FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 142, 17 June 1899, Page 6 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

Another smart tailor-made gown, from a well-known creator amongst masters of the art, is shown in the figure. This was built of violet Venetian cloth, the bodice fastening down the centre, braided with black fancy braid, and the collar and cuffs

with inlets of violet velvet. The skirt was cut with a simulated tunic edged with braid, and the skirt from thence braided round in rows, continur ing to the waist at the back where the tunic ceases.

Fawn cloth will be much used, it seems, for jackets and capes again. The former are being cut with semisac backs, and semi-fitting fronts. The severly-plain tailor-made coat is and will be still with us, but a great deal of braiding and applique of contrasting cloth and other material is jalsp^shQiWii pn..msny_ models. Either plain or braided will'be : an.£ait,,.apd our choice will, therefore, be e'ntirelyour own. White cloth applique and

white braid on fawn cloth is much affected on the newest models. One just from that city of chiffon inventives, Paris, is sketched in this figure. This is of pale fawn cloth, cut on the lines described above, and trimmed with white and fawn braid. The effect was smart and novel. In this sketch is also introduced a very fascinating toque of black lace-straw, sprinkled entirely over with tiny steel sequius, one white and one black ostrich tip forming the necessary aigrette.

It .would seem as though we were all to be clothed in grey and lace this season, grey fabrics and lace in every form domiuating windows and showrooms alike. Both are charming wear for 'faire lady .s,' and no one will oppose them, we fancy. A grey gown is shown in the figure. This is of the lovely 'dove' shade—which is to

Jbe first favourite—in Venetian cloth and is trimmed with the latest cry M trimmings, bebe satin riobdh, which.ig ! used for simple rows as here shown for embroidei Ing designs over robes !. in place of braid, and also as tiny ruohing scrolls, etc. Here the ribbon jis grey, shading with the cloth. A I smart little coat of black velvet is j'worn over this; lined,':'::.! with reverg i and cuffs of white satin. A hat of | cerise straw, with bows of cerise chiffon, edged with the new straw ruche land supplemented with a black osI prey, and a cerise sailor tie, completes this very up-to-date toilette ' pour la promenade.

This portrays .a tight-fitting, doublebreasted waist suitable for afternoons It is made, of fancy silk, with api pliques of lace in front, and, at the sides. It is fastened on the,left with

fthree large buttons; Revers turn •back from a tucked vest and a chic bow at the throat adds a- stylish finish to the dainty bodice. -. ;".