Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
FASHION NOTES.

Buttons are a great feature in this
seasons trimming.
French dressmakers use furs very
much rs they do velvet or satin.
Among tho colors most liked nro
mulberry, damson and heather-bloom
shades.
Stocks of lace, velvet or satin are
narrowly edged at the top with mink,
sable or Persian lamb.
Fluffy furs are most effective in
muifs Of the new large sizes, but Per-
sian lamb and sealskin NUTS are SINH
larly made.
A great deal OF white lace will DO
used for trimming winter dresses. The
present preference is for applique
lace and for bits of old Bruges.
Trimming of fur will be more used
this winter than they have ever been.
Narrow fur bands of one, two or three
inches trim cloth and velvet dresses.
To get oriental effects in vests the
quaintest silk handkerchiefs are used,
a single kerchief, border and all, be-
ing laid in fine accordion plaits for a
vest.
Bands of mink and of sealskin in
inch-wide rows trim the velvet collnrs
of girls frocks, and the crinkled black
and white Thibet furs trim their
cloaks.
The newest evening wraps, copying
the cloaks of Chinese mandarins, are
long, straight garments reaching be-
low the knee. and sometimes Eve yards
around.
Seal capes for the winter are moth
ing if not stylish and beautiful, and
are sold at prices that would buy sew
eral acres of land in some thinly set
tied neighborhood.
Black silk dresses for both house and
street have deep collarette of Astra-
khan or Persian lamb sewed on per
manently and trimmed in front with
iabot of white applique lace.
The Highland bonnet with quill
feather is very much in evidence. Ga
young and pretty girl it is chic, but
women the other side of forty should
leave it alone as an unloaded musket.
Girls of the period are very much
enveloped in all kinds of wells this
season when out of doors. 1t may be
we will come In time to the Eastern
woman's way of covering up MI her
face except the eyes.
Milady's maids disposition is most
tested when trying to put this years
sleeves into the sleeves of last years
wrap. The struggle is violent one.
and often ends in milady's mental
resolution to buy new wrap.
Some of the newly imported French
dress bonnets are almost angelic
light, fluffy and airy, with no particu-
lar shape. They are more OK n "dream
than ever, and justify the predictions,
deemed extravagant, that were made
concerning them.
White as color for bridal gowns
has almost gone ont of fashion in
England, and its disuse here must
soon follow. 1t is held to be Trying
color" for the generality of brides, oil
of whom, Jenkins to the contrary not
withstanding, are net beautiful.
Velvet as fashionable material will
be at the head of the list this season.
There are German to compete with
the French velvets which are very ele-
CANT in coloring and quality. The
old-time velvet cloaks of grandmam-
mas day are surely coming back
again.
Chinchilla will be one of che mos.
fashionable furs Of the winter. The
fact has already raised the price of it
considerably. Some women prefer
chinchilla to all other fur because, as
alleged, it is impossible to successfully
initiate it. Therefore, it can never be
common"
Evening bodices require very little
material, and in display of "whits
bare places" recall the Polar regions,
albeit woman wearing one there
would first have pneumonia and ther
freeze to death. There will be a great
display of anatomy at the fashionable
balls of the season.