The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-23
FASHION NOTES.


New York Ledger.
FASHION NOTES.
Snowflake effects will besprinkle the
new fall goods. l..t.t.si ~
The Louis XIV. jacket is one of the
dressy revivsla -
The sun-burnt shade is the prevail.
ing color for straw hats. -. ..a,.s.
Peacock feathers are coming into
use as trimming on dresses.
The new veil is made OF accordion.
pleated black net or gauze. ,,.-,..
Ribbon trimmings are still much
used, put on skirts in pleated rows.
The new shoulder cape is shawl
pattern, and tight ftting, withoutrufas
or pucker. F.. uaera.
Jsunty military caps will be made
up en- suite with many of the prettiest
costumes for misses and girls.
Some OF the beautiful black fans are
Of paper, decorated with gold, and
mounted on sticks of gold lacquer.
The latest parasols are made Of lace
and lined with rainbow chiffon, and
have gold mountings on the handle.
! Anew boating hat is composed of
burnt straw brim, tsrpsulin crown,
two quills and a handful of pink roses.
All the new hats show black wings,
either back or front or at the side, and
punches of cherries are often used with
them. ...~ ="
Real lace wells, of the large, old
fashioned size which delighted our :,
grandmothers, are coming into style
again ..,
Full waists shirred down into pufs
by bands of psssementerie embroidery
or ribbon are much liked by young
women. '-s g.. .,r-a'.".
Sleeves with less fullness but with
very long, dropping cape-shaped caps,
are among the fashionable notions Of
the hour.
Long puff sleeves are often finished
with wristbands, but deep frills are
better, unless the hands be small and
shapely. '.s
Strings of flowers and foliage are
carried about the throat, tied in 9
bow, and the ends allowed to fall some
distance down the skirt.
Mode shades in gloves are very
handsome with the purplish dress
goods now in vogue, when the gloves
to match are not wished.
White and green, gold and green,
heliotrope %'and gold and the very
palest Of blue and gold are among the
popular Combinations for dressy wear.
. Kid trimmings are as fine and open
as lace, and they are shown in white
and the leading tints embroidered with
tinsel, and are applied to the dressiest
fabrics.
Medium tan remains the favorite
color for gloves. While other shades
are old, this is the standard, and there
is more demand for it than for all other
colors combined.
The deplorable want of pockets in
gowns, and the inaccessible region
they are placed in when they exist at
oil, has caused the women to rebel, and
little bags to be worn on the wrist are
the result.
Jet is popular and much used on
black silks, and belts of it are very
narrow or very wide and shsped to the
figure. Long fringes of jet are in vogue
for waists, and are known in Paris a.
'sjet rain"
Colored gloves are fashionable again,
and in Paris one sees in the shops and
in actual wear vivid green, bright
heliotrope and blue. One smart
woman there is reputed to have worn
very pale pink gloves stitched with
black.
A fine quality of ladies cloth, which
is now called habit cloth, is an ex-
tremely popular material. 1t comes in
all the exquisite new shades, and is
used not only for tailor-made costumes,
but for those that are much more elab-
crate.
Fancy lace capes, copied after those
seen in the portraits OF Maria Antoin-
cite, Charlotte Corday and Martha
Washington, are effectively used to re-
vive a decollete or half-worn gown,
and they are especially becoming to
slight figures.
Large leghorn fats have long scarfs
Of mousseline de sole fastened at the
back. These are twisted csrelessly
about the throat, and prove immensely
becoming when of the right shade.
Wild rose pinks for blondes and palest
primrose yellow for brunettes are ef-
fective.