Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-02-23
SPANGLED STOCKINGS.

Spangles are not only the height
of fashion, but they have also reached
the foot of fashion, and the newest
stockings are as bespangled as the
swell gowns.
OF course these glittering hose are
not intended for street wear. The
effect at muddy crossing might be
little more than dazzling. But win
slippers and evening gown they are
very chic.
In Paris these marvels of hosiery
are called "nouveautes," and even in
that city of cheap novelties they cost
from SIS to S25 a pair, the price de-
pending upon the amount Of hand
work necessary. They are of silk
or Isle thread, and as open worked
necessary. They are of silk or Isle
thread, and as open worked over the
ankles and instep as a spiden're gossa-
mer web. This gives an effect of
lightness and delicacy to the jewelled
stocking and prevents any suggestion
of stiffness. The spangles are sewed
on in designs running lengthwise,
small spangles being used at the top
of the open work and gradually in
creasing in size as they near the toe
of the slipper
The spangles used upon these gor-
silver, as they light up best, but if
preferred they may match the color
of the gown, and beads of every color
are frequently most effectively in
troduced. Black hose worked with
gilt and silver, are the most popular
since they can be worn with anything
that calls for black slippers.
The pale shades are perhaps daint-
Ter. A blue pair embroidered with
turquoise and pearls and sprinkled
with silver and gilt spangles, was
lovely, while red pair, to be worn
with red gown, was spangled in gold
and black.
White stockings glittering with
rhinestones and silver and gilt are
the most expensive, costing from $25
to $50 pair, but the luxury-loving
woman with an appreciation of ex-
quisite things will not stop to think
about the price when these wonderful
hose are held up before her.
Then, too every movement of the
foot adds to their loveliness, and up
on the floor of a ballroom the effect
is bewldering.
Another white pair that was exceed
ingly pretty was spangled in sun
bursts of green and gold, that glinted
and cleaned like fairy lamps as the
light fell upon them. The lovelest
pair of all, however, was of pale blue
silk without any open work, and as
the evening gown they are to match is
strewn with great red hand-palnted
roses glittering with dewdrops made
of bits of silver and tiny gold beads,
these charming stockings were painted
in a running vine of soft half-brown
red roses and little crimson buds, and
plentifully gemmed with gilt and
silver spangles.
If bought at the shops these delici-
GUS creations in the way OF hosiery
are beyond the means of the woman
with limited income, but IL she has
some artistic taste and a lot Of pa
thence she can buy either the plain or
openwork stockings-the isle thread
spangled just as effectively as the
silk-and paint and spangled them
herself at a small cost
If she cannot paint at all-and it
does not require much knowledge to
do flowers on hose, since they are
almost covered by beads and spangles
she can at least sew on the spangles.
In this was she can for a few dollars
have the latest novelty in stockings
and follow the prettiest fashion that
has come out IN many a day.