Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-03
FASHION NOTES.

Rather short pelerines continue in
vogue.
Crcpes of every sort arc promised n
very successful season.
Silk bolts and girdles arc mounted
in silver and silver gilt.
Sleeveless jackets and redingotes are
among the newest models.
Tho leading colors for spring capcs
for general wear are black, green, the
darker browns and rich deep shade
of blue.
The newest shot silks are reversible.
They show mauve ground with
pale green spot on one side and violet
ono on the other
Velvet capes, coats, costumes, COM
binations and trimmings will be worn
for months to come, aud in some guisea
during the entire summer.
Ecru tinted Mechlin laces aro used.
with satin ribbon, for trimmings on
waists and capes and for making fancy
collars, iabots, ruches, etc.
Black, brown, dark green and navy
blue will be tho colors i'll jackets.
These will have full skirts and collar
cites and very large sleeves.
Tailor made shirt waists O. pink linen.
embroidered piquo and fancy cotton
fabrics are displayed among other pre-
mature novelties of the spring season.
Small 1880" bonnets in Dresden
china, are seen upon milady's dressing
table. They hold her puff ball. The
top OF the crown slips off and tho pow
der and pun rest within.
Next to velvet and velours du Nord,
the most fashionable material for man
ties is undoubtedly black MORE silk,
of rich quality and with largo bold but
somewhat vague water markings.
Petnnia or heliotropc, or, in fact,
all shades of mauve and violet, he they
red or blue, arc much in favor, and
these and yellow with delicate shade
of green are very pretty combinations.
Silk and wool mixtures will be used
for street gowns during the coming
season. Some Of them ARE in hand.
some shaded colorings, others IRE soft,
showing mixture of various colors.
Yellow seems 10 te shown more
favor this year than almost any other
color. Many shades of this color are
used, ranging from beige to the nd
mired sand color and finishing in tints
OF red.
Costly and superb new form of lace
are thick guipures, veined with gold
thread and here and there worked up
with groups of beads, or applique:l
over velvet and embroidered over
shaded elk.
Brass military buttons made Mt the
beginning of this century bedeck
feminine apparel. They must DO
small, i'll good condition and genuine.
Paste buckles now Mt the throat and
whist are also in demand.
Crepe effects of all descriptions are
more populor thnn ever. Crepe de
chimes, crepons and ecru cotton crepes
are used. AS these are shown in
various designs and different colors,
they promise to become very service.
able.
Sequins are the newest thing in trim
mings. There are bodices of sequins,
there are sleeves OF sequins, and, in
fact, they are the rage. These seQuin
bodices can be worn over color ed waists,
giving great variety to ones ward
robe.
The dainty frou-frou, SO suggestive
of silken underwear, is obtained, not
necessarily by lining the entire skirt
with silk, but by facing the edge with
q ruffie and n half width down each
side OF tho back. The linen and silk
lining should accord in color.
The silk and wool grenadines, which
como in tapestry effect, show large
arabesque figures, raised like hand.
some laces, but on close meshcd
canvas ground. These are found in
violet shot with pale green, in The
tobacco browns shot with beige color,
and in moss green shot with dull coral
pink.
A new Paris cape, more properly
called collet, does not reach tho
waist. 1t is designed for cool days
with q tailor jacket. 1t is made OF
cloth aecked with blue, the cape por-
ton being attached to yoke, tho
Joining covered by shoulder Aounce.
The queer funnel-shaped collar and
the pelerine itself are both edged with
q narrow band of fur. A knot of vel.
vet ribbons finishes the neck effect.
In new spring jackets models for
middle aged women remain of three.
quarter length for youthful wearers,
from twenty-four to twenty-si inches
is the desired length, the designs us n
rule being double-breasted mud tight.
fitting in the back. Black watered
silk is used on very many models for
revers and collarette, and the sleeves
are simply enormous. Braiding is
used with elegant effect on coat aces
series and vests, but model thus
finished costs at much rs o si)k-lined
I velvet one. -