The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
FASHIONS OF THE SEASON
INDICATIONS THAT CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING HAS BEGUN.
Beautiful Things for Women Shown
in PrOfusion at the Big
Local Stores.

During the past week there have been
a number of indications that some prudent
shoppers have already begun to make their
holiday purchases. Usually the Christmas
shopping does not begin until after
Thanksgiving day, and whether the rush
Of shoppers last week implies that the ex-
tent and amount OF holiday shopping is to
be unusually large remains to be seen, but.
at least, the indications point that way.
The shops down town begin to take on a
sort of holiday air, and Christmas things
are coming in daily. Several new things
in jewelry novelties are to be seen at the
stores. among them serpentine barretts
for the stray locks at the back of the head,
and bracelets of various descriptions. 1t
appears that bracelets are coming back
into popular favor, to look at the variety
shown, the heavy bangle being first In
favor. The fiat band of velvet is to be
worn around the arm and is trimmed with
mock jewels and other decorations. These
velvet bands are becoming to the skin, and,
once in style, will become very popular.
The new L'Aiglon belt is rather pretty and
is shown in both leather and velvet, some
times edged with gold and has streamers
of either ribbon or velvet tipped with gold
ferrets. Collars on the same style are
also shown in the stores.
The CLINT of gold in the fashions for the
winter still continues popular and ali the
new street costumes, well as belts, coll
lars, jackets and trimming have the touch
of gold. The newest laces show gold
threads woven in their meshes, and any
number of the imported gowns are trimmed
with solid gold lace. Another new and
marvelously beautiful trimming consists
of gold cloth cut and shaped in various
designs and fine ropes of gold, twisted in
scroll design or to form conventional
leaves, are used to trim evening gowns of
net. Lace medallions with the design
picked out in shining gold threads are one
of the newest appliques. Boleros Of costly
gold lace are the fashion, and odd-shaped
little jackets made of plated gold braid
and velvet ribbon, sometimes black and
gold or scarlet and gold-in fact, they are
made TO order in almost any color the pur-
chaser might wish. Many of the new
tailor-made gowns have cloth-of-gold vests
and gold buttons, and gold braid in various
widths form trimming for cloth gowns
The gold craze is also the fad in MILL
merry, and the majority or the beautiful
black velvet picture hats are combined
with gold, and the smartest toques for
dressy wear are fashioned of gold lace
And the trail of gold in the fashions FOR
the winter does not stop here. Even the
new hosiery has a gold CLEAN about II
that is quite fetching. The very latest
black silk stockings have the instep scat
tered with gold butterflies and bow knots
embroidered in gold threads, and others
are striped with narrow insertions of gold
lace.
straight front. is now shown at all of the
big stores. One of the popular-make cor
sets will be shown by living model at a
store on Washington street during the
week 10 demonstrate the superior fit of
the American corset for American women