Latest London Fashions.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 178, 29 July 1893, Page 1 (Supplement)

Latest London Fashions.

(FROM OUR LOSDON CORRESPONDENT.)

Regent-strebt, June 10t The combination of Puritan hood ante Marie Stewart) cap shapes for bonnets such as I recently gave a sketch of, has

found much favour, and some charming little bonnets in this style are to be seek now in all the best milliners' ekow-roomi and windows.

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The one I have sketched this week is from a very eleganb model in dark green velvet, with a bordering of bronze and green passementerie entirely round. Quite in the front, towards the left Bide, is a srnarb bow of the dark green velvob fastening a spray of lilies-of-the-valloy, the strings being of ribbon velvet en suite, and the front of the bonneb being bo lined with white silk as to show just a suspicion under the brim to bear out the white lilies.

Fashions, liko our emotions, become exhausted by their very violence and excess. Having, roachod the stage when they ' can no more,' the reaction nets in, and an entirely opposite tack ia started on. These remarks apply to the sleeve question, which becomos —or, rather, the sleeves themselves do—daily mora and more aggressive lß tne'r huge proportions. The little women aro becoming completely buried in them, and the offecb cno often sees now is a small face without neck, looking helplessly out of masses of material on either side of an immense collar, aided by a pleated cape of corresponding dimensions, no body worth mentioning, and the length of the legs hopelessly dwarfed na well by the enormous bulk of sleeves and shoulders. As this absurd exaggeration cannot go much1 farther, we may hopo ere long for the restoration of rational arms, with come indication of fcha possession of normal shoulders and c throat.

My second illustration is from one of the huge-sleeved coats now deriguer, a Parisian model.

The coat itself is of fawn coloured cloth ; it is tight-fitting, bub from the hips so pleated into the Beams as to form a full skirt, after the fashion of the coats worn by the dandies of Hogarth's time. The sleeves, capo and pleated collar are of bronzo green velvet, finished at the edge by silk cord the pamo shade.

Two novelties are illustrated in my third sketch, fcho excessively gored skirt to which I havo just referred as being cut on a similar method to tho capes, forming considerable fullness round tho bottom, wichoub any iilec.t.i at tho top, and the shoulder cape!«ttes.

Thia gown is composed of biscuit-coloured cloth, and is trimmed with olive green velvet capelettea, revers, waist ribbons, and second bordering on ekirt; the fur being narrow silver fox. The little bonnet) is olive green velvet, aigrette and osprey, and the 'grannie' muff of velvet and fur in suite with the gowD, ROSEUE,