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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1892
Page
4
A guide on appropriate visiting costumes emphasizing simple elegance over heavy trimming. Recommends modest silk ensembles with minimal fuss, practical theater waists, and dark bonnets and cloaks for public viewing spaces. Also notes theater wraps should suit seating layouts and avoid obstructive, elaborate waists.
The piece outlines a guide to pairing thick esshmeres and trim with velvet appliques and passementeries to reflect real style. It lists color combinations such as steel gray with eggplant, cream with olive greens, ivory with Van Dyke brown, and blue with silver as stylish harmonies for wearers.
Millinery trend shows the flower bonnet returns in pale blue with a toque silhouette and ostrich tips. A cream lace bonnet with old rose satin and jeweled ornaments follows the same style. A new sacque coat in Pittsburg fashion causes speculation about a season of alterations as women resist hiding figures.
A fragment describes belt brooches and jewelry styles with flower motifs and linked circles. It mentions metal belts worn by youths, floral devices like pansies lilies wild roses fleur-de-lis, and a Booth origin. Also notes cough medicine Dr. D Jaynes Expectorant and prices on calfskin shoes for youths with durable leather offered at eight per pair. Diamonds have come down in price and jewelers urge gifts for Christmas.
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