Ladies' Column.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 378, 6 August 1903, Page 2

Ladies' Column.

FASHION AND THINGS FUMININE.'

%L Bt MISS ADA MELLEE.

\ COAT FOR A MATRONS r^S jEKKEE most original idea introduced r hsrb iQi:o °° at;s tWs winter is tba cir> cular yoke of far or embroidery continuing as stoles down tbei front of the coat, a style very becoming to matrons, since it carries with it a certain dignity. A smart example of this new mode is sketched herewith. The coat is the popular three-quarter length, and conld be of clothorvelvet, according to the purpose for which it is chiefly intended; that is to say, whether it be for everyday wear or for smarter occasions. feature' is the coll«r*of fur, which is rolled over onto the cloth or velvet. This collar should not beseparate from the coat itself; it is really «he coat material turned back, the fur being, as it were, a facing to the cloth, in the same way that oloth revere are faced with fur.

The chief pjiat about tha oat ia, howaver, the roaid yoka anl stoles, which should he of cloth embroidarai with chenille and baadi ia tha gcapa dasiga. If the coat were of black velret tha yoke, etc, might be of white sitia, emb&iderad, of coarse, as already Eras with a.cloth coai white satin might ba us 3d, for it is a material no longer reserved exclusively for evaning occasions, as formerly, bat is, as everybody knows, used largely on gowns and coats for general day wear, while white satin tucked blouses are, of course, quite common for afternoon wea-. The ouffs, it will be observed, are of fur, and some" corded ornaments are attached to the coat olosa against the fur collar. T he. design might be slightly varied by having yoke and stoles of fur, and the rolled of cloth or velvet.

PBETTY TRIPLES FOB TffrfNßOK; "More and more attention is being given to neckties, and all sorts of pretty and fantastic ideas are embodied in trifles of the find and in collars. The> newest notion is for ranslin turn-ovens, some bung plain, others richly embroidered, and there are turn-overs of laoe which are also very decorative. The S wias-embroid-ered turn-overs are quite charming, and those of white lawn hemmed with pale blue, red, or pink lawn are also very pretty. Several suggestions concerning the fashionable turn-over oollar are

illustrated in this column. Number one is suitable for laoe or embroidery, and Jgekq.very rich.over a band of.velvet. No. 2 is a hemstitched turn'over, with two tiny buttons near tbe points. It is worn'over a folded collar-band r - attached to which is "a pleated bib to match. In No. 3. is sketched a turn-over, which is suitable for Swiss embroidered muslin or (or muslin inserted with medallions' of lace; and No. 4 is illustrative of one of the simple turn-overs of hem-stitched muslin bordered with colour. No. 5 illustrates a smart stock of black sill, satin,

or muslin, with medallions of ecru-tinted lace inserted in the mitred ends, and little frills of chiffon as edgina. Different in style is No. 8, wnieh has a shaped embroidered border and eeeds of embroidery. These decorative little attornments for the neck are mounted on bands of plain muslin, 'which are slipped inside the collar-band. The last sketch in the group shows the latest *aistbelt, with loops of drawn through rings in the. ribbon band, and jabota or silk falling beneath the downward loops. CONOBBN1N& SKIBTS. Pleated skirts, whioh hate been feeling tbeir way into favour again «»»•»• autumn, suggest that changes of a rather skirts, which are ,bkely, to become fuUer. This is also suggested in several evening skirts of chiffon and other light »•*■*£< which slow hip-yokes of igaagmg. MB SiaHallingSm the natural folds, and fulness. !?£• «j«g walking skirt remains pejrfepttj fl»t at tM back, as a rule } btft there ;attf which the material at the waist w set into a single or double box-pleaty ■,.;&