Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-29
FASHION NorEs.

Ermine is the one fur that cannot be
successfully initiated.
Flat lace insertion is pretty trim
ming on house dresses.
Accordion-plaited skirts are much
liked for house dresses of thin silk,
crepon or similar fabrics.
Pointed apron-front over-skirts,
draped high on tho hips, have been
revived, and are now very popular.
The lending colors for spring cnpes
for general wear are black, green, the
darker browns and rich deep shade
of blue
There seems to be no end to the
fancy kerchiefs and collars which the
lady of fashion delights in wearing
about her neck.
Open-work stockings are agaip
popular, while novelties in imported
hosiery show gay colored stripes,
plsids and diagonals
:. Lacc or fur trims large majority OF
file reception and party dresses this
senson, and it is not unusual to sec
both on the same costume.
House dresses of colored Henrietta
cloth, yelling or thin camcl's hair ARE
made up with silk, velvet or lace, or IL
combination of the two Inst.
Rhinestone ornaments of every shape
and size are extensively used upon
handsome hats, hornets, toqucs and
evening toilets sent from Paris.
Round handles of wood about five
inches long, ornamentcd with fine
carvings and capped with gold or sill
yer, are the latest styles in umbrella
sticks.
Tnilor-mndc shirt waists of pink
linen, embroidered pique, and fancy
cotton fabrics nre displayed among
other premature novelties of tho
spring season.
Ginghams, zephyrs and cambrics
show flower stripes alternating with
those in solid colors. Some OF them
are rs exquisitely finished as one could
imagine, and suggest old time bro.
cades in their daintiness.
Made muffs of sntin and velvet are
trimmed with ostrich plumes or bands
Of fluffy fur. Tho ends of the nun
are of velvet, full plated md band
OF folded satin around the middle, with
puff or rosette Mt ono side.
In making up dress i'll given
style care should be taken that not
only the fabric but tho colors and their
combinations suit the style. There
nre many dresses spoiled every year
because these details are not observed.
In new spring jackets models for
middie-nged women remain of three
quarter length; for youthful wcarers,
from twentyfour TO twenty-six inches
is the desired length, the designs, as II
rule, being double breasted and tight.
fitting in the back.
A beautiful walking dress is made
of dull-brown cloth, trimmed with
dark, dnsky red velvet ribbons, with
open work silk embroidery over silk
of the same shade. The corsclct cor
sage hns double pointed yoke of the
embroidery, silk and velvet, which is
made continuous on the top of the full
sleeves. The skirt has red silk IN.
derdress with panel of red velvet.
French walking dress in mnuve
and white crepon has skirt lined
with mauvo surah and trimmed round
the bottom with deep band of mmuv,
MORE. The trinity fitting incilei
eorsage has wide revcrs OF the mauve
MORE and the s"ne MORE forms the
lower part &. the sleeves. The full
cnemisette is of white gau2e and the
DIr1le Of rnouyn noira
Tiny rosettes of piece velvet are
made useful in various ways. Some
have the velvet edged with narrow
lace. A big chou of black velvet on n
turban has n white aigrettc planted IN
the middle. Cicl blue sntin is gath
cred in large loose rosettes on hats of
brown velvet. Brown hats IRE offered
in beautiful shades of the richest vel
vet in soft and stiff felts and in com
bination.
Walking dress skirts are usually
made quite plain, frequently only fin
ished with few rows of stitching
above the hem, but many rows of plain,
fancy or waved braid are often seen
also small gathered or plated hounces
or bands of velvet or fur. A very
fashionable trimming consists in car
rying the braid or fur or jet passemen-
terie lengthwise of the seam of the
skirt, finishing with narrow band
around the bottom
Duplicating Lost earn.