair waves naturally.
Others must betake themselves to tha
curling iron.
The latest fad for weddings at which
little girls act as bridesmaids is that
they should be dressed as flower girls
and carry wicker watering pots, filed
and twined with roses.
Some of the new sleeves are made OF
three widths of summer silk. Thess
are sewed together and drawn in at the
shoulder and elbow. Added to thesa
are cape-ruffles, either of silk or lace,
that fall over these small balloons.
The wide skirts must be supported,
and to this end are provided under
petticoats of grass cloth, sateen, mo-
reer and linen canvas, which have har-
ing founces that answer the same puf-
pose that the fitting hoopskirt served.
English walking gloves to be used
with promenade costumes come IN all
the cloth shades to match the toilets.
Gloves for the street fasten smoothly
over the wrist by four or five buttons
and ore made with pique-stitched
seams.
The half-hoop rings are largely
used, and are sold in sets Of from three
to five; ruby, diamond, sapphire and
enameled ones are worn together, or
two rings OF colored gems are
separated by couple of diamond
hoops
Lace is to be worn to All extent
heretofore unheard Of. =. TO be strictly
fashionable, one may simply be-
swathed in it. There is nothing that
lends itself so readily to the fluffy
ruf1y effect of waist trimmings as this
material "~e-
A fine quality of ladies' cloth, which
is now called habit cloth, is an e1-
tremely popular material. 1t comes
in oil the exquisite new shades, and Ii
used not only fo- tnilor-made costumes
but for those that are much more
elaborate.
There are few fabrics that superceds
mohair and alapnca in their dust-re-
sisting and admirable wearing quail
ties. These goods are DOW dyed In .
great many of the new shades, and
look particularly effective IN rose color
shot with gray, and reseda shading in
to pale golden russell.
When will we hear the last OF this
absurd talk about hair-cloth? Ono
may search for hours through the best
establishments and never find yard
of it in most approved dresses And
just why there should be 50 much talk
about it is something that no one
seems to understand.
The be!t-and-girdle furo- seems to
have no limit. Fitted belts of material
elaborately embroidered with beads
and jewels, velvet folds and drapings,
.ilk, satin, bengaline, ribbon, null,
lace there is no end to the msterlals
and combinations as fourdntlon and
en;sI, for tbese nopulnr acceSSOrlea.