Latest London Fashions.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 239, 6 October 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)

Latest London Fashions.

(FROM OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

Regent-street, Augusb 18. The Srsb novelty I have bad the pleasure of sketching for my readers this week consists of the newest thing in bonnets for children.

This shape is variously termed the poke, scuttle, and cottage, each variety being just slightly different, though in the main there is much of a muchness. It i 8 really (as will be seen) simply a revival of the old coal scuttle bonnet worn some sixty or seventy years back in the Prince Regent or George IV. day&*of fashion.

Ladies^hava fought shy of one or two attempts that have been made to revive these shapes for their benefit, and with very good reason, but they seem likely to be received very favourably for children's wear, being made in straw (chiefly), silk, lace, and for the wee maids of two or three—white satin.

The model is of white crinoline straw the brim lined with white lace, and trimmed with white satin ribbon and a few bubcorcupe, fastened loosely with the bow on the top of crown ; white satin strings tying it on. Of ladies' hats, the principal novelty to be seen just now is perhaps the large hats trimmed with a lace valance, hanging some two inches or so down from the brim. The large hats threaten to become colossal this summer. Some four years or so back, when the hats were piled up to fearful and wonderful heights, besides being fairly broad as well, tho ' matinee hac' was a terror known to all visitors to stage entertainments, which, though sufficiently maddening to tho occupants of the upper seats in the house, drove those in the stalls, and especially tho humbler pittites, almost beside themselves. Ib is much to be hoped, therefore, that ladies will have the consideration to keep the coming enlarged edition for promenade or driving occasions.

My second sketch is a pretty method of wearing a blouse. As these bodices bid fair to reign quite as triumphantly this summer as laab, a little ingenuity is deeirablo to the

end of making some variety in the wearing of what appears to have become a national institution. The one in question is made of a pretty delaine of pale pink, with a small black outline flower, ovor which comes the quite short Zouavo or Bolero jacket, in black velvet, edgod by a narrow jetting, and caught across the bust byjetted buttons and cords. A black velvet waistband and jotted buckle finish the waist of this blouse, the sleeves of which are Bishop-shaped.

This sketch also shows one of the new valancod lints referred to above.

Our third illustration? is a design for a etylißh and thoroughly useful tailor-made gown in a brown and white tweed mixture with a check running through ib and tuftß. The skirt is perfectly plain, and the coat is worn over a smart little waistcoat of white drill, with a shirt collar and gronat red tie.

Drill will be a very favourite material this summer, both in blue, white and fawn. Crepon, also, of endless variety, and lawns, will be much in demand. Shorter sleeves to dressy gowns, and delicate lace ruffla3 to the wrists will be moves in fashion this season, calling considerable attention to the hands. Though few can be so keenly sensitive as the blind hero of Lover's poem, who recoenised his love after twenty years by feeling her hand, handa are extremely characteristic of their owners, almost as much so in fact as their faces. For Honeymoon Couples. A young girl's travelling cloak of grey foulard dotted with black is fitted behind, and loose and double breasted in front, with large smoked pearl button?. Over this is a j large fancifully-cut collar elongated on each side ao that it falls in a long draoery over the Bleoves. Gentlemen's travelling dress, according to the latest French authority, is composed of grey trousers, black cutaway coab, white duck vest, white duck gaiters and eatin i folded tie. , _ ROSELXE,