THE MAKING OF THE FROCK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 3

THE MAKING OF THE FROCK.

It';is'iiqt,of the(' ; least use for peoplo to let themselves -becqmo'^ired. of:tho >kim6no' stylo for 'frocks. VTho kimono lias conquered tho world::of'.'fashion,-.and- ndintention' of' :, v ■,' lettiilg 'forcat least • another season;.. - liideed,jAmerican• papers"ih-their "noiv. spring fashions ..show^frocks'"quite • as• : pr6nouncedly mlluenccd by.'tlie Japancsb lady aiid'tho n'-an-darin' as that, wo:have already' had. It . is. well,'theni. to'reconcile ..oneself'-to.', tho' in-, i evitablo,"and to mako l the l .most ; 6f.what:<is,'tt. : •. Terj- r 6harniin'g : style,-': affording as .it ' doesbppdrtumty.vior;'a,"greaiter;:V.ariety>'of'/colour .; 7 - and I ' shaped- ■•■Costume's', hi faced . cloth} plain velvet -.and velveteen, will. /, / \he;worni''this ! winter ' : with blouses'of-lace, net,; ; . . or chiffoii:as..b'e{ore..:-Tt.-is' not 'always;ijeces- /■ _..6ary."- : to'.VhaVd'/.a 'of >. ' lace ;-ncar; tho ■ throat,, a vyolmj • vest, •or lace .jabot,' 'is'" 'always'; desirable; j the ■ sleeves .. may bo of some dark material., A lady., who ; has just vroturned i; frqm ; .;Sydney, --reports: that thero , tho advance-models - show>. cloth. frocks with sleeves of velveteen striped or plain. Of : 'course,_' the .'sleevVimatches ■ tho rest of the •gown Jn colour-i'aiid; shade', I though not in material:... Often bolow, tho shoulder , cape or v is'-.a-,fall ofilace, which-.has a or a fringe is ■ sometimes: usdd. A;,variety of ; trimmings; afo, . combined- .-seaso'n's ifrocissj . and !on(i. . ■ "of'velvet, dyed ]ace, ; ,: .•- and a great deal of braid,., often all threo oil: ■; ■. the v ßani6V,frTCkV' f with; a ; ,little : fringei ofvso.me ■;'. Vsortvtb-^relievo.;'the ;monot,ony.'; Soutache, is' . ; tho/ favourite, braid,;;but', tho'.'plaited;-' braidsare., msed'.,.alone or ':-'in,-?.pombiiiiatibn'-''-with • soutache. •. _ .There.visvnqt jhuoh( fear-',that .the festremely: , style' l ,phjyVsuifed'i.to. a' : very..'few.. .: ■; afford- . - a 'great'number' of : ;-frpcks..for- every .sort of .. occasion.,;,,-.::-EorM : thisr l .^Velling^ri, (should!.,.bo ;; tho.exaggerated fashiqn.is caicu-. : '■ lated to malio niiiple.en. out of .every 'twenty . \ivomon : look.-'.ridioidousi .and . ,to : make' tlio / ;.. twentieth^..wonian s lo'qk j■ i conspiquohs;. .The ■~ .., Empire .fashion: also 'is;'not .likely '.to catch ;..'■. ■;.' -;':.oii?&re,';an'd:for much- tho same reason:.-Pro-i great' evening, frocks wtfi be .- ; mado higl) waist at .tho back," but the ■ >"be"--'l6ii^irais^edL'Sfletc V / ; lace and filet .net,' which '/were/ so'/much : '.the ;/ ■ '/. rag6':;ih",England/last'"summer,'/will- bo -mu'ch' . used hero both'-for^aftqmqpn'and"for ; evening': •frocks.: It is a.very offectivo trimming: -Dyed' lace; will'-have a cortain' vog'uo,' but'- while in : .'England jt'ha^ ; been'customary t'o'dy.e.thelaco' to .match - : any .particular shade of clotii, New' ,~; ZMlanderi.will ■•bevlimitfidstoVtho' shades' jmported,".'as it" is-- i',matter: of 1 difficulty; to -get , ; — things dyed exactly' to?a,ny given: shade. v-; ;