TAIL COATS FOR WOMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 82, 7 April 1915, Page 8

TAIL COATS FOR WOMEN.

THE VOGUE OF THE WHITE UUSUN COIXAB. i '

FASHION NOTES FBOM LOSUOJS. (From Our Lady Corresponded.) - LONDON, February lft- .;'" London spends its days in waterprdofc; and goloshes, for never, surely, fc : memory has there foeen euch * wet winter. Nevertheless "crazes" h«f* wedgea ;{, their unlovely heads in as et normal-v times, and already we're nM&j tociy. "From close-fitting taimlee velvet toques -with flowers at intervale WM round, oh deliver us," for sevra-eightjii/• of the London feminine world i§ abft«l in them. ' ; '"_ 1

MUSLIN COLLARS r^ are the absorbing affairs of the moment, ; ; and even these manage to keep pace with the spirit of the time, for they are made in as many military designs as the enb.: stantial materials. ' '. " Mainly they are high and ale turned over to the full depth of the collar, sometimes being cut away altogether fne r | the front of the neck, where a deinn» ' band of narrow or 'broad blade moire ribbon provides a finish. ■ ■.'-; ■'■_'." Others are high, with a. deep-point«il tab at each side, or several all the way , round. ' - < BISHOPS' SLEEVES, edged with pleated frills of mualiaxttMt have returned to fashion. , .' . .__!/.'-<

BLACK MOIRE, which, a couple ofyeara ago, enjojpf;! such immense popularity, is, evidently^ji":ft; return to its kingdom, for, already, outdoor coats, and coats and'- skirts, an being widely Shown." Numbers of mainly in coloured crepe de chine or; ninon, have military collars and straight,: loose tiee of black moire ribbon, dtjpj: sashes "for cloth and serge dresses .are*| made of it, Dorothy ibaga aleo r and if» last success is achieved in vests j ■ when it is made" up rather loosely and:: finished with smart white bead buttons.';;-

BLACK NIGHTGOWNS " " •' ; ;?:| are not novel ideas, but will attract only the few. From an artistic.pojrtts of view some very striking" ones :any£ being made now with front and • sleertfpi embroideries .in .ribbon, .w.0rk,.,, ~ Lingerie finished with wide. toe ila*;'; lace is, one hazards, a new notion. Tfa foundation is generally very-pale pn*i crepe de chine. . . ' . COLLAR. BANDS AGAIN: g| " Some of the new blouses have. a pliitU collar band of chiffon and abere;ifcjtf high accordion-pleated frill wired/ijen|p and there to stand-up against the'hiftj at the back and around-the ears side. ■ ''.'.":■■ "' - - WOOL EMBROIDERIES, which were very popular a couple «f ■ years ago on hat trimmings arid "blouHi, , have come in again on ■ white v«r#j* dresses for-little girte,- and ■Iβ reij' effective. • v * NEUTRAL TINTS, soft gTeys, grey iblues, etc., in~in& »«4 velvets, are finding much - favour jui4 now with Parisian "dressmakers. ' . * SLEEVELESS TUNICS of cloth or sergei over velvet or &}%: and for street wear, r have come-in. -Ti*f" : are long, almost to the hemof.theiinderfl skirt, but pleated over the hips and fan- ■; ing loosely down, and are finished at th» waist with the wide loose sash that is s* universally popular for both indoor, an* outdoor day and evening wear now. .

DEEP POCKET FLAPS distinguish some. of. the newest jniiitat? ■; ■ outdoor coats, some of which, by ;toe way. are very long • with, old-fashidiieil ■ traided designs on one side, one tab ol which fastens an oblong braid "huttei* on the other. "~ :

TAILED COATS. Short coats urith little ; taila at< tM _ back are coming in again. THREE-TIER SKIRTS are the latest style in young girls* p*iff : PLAITED RIBBONS. Flat pads, in varying shapes,'.' of int* , , laced satin ribbons, outlined with » closely-pleated narrow ribbon frill t* match, trim some of the new tiirne* down tagel- straw shapes.. Two of thej» generally hold a quill in thape across tit \ front of a crown. i