FASHIONS FROM PARIS

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 16

FASHIONS FROM PARIS

(By A Parisian Expert). PARIS, Deeeeber 21.: THE LATEST COATS. There is something wonderfully attrat-' tive about the coat.s and skirts for the early winter, and tlm woman must indeed be difficult to ploasr who cannot find a frock to her taste among the new designs whk-h have been prepared for the season. Coate thpre are of every length from the jaunty little bolero, which i | reaches barely to the waist, to the thieequarter wrap which, is often contrived in euch a way that the long basques -with. which it is finished appear to take the form of a tunic, and to belong to the skirt, rather than to bp. as they really " are, a prolongation of the coat "itself, THE REDIXGOTE. This season the long redingote euit it seen in every style, and in ail prices. There are also models of the famois "thirty-six" inch length for tile ehort woman, who always keeps to tlm length, becaub-e she never looks well in anything else. Theee suite, like fche xedingote coate, have a tendency to ripple in the ekirt part of the coat. They are general!,)' cut circular, and attached to the body of the coat at a long-waiated seam \ and they have more fitted line* than the suits of previous seasone. Broad doth i§ the material that ie used for theee emHs, but velvet, panne, and the new caracnl cloth fabrics are ateo appropriate. The coat linings are seldom of white eatm, " but in various pale colours or in brocaded satins. OUR ILLUSTRATION. Our illustration this week ie a caw ja point, and represents a very emit coat j made with wide skirts, which faun a pert of the coat itself, and which Tipples around the narrow skirt, in a *ety effective manner. The high collar has eomt-

what of the military aepect, snd the ; close-fitting coat buttons down t&i ' ifront. An interesting feature is titblack faille sash with fringed ende. A' emart black velvet hat tops the wh<>ly trimmed with white aigrettes. FASHION NOVELTIES. ; . : In many of the new velvet and brwd" - cloth tailor suits, the coat button* njr to the neck, and either a band of fur replaces the collar, or a Tuehe of velvet • added to give a decorative look whei there ie a small rolled over-collar oa the coat. The neck ruche this eea«on is. in tke form of a standing ruche, sometimie ■ double, sonretimee single-edged. A very up-to-date one ie of two double-edged > ruffles of box-pleated velvet, one n*r- > roweT, and placed through the centre of ' the otirer. Sometimes a slender band of - far is placed through the centre of thji Other donble ruches of velvet hive • very fulled piece of malines, which hie | been accordion-pleated, placed in tfi# centre. For a very short-necked women, malines ruff is used alone. All d these "rafflee may have one of the -tiny flower or fruit clusters in the 6oft, dnfl - ■tones that are found, placed in some odd. spot, for a corsage bouquet. In the Tuff, it is placed at one side. The narrow fluted and pleated white organdie and batiste and lace neck-ruffle* that are placed up-eide down, that ie te say, with the ruffle edge uppermost—*ri ueed instead of high collars. They c*i - be had two on one band, and it tafc* three-eighths of a yard to go around the neck. They are finished about the bsrt with a narrow velvet ribbon, and a Kttl* cluster of multi-coloured floweie coven thy closing. To go with the pleated mcbes d velvet, there are small, old-fashioned round muffs of velvet, trimmed witl narrow ruchings of velvet ribbon- on U times a email round toqire is outline* with a narrow velvet pleating, and the , makes a very smart ensemble. These little toqnee are usually tr ** mcd with a dull tinsel flower, half ** den. This particular set is especially smart in rich purple, elephant-grey, * Xattier blue. AFTERNOON" FROCKS FOR GJSI& In ;the matter of afternoon £rod» there is an endle33 variety from wniea to choose. Some of the prettiest of *y are carried out in floral delaine, wiw scattered rosebuds designed on *J ivory-white ground. Worn over Sμ* e-lips chosen in paJe shades of P&* green, or blue, these frocks look p* l " ticularly well. Other fabrics in a. mature of* silk or wool, adorned witi sjjjt toroehe deeigns, in self-colo?;itaj-> mike very nice llttic afternoon frock* held In at tho waist by belts of rfbbo* velvet, and finished with dainty eoflars, or fichus or niusJin and laflfc