The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-05
FASHION NOTES.

FASHION NOTES.
White chiffon yelling is worn with
broad leghorn hats.
Very wide ribbons trim shade hats,
the bows being immense.
Parasols are profusely decorated
with ribbons in loops, bows and ends.
White, pink, blue and heliotrope
lawn ties, with plain or silk embroid-
cry are worn.
Tortoise shell hair pins grow more
elaborate and obtrusive with every
changing fashion.
Butterfly bows of moire satin and
shot ribbon, No. II wide, are mounted
on long hair pin.
Blue canvas Oxford ties, with pat
ent tip trimmings, are worn to match
the popular blue duck outing suits. nd
A novelty in a sailor shape hat is
small and trimmed with large bou-
quets of flowers and fiat bows in stiff
effects.
Butterflies in silver and gold are
popular hair ornaments. They should
be perched on the coil at the back oi
the head.
The sleeves of dressy costumes are
somewhat shorter than those hereto
fore worn. The latest thing is sleeve
with full puff to the elbow and be.
low this fall of lace six or eight inches
deep.
A pretty dress for a little girl is
made of fine white alpaca. It has
round skirt with a gathered rufle, 8
deep yoke, pointed front and back, q
gathered waist, corselet, belt and
sleeves with enormous puhs at the
shoulders and full rufaes below.
Shirt waists are standard articles in
the wardrobe of almost every we'll
dressed young woman. They are not
quite as mannish as heretofore, the
tendency to decoration taking some
what from the severe styles that have
been accepted as the proper mode.
A stylish trimming for a dress is
made of old-fashioned serpentine
braid, alternating with very narrow
star braid. The latter is stitched on
in half dozen close rows, then anoth-
er row of the serpentine. This may
be repeated until the trimming is as
wide as desired.
The latest novelty in petticoats is
made of moire, with deep hounces of
lace. The moire is scalloped at the
lower edge, and falls over ruf1e of
plain material, that may match the
moire or not, as the wearer pleases.
A profusion of ribbons also appears as
trimming for these garments.
A gown of cherry red at a health re.
sort the other day was trimmed with
three bands of white insertion. The
bodice was of lace, with draping Of
the red sewed in at the armhole and
knotted in front at the bust. At the
waist was belt with silver buckle.
The sleeves were balloons with lace
cuffs.
There is one style of trimming q
dress waist that produces q queer ef.
feet in the eyes of the beholder. 1t
is where a deep fall of lace or fringe,
five or six inches, makes straight line
from bust to hips. It looks for all
the world as if the wearer had flung q
towel over her shoulders while brush
ing her hair and had forgotten to re-.
move the towel.
A charming and effective tailor cos.
tune has waist slightly pointed at
the bodice and with a double front; /;
the inner front buttoning closely up
10 q pointed shirt front. Over this
is section that closes under the arm
and fastens up under the lapels of the
inner waist. The effect is peculiar
and new, and will therefore have a
certain amount of popularity.
Distinctive names for ones gowns
are not exactly fad yet, but may be-
come one, and has certainly more to
commend it than many of the fads of
the day. You see it simplifies direc-
tions and explanations vastly when
you have only to say to your maid:
"See that the Scotch Mist is ready for
me to wear tomorrow evening, and
don't forget to put fresh balayeuse
in my 'Heliotrope Symphony for 1
shall wear it to Miss C.'s wedding on
Thursday"
Lace ad libitum seems to be the &C.
cepted trimming for frocks, whether
gingham, muslin, crepon or silk.
Some of the coarse-meshed handmade
laces are especially effective, and are
in very "good style" Collarettes are
becoming, worn with ribbon band at
the neck and big bow behind. They
give pretty finish to any costume,
and fill long-felt want in solving the
problem of making low body into a
high one, for some small function or
for an occasion "en plein jour"
New fancy waists, of endless styles,
are variously formed of delicate and
beautiful laces, of fowered taffetas
and summer satins, of India muslins
as shadowy in texture and pattern as
dreams, of chiffon plain and silk
wrought in forah designs, of bstiste,
organdie, yelling and so on. They
are made appropriate for day or even
ing wear, for yachting, luncheon,
garden party, church, concert or
| donoa according TO their simplicity