BOLERO BLOUSES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 59, 10 March 1915, Page 8

BOLERO BLOUSES.

ENAMELLED MILtINERY TRIBCMING. FASHIOX NOTES FROM LOXDOX, tFrom Our Corre*iion<lent.) LOXDOK, January 19. How great a multitude of small things axe contained in a draper's shop not the ordinary woman in one but the journaist realises at sale times. Not only goods about to go. out of fashion are "sacrificed," "as the shopkeeper calls it, but laces, embroideries, dress finishings, hair-nets, scarves, handkerohiefie, hosiery, and a hundred such' «very-day affairs, bearing no relation to any one style, are likewise "almost given away.' . The' sale instinct must lie very deep, for, in spite of all that has happened and is happening each day, shops holding short sales are as densely packed as ever, while the buyers are, to the ordinary woman, as terroraome as ever, their faces tense, determined, almost animallike in their concentration. Xever is it difficult at sale time-to remember that woman.' and not man only, -was once a: fighting creature. ' Very swift. and sure and merciless she may, well have been, too! "BOLEROS, which showed signs of wanting to return some time ago, never grc"w~vcry popular, but some pretty effects can nevertheless be arrived , at in them, as long as bunchi-ness-ie guarded against. One such blouse of this week "was" of soft ivory thread lace, the short bolero, pleated on the shoulders and left loose just above the waist, of old rose taffetas. The last had no sleeves. THE BOLERO COSTUME has, of course, been extremely fashionable", though the style more pro'EaWy sprung from the cape crazo than tne old bolero idea. These costumes have a military cut—high double soldierly collars at; the, back, very long sleeve 3, and are tied at .the aeck with cord and tassels, the latter hanging below, the waist in -front. Some of the newest are edged with thick fur around the bolero cape. > CHIPMUSK," that is to say, American squirrel, coafe have come,.in, this, season,, and should satisfy the barbarism people. Whether those being shown in London are dyed or not I don't know; they are tawny, ■with black bold markingSj arid are very costly. ',*.'. ADDING BOWS TO SHOES. Amateurs; who.try to renovate evening shoes", by adding 'new rosettes or bows, and "find that these will not set neatly on a high mete f>. should study the bow I they've discarded, and find that profes-sional-shoemakers always mount an or : nament, however' small, oh a circle of stiff canvas. Two dome fasteners are used.on .some of the. new broad straps on brocade evening shoes, a round buckle with a coloured- stone, in the centre finishing the ' tops,: , though side buckles are-still much worn. ■-t " —' — . PIXG-POXG BAT WTXGS, pear-shaped, flat and mounted on something very_ stiff, are here again as hat trimmings. So far air are covered with dull, coloured, silk. . FUR ON VEILS seems a novel idea; and'is only effective, of course, on a "collarless 'neck. The fur is generally skunk, and \3 attached to the hem of a tulle veil. A dome, fastener ensures the $ necessary neatness. ' ■ The '"Alexandra" veil- of the sixties shows sign's of returning. This consists of a narrow strip of net, reaching only to the mouth, where, it -is bordered with thick lace.' "....' , A. TROUSSEAU COXCEIT of tue day is a set of "nightgowns and camisoles embroidered in ribbon work: The background of tHese is, of course, silk, the practical New Zealandet dare not thank of the ■ washing of them,; or the dream i 3 spoilt..- ■ . ■ . • ENAMELLED • MILLINERS' TRtMMIXGS •-.-•■ follow the; glycerine ; craze, and so far. one only hears of swings so treated, these being generally finished with iridescent enamel varnish, which will stand a fair! amount' of , rain' without .hurt. - * ; -r-. -"-. T OOLOtrRED VEILS A. " in or Very v 'fine' ehadow lace, are still' being worn.. . ■ - • •. E7!ENIKG CAPES. A new idea in evening covering* is strictly for show in these bitter winter I nights, for it is an .immensely long cape lat the back, reaching to the train of j the dress, "but snort in front, of ;ex- > [quisite lace over .chiffon, :and that I mounted on. gold or silver tissue. ANGEL SLEEVES, . too, are here again. . They ■ furnish evidence of another ancient etylc" that tried to be popular once more, but. trhicfc failed to rouse much enthusiasm.