FASHION NOTES. ALL ABOUT BLOUSES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 13 April 1904, Page 9

FASHION NOTES.

ALL ABOUT BLOUSES.

There are pome pretty collar bands of real iaep made with a deep Vandyke of lace -with the- points downwards which will be found useful by anyone with a thin neck, as they arc intended for wear with evening toilettes, and are fastened here and there with pretty little brilliant

The blouse which is here sketched is a trimly-fitted pretty garment, quite easy to make and capable of being adapted to many different occasions. The secret is in the pattern, which is styled tailor-cut, and has a shnped scam

concealed under the side pleats both in I the front and lack. By means of these I seams the blosise is fitted to the figure, i and all superfluous fulness is avoided. ! The box pleats are only laid on and stitched, but the effect is the same as if they were folded in the material. The quantity of flannel required is three and arhalf yards, and if. as in the model, the pleats are edged with a piping of silk, three-quarters of a yard cf glace will he wanted for that- The flannel itself was of dark blue, with small dull red flecks on it: the pipings were of red silk to match, which also formed a natty little bow tie at the throat under a turn-down collar of embroidered gras3 lawn. Still they continue to be worn— those of plain flannel, flannelette, cashmere, delaine, and even fine cloth during the morning, and a much richer kind during the afternoon and for best wear. The two styles, indeed, show such a complete difference that it seems hardly fair to give the same name to both bodices. So severe is the make of the morning kind

that frequently a deep collar, cut in the shape of a cape collar, is adopted. This, when worn with a plain, linen collar and tiny bow tie. proves, however, especially suitable for every-day wear. Most of the blouses show a fairly light lone in the actual colour of their material. Grey, stone, biscuit, and the lighter tones of blue are among the most fashionable, while almost always such blouses are turned back or trinmed with velvet in a darker shade; and one of the prettiest styles I have seen, was arranged with tiny velvet revers and four handsome velvet buttons set down the centre box-pleat.