FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 184, 3 August 1904, Page 11

FASHION NOTES.

The neat blouse sketched is of a simple yet smart and up-to-date mode, with •trappings fastened with small grit buttons. A broad box-pleat finishes the front, under which the blouse is fastened. One of the pretty fancy fiairocls with an ornamental border would make up into a smart blouse of this description, the border being used for the strappings and box-pleat down the front. A cream flannel spotted with black and trimmed with Mack or cream lace treated in the same fashion a* the strappings would look very chic, while a bright red flannel finished with strappings of ailk piped with black ami worn with a whit* stock collar and it smart black and rid silk cravat would leek cosy and prove exceedingly service*

able fer morning wear. Yak lace is ene of the most fashionable varieties used for trimming flannel or cloth blouse. Cloth blouse, to be correctly worn, should be of the same colour or tone of colour ac the skirt worn with it, so that the two together give the effect of a complete costume without any patehtaess or contrast.

Hew delightfully smart and dainty are «cmc of the small fur wraps which we are using and seeing every day I Instead of the old cumbersome mantle, we now have the very daintiest little boleros, waistcoats, hanging coatees, and all sorts of little garments almost, impossible to describe But most fascinating to wear and artistic to the eye. I recently met quite a short fur bolero cut with deep hanging cape sleeves, which fell into a point almost as low as the wrists. The fronts of this coat were cut qnite open and apart, and finished down either side with three large and decorative chased silver buttons. Under this open coat was a graceful double-breasted waistcoat of the same fur.

What is yew pleasure, ladies? Are yeu for large hats or small, toques, turbans or bonnets? Every model is available for you, hence every woman should smile radiantly, sure of being able to find in the millinery establishments of this spring something wholly suitable and becoming to her needs and beauty. This toque is of primulas, of the velvety soft colours of that flower from pink to purple and white, adorned with a band of rich rose pink velvet knotted out one side and on the other finished with short dangliDg ends, each one tipped with, blossoms. The milliners of the moment are very mneh concerned about the brims of their models, and ar*>. spending much tame and ingenuity in trimming them in uncommon and elaborate forms. Upon the new hats crowns raised quite perceptibly are a feature, and as if to draw attention to their height some of them arc most elaborate in construction.