FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 6 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

shoAvs a, gown Avhich Avould be modish and useful for any kind of holiday, and could be carried out in a variety of materials. The model our sketch was taken n vom Avas a cream serge, with vest, collar, and panel of pale blue silk, a yachting gown in fact, but the idea, coidd be admirably transferred to dark blue serge or flannel, and white silk or serge, to dark blue drill and white cambric, embroidery or heavy make of lace. Again the broad collar could be of the same material and colour as the gown, and a variety of under bodices could be used to give change to 'the general effect. There is so much to be said on the question of holiday g*arb which AA Te must, hoAvever, hope to say anon, as space here ceases.

New—if anything is new under the sun—and decidedly pretty and picturesque are the hats Avith straAv crowns and frilled or accordioned muslin brims. They are _|a excellent investment for the holiday trunk (though, by the bye, they demand careful packing), being light in weight and delightfully fresh, looking in appearance, and can "be made entirely in white, entirely black, or a combination of the two, as in our sketch. This shows an example with a crown of Avhite basket straw, the brim -of black accordioned _*__uslin, edged with harrowAvhiteValenciennes, with a big boAV of the same, held in place by a small diamond buckle.

Apropos of millinery buckles, some most alarming specimens are bein^ used, entirely dominating the hats or toques they are supposed to adorn. Some eight' inches long with a most inurdexous-looking spike through the centre to hold the innocent bow of tulle, chiffon, or Avhat not, they are perfectly strident, and the sooner they become demode the "better.

My sketch demonstrates a nseful blouse Avith an American saddle yoke of transparent lace, the rest of the bodice being of white silk. A prettyfoulard dress made up fancifully with lace and ribbon is a" necessary item for afternoon or evening wear, .and foulard is really a most adaptable material, as a dress made of-it takes up little space in a travelling trunk, and does not crease or rumple easily! Numerous underskirts are required', the morning, one of zephyr trimmed with lace edging and insertion, the afternoon of silk to match, or harmonising Avith and emphasising the leading note of colour in the toilette and the evening lace trimmed, tucked and frilled petticoat.