FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 160, 8 July 1899, Page 6 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

Apropos of. tailor-mades, these, are^ of course,' the ideal wear for some, kinds of. holiday trips—where sea comes in the route, much. railway, walking, or cycling, for instance. For such gowns and coats cloth and serge are the correct materials now, tweed is taboo. They may be braided, or

strapped, or elaborately stitched. The coats may be sac, semi-sac, or fitting, but to be really smart must be short. For more dressy occasions a chic little velvet coat, sac, just to waist, has just been shown us. This is revealed in this figure. It is black, cut in scalloped edges, and trimmed with rows of jet passementerie. The col-lar-rever is of white silk, with rows of the same .jetting. A collar and chemisette of white silk shows at the throat, overlaid with black lace, and is finished by a white silk sailor tie, these ties, for the moment, appearing to jostle even the jabot or cravat, which is an all-important item in modish toilettes.

A dainty theatre or informal evening dress is the-subject illustrated in , the figure. The skirt and jacket are of dove-grey surah silk; a band of steel passementerie running round the edge of the demi-trained skirt, and also edging the jacket. The feature of this last, it will be noticed, is the short sleeve attached. The under bodice and wrinkled sleeves are of shell-pink

chiffon.

All evening gowns are demi-trained now, the upper part as tight as it is possible, .to attain, the placket-hole fre- ] quently laced thus .enabling' still tighter'drawing; in .other cases1 the back is drawn as tightly ahd plainly as possible across, the opening being disguised or expressed by buttons or laces at the side.