The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
FASHION NOTES.
Hats of chiffon or gauze are nov
city of the season.

Hats of chiffon or gauze are nov
city of the season.
All summer house dresses are
adorned with insertion of lace.
1t is a new fancy to make up thin
white gowns over colored slips.
Many challie and crepon wrappers
are in blue, pink or yellow effects.
The summer girl wears four-in-hand
ties of basket-woven cotton threads.
An all-silk stripe which has the ap.
pearance of velvet is novelty greatly
in demand.
Md d'Abielle, or beehive effects,
are announced among the newest de-
signs in French crepons.
The beautiful cheney riboon, and
also the Dresden, come very wide and
are used to give broad effects.
A chain of small daisies between
two flexible gold bands composes a
new bracelet of an admired style.
Flowered stripes on taffeta grounds,
either plain or changeable, are one of
the favorite combinations in silk.
There is a great rush toward blouse
effects for bodices, and the pudding
bag front is considered very stylish.
Bonnets of vivid-colored straw COM
bined with jet and lace wings are con-
sidered the proper thing for Easter.
The sale of plain and fancy velvets
for capes and dress accessories this
season has been exceptionally large.
Simple in construction is heart
outlined in slender wire, holding
diamond, sapphire and ruby at its
points.
English embroidered nainsooks in
cream tints, wrought with yellow or
butter color, are especially pretty for
thin dresses.
A frock of silky green mohair, with
an invisible hair stripe Of gold, is
made dashing by the great ribbon bow
on the back.
A pretty little imported bonnet has
q tiny round crown made of basket
braid, with full rosettes made Of straw
at each side.
The newest. Eton jackets are cut low
around the shoulders, where they are
finished by round collar about three
inches deep.
A favorite ornament on hats is the
jetted Mephisto plume, which is OF
good height, with tips curled off from
each other at the top.
Very sheer summer textiles are
made up wholly unlined, and in this
case a white surah or taffeta princess
slip is worn beneath the dress.
A revival of dainty white blouses
trimmed with narrow edges of VAL
enciennes lace for elaborate wear is
one of the summer features of dress.
Dotted Swiss muslins continue to be
popular, and the pretty silk ginghams,
too; but the most fashionable ma
terials are organdy and the new batiste
linens.
Very dainty wash silks are made
with blouse-j jacket front that is like
a blouse waist slit up the front to
show blouse shirt that pushes brave
ly through.
Sheer, gauzy muslins are no longer
made over silk, but are worn over
elaborate white petticoats finished
with overlapping hounces edged with
lace on the bottom.
Some chic and charming gowns sent
from Paris are made of finest India
silks in various small patterns, and in
nearly ever. case the costume has
smart little butterfly cape to match.
For elegant dress garnitures are
shown expensive passementeries,
buckles and buttons made to match,
the buttons in varying sizes, to be
used on different portions OF the cos
tune.
A noted French designer uses very
pretty basket-woven silks in little
checks of rose color, cream and green,
ecru, petunia and pale brown, fawn
color, violet and old rose, ETC., for
youthful looking gowns.