The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-17
FASHION NOTES.

The tartan craze has attacked para
soils as well as shirt waists.
Whslebone serge makes the best
costumes for the ocean voyage.
Trilby footstools are the newest,
They are of tufted silk or velvet.
The lace collar, now so fashionable,
cannot be too wide or too deep.
Jet and bead bodice fronts are re-
vived this spring in great elegance.
Extraordinary rugs from countries
never known to manufacture them are
on the market in gorgeous array.
White crepe Chinese shawls with .
deep silk fringe will be among FASH
ionable wraps for summer evenings.
In leather belts for summer wear
there are new colors and styles. They
are wider and have more ornaments
tion than last season. .
Washable four-in-hand ties for tho
summer shirt waist are pretty and SER
viceable. Flowing ties Of striped wash
silk are also cool and becoming.
White duck suites are to continue
in vogue, but not the cheap, domestic
duck. The material that comes over
the sea will have the preference.
Refer jackets are popular. They
have pocket flaps, and the fronts turn
back in revers. Some have large bows
and punches of violets on one side.
A beautiful full front recently dis
played with black mohair Eton JAG.
ket was made of pink mousseline de
sole, with stock and iabot OF ecru
lace. %. -. :
Neapolitan straw is the material Of
which some of the most beautiful Of
the newly imported bonnets are made.
And it is declared they cannot be imi-
tated. ....
Cuffs and collars laid in kilt plsits
and edged with very narrow yellow
Valenciennes Lace are used ID trim.
ming morning gowns of white or col
ored lawn.
The furniture revival next year for
the drawing room will be the rose
wood and red velvet of over fifty years
ago, when there WIS less style, but
more soEdity.
Fichu and fchu effects are In
vogue. Chemisettes and turn over
collars and cuffs are the style for tailor
made gowns. When of linen they are
stihay starched.
Mohair costumes imported from
Paquin have short, jaunty jackets
trimmed with small, dull gilt buttons
and straight bands of the mohaIr, less
than an inch in width.
A new caprice in sleeves shows the
portion from elbow to wrist moder.
stely close fitting, then a aaring cuff
shaped like funnel. This is all cut
in one piece and needs an expert to
make it in satisfactory style.
Belts of all sorts are quite the rage,
whether of plain fine silk and webbing
or velvet, satin, leather or fancy ma
terial, it seems to matter little, and
the buckles are as large and in some
cases as elaborate as door plate.
Ribbon sashes will be worn with the
Swiss, orgaDdie and lighter GUNNER
gowns. Flowered ribbons and those
in stripes are pretty. Those in Roman
and plaid designs are also seen. The
sunburst patterns, in delicate colors,
are very handsome and effective.
Thin hose and bathing shoes, with
some sort of loose trousers, are con.
sidered indispensable by many ladies.
For those who cannot bear too much
bright sunshine there are hats OF
waterproof straw or braid, trimmed
with ribbons, that are not affected by
water.
Shoes grow narrower. We have got
ten to the ''needle toe" Low shoes
with leggins and CATERS are much
worn. Fancy shoes are of perforated
leather over skins of different color.
They are, however, excepting in the
quieter tones, only for the more for
tunate sisters who own their own car
riages.