LATEST FASHION NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 17

LATEST FASHION NOTES.

(BY A PARISIAN EXPERT.) v PARIS, May 10. \. IMPORTANT ITEM IX SUMMER a OUTFIT. Milady's wrap is one of the most important items in her wardrobe this spring. It is no longer just an extra c coat, but a harmonious part of the! a entire costume: an attractive back- 1 ground for the dainty froA worn under i it. This season the separate coat has z come into ite. own. more than for several i years past. Always a garment of : utility, necessity and comfort, it now ; combine the practical with the artistic, 1 and the newest model wraps are th? i most attractive ■ima.ginriblc. Whether s for afternoon, morning or evening wear, i motor driving or the theatre, the coat-* ; this season express the individuality ot their' wearers, show the trend of fashion, and add a finishing touch to the modish costume. The styles in coats vary from the ftrictly tailored models to the voluminous capes which are so attractive and smart, and remind one of the f.ishion picture plates of the IS3O and IS4O periods. CAPE COAT SMART ANTJ MODISH. An unusually attractive modification, of the capo is the cape-coat. This was in evidence last season, but .lid not become popular. Th<* models this spring I are more attractive than tho~e shown j before, anil are more practical. One I cape coat worthy of especial note was <ut in circular lines, the sleeves being formed in the fullness at the sides. which fell in graceful folds to a point back and front. The coat fastened down the front, and was finWheJ at the neck with a wide shawl collar. The model was fashioned from broadcloth, and lined in a contrasting coloured satin. In the lightest shades of blue, rose or green, a wrap of this sort makes an attractive carriage coat. SPANISH SCARF AND ?HA\>L. The modern belle is rapidly learning things about how to handle a s-rarf and ] a shawl. She dees better with these than with the coquetry of the fan. which nobody but a Spanish woman seems to know how to handle cleverly nowadays, i Kut the way Parisiennes are making pictures of themselves with their new scarfs and shawls convinces the beholder that adaptability is by no means a lost art. With the Spanish vogue well established, there is a perfect craze for Jong, wide lace mantilla scarfs and for fringed ami bee shawls. A big I shawl of black Chantilly lace, in which . one can wrap oneself from throat to kn-ce. is an enviable possession, and aI costly one, too. White chiffon scarfo I are bordered all round, within a two-inch I i hem, with black Ghantilly insertion, and .I a scarf must be very wide and rather j long to have eclat now. i I I SLEEVES. > Sleeves are more elaborate than they . have been for years, and by the up-to-I date style of its sleeve is a costume t distinguished. A last year's sk-eve is 1 fatal this spring, so radically have sleeve > models changed. "1*011" is the watch--5 word of sleeves just now. The puff may . be at the elbow or at the wrist, but t it must bo somewhere. Sleeves of tair lored frocks often button from wrist to ? elbow, and then puff out above. Sleeves of evening frocks often drop, quite close

to the arm, for an inch or two below the shoulder, and then puff monstrously to the elbow. In all cases the puff must tie reinforced underneath -with some light, crushlese lining, so that a coat pulled on over it cannot make it Bet limply against the arm. For it Jβ a puff, and never a drapery, be it remembered. OUR SKETCH. Prominent among the moet successful of the silks which are in highest favour !at the moment must certainly be reckoned the soft which are woven with -what is technically known as a chifTon finish, and can be procured in really lovely colourings. In the accompanying sketch suggestions are {riven for an exceedingly dainty frock for afternoon wear, carried out in soft, supple eiik. and an exceedingly delicate shade of forget-me-not blue. The style shows a happy onmpromise between thr revived modes of the sixties and the

FASHION ,HrNTS. The meshes of the new veils are very fine and delicate, making the pattern stand out in bold relief. The square-cut neck to a corsage high in the back is a quaint revival of old ! day?. Tight-fitting corsages and jackets ' show short basques with very full ! godets. ■ A hat of midnight blue, trimmed with J beige wings, l= extremely pretty and bej coming. j A chic hat is four-cornered, with two ; wings crcrHcd on the crown. I A big silk rose tucked in tlhe waistjbelt or dress is the latest vanity.