FASHION HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 126, 20 February 1908, Page 3

FASHION HINTS.

In, America there .is, as the saving is,' "a great feeling'.' .for the- Madama" Butterfly bows,"-and the mandolin.'sleeve, .with a 'Dire'c- ■ toire' coat. . These are th'e'- salient 'points; but as. a rule, says .the "Queen," v:e seem to be returning ■ to the;'- Eton ■ .sleeve:' • Priricbsse dresses,-£ncV,many exponents;, but -they need; the very ;bqst ! -stylo'of.,'dressing.' Velvet,coats' and velvet .dresses, -always of a-'soft, make, form the most smart gowns of the', dayiljliis is certainly-,' a-.-coat'.: season, and 'i the ' pretty, Jittlb r/jolvet',.coats, r,which-;,'harmonisei.,with . almost any dress; are-.'having a. great; vogue. . ■ Long ,-niousquetairo.v sleeves ■ rucked - on.■' the arms have certainly a dressy aspect! There, are. a.!.great! niahy' : ;soft voverskirts,v .which- so blend, iii,.with; : the;rest.of the-skirt that it-is ■very ,difficult to tell where ono begins and .the other ends.'-..'!\luch. 'yellow is v/orn in tho evening, being: such' a good which, is',certainly the;favourite form of: embroidery.- t-: TV e 'see it . : introduced into' lace; -on to cloth';; andvinterthreaded in-'almost all .of ■ the gossamer materials. There is a great deal of licence in the'ehoieb both"'of'styles and materials; now; and if oijly. .in_ any way it' eoincides;.with- certain of-fashion' and suits'the .wearer, it is certainly all right, and happy is the woma'n.'who is able to' make a becoming fashion her own. 'Linen collars turning"downwards generally: to; the depth of a couple-.of inches and -emhroidered- would 1 seeni -to .-be a' iiccessary. ■ a companiment to tho-tailor-made gown, unless it'be the all-rdu'n'd dog collar which still liolds' .. pay. with-cuffs!.; to-match:- Frills descending from-the-neck to t-ho waist,with,a doublo edge, recalling .the shirt frills of Beau 33rum- - mcll,-.have returhed tto- us; and find- much favour, ; and littl© bows, white or. coloured and.some.with:tasseljed ends,- would seem to . have como'to stay. Butterfly bows of (brightmuslin, edged-,with- iaco and pretty jabots givo a -nice finish to .a dull-looking gowri, especially ' when -fastened with somo:of the fashionable brooches-iand pendants, or embellished by a -chain- and locket.•