The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-09-16
FASHION NOTES.

FASHION NOTES.
Pure white with black makes some OF
the most striking hats among the late
millinery.
White straw that has the appearance
of silk and worsted gimp is trimmed
with black velvet in large rosettes.
Nodding white grass flowers are on
black straws.
A large number of white hats in sim
pie shapes are shown for serviceable
country wear.
Colored toques, sailors and turbans are
trimmed with black satin ribbon ro-
settes and black quills, wings or birds.
White straw bonnets are trimmed with
white silk muslin, satin rosettes, Mer-
curry wings and white applique veil.
Changeable wooden crepons are shot in
two colors and made up with waist or
only vest of knife-plaited black silk
muslin.
Black satin skirts are covered with
rnffles of accordion plated silk muslin
and worn with round waist of this
gauzy material.
Turbans of rough brown straw have
rosettes Of velvet and wings for early
fall travelling hats to accompany the
stylish brown suits.
The Vandyke sleeve caps which taper
to point above the elbow are now quite
as often added to the short open jacket
as the square-shaped Russian model
Sleeves, sashes and corselets are made
of the very elegant light velvet shot of
two colors called zephyr velvet or of the
soft, bright satin which goes by the name
of liberty satin.
After the unsuccessful attempt to har-
moniously blend all the colors Of gor-
geous parrot inSne gown it is a relief to
find that the stylish combinations of
black and white or black and cream are
popular again.
Jet is popular and much used on black
silks, and belts of it are very narrow or
else fancifully wide and shaped to the
! figure. Long fringes of jet are in vogue
for waists and are known in Paris as
"jet rain"
A new style is to make dresses with
| two or three superposed skirts; each
! skirt is gored and trimmed round the
edge with narrow fancy galoon, mixed
with metal threads or with narrow un-
bleached thread lace.
Elegant underskirts are made of ma.
chine pleated cream colored crepon,
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lined with bright-colored foulard. Others
are of white etamine, with deep flounce
of the same edged with lace.
None but very dressy toilets for cere-
monies are now trained; oil others have
skirts just touching the ground, with a
hem of stiff net or muslin round the
foot Foundation skirts are quite given
up. but when the material is very light
it is lined throughout with thin silk or
muslin.
"Ropes of pearls" are now worn by
ultra. fashion leaders. Many society
women own these splendid long strings,
each separate pearl Of which may be
worth from 500 to $1,000. These
sumptuous chains are from yard TO a
yard and a half in circumference, and
are worn wound once around the throat,
with the rest of the rope hanging loosely
over the corsage TO the waist.
Hats and bonnets are made simpler in
their style than they were earlier in the
season. The round hat is bent into al
most every shape, and the special feature
is pair Of Mercury's wings which stand
up in front at a little distance apart.
The wings are made of gauze, loops of
ribbon, wire lace or silk. Large ostrich
tips are also worn and upright clusters of
flowers. But little ribbon is used at this
season.
White tarlatan shirred on cords makes
pretty garden hat. with the wide brim
caught up in the back by fine forget-me-
nots and green leaves. Crimped white
tarlstan is one Of the new additions To
millinery goods, and is used to make
huge bows on white hats.
Frocks for little girls are made very
much shorter than they have been for
some time, reaching just to the knee. II
tan shoes are worn the tan stockings
should be Of the exact shade of the
leather. Tan, russet, gold brown and
other variations Of the color can be had
in stockings to match any tint Of the
leather Black stockings with the light
shoes look rather ''spotty," though they
are seen.