Latest London Fashions.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 270, 12 November 1892, Page 4 (Supplement)

Latest London Fashions.

(FKOM OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

London, August 29. Our London auramor has been, for a shorb time, bo bob thab jackets and coats have beon at a discount. Capos of tho hghtesb lace or the thinnest gauze have been tolerated merely as added decorations to dainty costumos, and the only outer garmonb which has enjoyed popular favour is our old and valued friend, the dusbcloak. Ib is no longor simplo in rnako, quieb in colour, and almost devoid of trimming. On the contrary some of tho nowoab are made of shot surah, elaborately trturucd with lace.

A Paris modol in heliotrope silk was shaped like ft snrplico, with a pelerine'of cream laco falling to tho wait-t, and had a decidedly priestly air. Another in grey shob silk had a Johu capo, edged with feather trimming, whilo a third was cut like a loose redingoto. This last wus of a fine woollen malorial and lined with washing silk. The broad looso sleeves had Louis XV. culls and big buttons. Both pockets and lapels were of silk, and it was finished ab tho neck with a jabob of old Mechlin.

Huts are gradually growing higher in tho crown and narrower in tho brim, and many are made entiroly of guipure. Flowers and feather-tips are boing used together for trimming, but, unless arranged by a Grsb rate artisto, the effect is peculiar, without being either smorb or pretty.

The hab given in the skebch iv of drawn , white chiffoD, trimmed with long stemmed

daisies and pale yellow velvet ribbon. As summer wanes into autumn, steeplecrowned hats of plain straw will push aside the lighter and more fanciful shapes. Already a small edition of the Welsh hab is boing worn. Bands of velvet or stiff ribbon encircle the lower parb of tho crown, and end in a bow at tho aids.

A novel hab trimming consists of two paroquet's wings, which are brought to the extremo edge of the brim in front. Bows of shot gauze or silk lie losely on the crown.

The Eton jacket of tho moment has departed so widely from its original that ib is often difficult to tell whether ib is Ebon or Zouave, for ib seems to have taken something from each. Those in light-coloured silk Took smarb for afternoon wear. At a garden party a ball blondo wore a charming cosbumo, in which bhe sleeveless Ebon jackeb was the most abtractive feature. Ib was of bhe palest apple-green silk, lined with old rose, and was worn over a bodice ot delicate pink cambric with chiffon ruffles. A sash of crepe de chine was passed through a bucklo which consisbod ot an oval miniature on ivory eeb in silvor. The pink cambric skirt had two pointed frills ab tho bottom edged with white lace. Those wno still favour bho flat cambric shirt of last year will find that a skirt and corslet cut in one is tar more comfortable to wear with it than a separate skirt fastened with an ordinary band and buckle.

The second sketch shows a costume iickeb of heliotrope cloth. Ib has loose fronts, and is worn ovor a silk slurb of the same tinb. The jacket ia edged with jeb. The heliotrope silk scarf, which is fasbened in fronb by a long jeb buckle, is passed through a side seam and tied ab the back in a loose knot with long ends.

There is a new make of black silk which is exceedingly sofb and strong, and it is being largely used for both gowns and jackots. It is mado up simply with jetted gauze, lace or velvet. Black watered grenadinos make up into U3eful dinner dresses when worn ovor coloured silk or sateen under gowns. An organdio muslin might with advantage form part of a girl's summer wardrobe. For out-of-door wear a capo of spider laco could ho added, and the hat might havo a cluster of flowers in some contrasting colour. For Uiobo who havo only a limited dress allowance, the Figaro jacket should prove a boon and a savo all, by its means a lownecked evening gown can bo used as a dinner dress, and a plain gown can bo turned into a smart one. Tho jacket ahould bo mndo of plain or shob velvob linod with silk and edged with the new ostrich fibro trimming. Tho long open sleeves should bo treated in tho samo fashion, and thon tho general eflbct will prove more than .satisfactory.

Tho third skotch illustrates a costume of green cloth with Bilk under bodice. Tho revorH and trimming aro of black velvet. Tho lacing is also black.

For elonder figures this 5s very pretty. Stout girls wear litted waists, with lonir, slender bands of ribbon from shoulders to wuiats line, meeting in a point bunk and front. Tlio corselet is to bo avoided by plump persons, a narrow bolt or ribbon drawn into a long point being much more becoming. A simple fan and gloves, with tho hair dressed in the usual fashion, are approved. Never make tho mistake of preparing an elaborate coiffure or adopting an unusual style for such occasions as breaking-up school partie3, etc. The naturalness and simplicity of appearanceare much more to be desired than either the picturesque or the elaborate. 16 is sometimes the caso thab young ladies dress in such a fashion thab only cheir most intimate friendß can recognise them among the company. This is a ereat mistake, and often a serious disappointment to visitors whose enjoyment of tho exercises is much less when they must continually wonder and inquire who is who. A large class of girls so uniformly dressed must have a general rosemblance, and therefore recognition is more difficult than on ordinary occasions. Roselle.