FASHIONS IN WINTER DRESS MATERIALS.

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

FASHIONS IN WINTER DRESS MATERIALS.

""'■■'A'.: fs w^.day.s.^ ago.:the!.-,thought; of warm > r:"clothin'g\vcas;unendurable,i-but ..with, theyfall' 'in;,temperature v'arid ; , the.grey of tlio last two, or'three; days .it; .has • become, • quite possible,-to, look with, pleasure on the--imported 'for.- win ter f rocks. -~ 'And -the -new -, things rare -■ . ivery beautiful;, giving 1 perhaps.: tile; niost 'ar--.v tistio lange in colour, and dosign that has ■ ; out;'here: ,or> some .time.; i lio .influence *■' i o |. .^^/ s i'.®rii e r' is- seen,,in .the prevalence, of '■-•' - stripes; i aiid: f the.\jnfluen'ce of .'last/ winter in; 'J . the.'tartans.,, : ;But:these:'are.:stripes.;arid. tar-; - tans, with., a ..difference*.:, there.;.is /'nothing ■ har^'.:or.<:inha^hi6us,''-'aiid" i the:^riA''-mix-- ~ lng of.; colours..that■ r werit ~'to,;make' the, tar-' tans that- last .year,, looked so ; smart, 'has B lv ®n.' place, this son sun to /a", harmonious blending.of shades and colours in;-, the.'.samb, tones" that' arev altogether: beautiful and - de- : ligntful. . It; .will; not,? be -possible .this' year to look aba-lady .from . tlio distance- of. a wholo'street's width and tell.at.'once whether , she .has joined, the"-Stewart' or .the .Campbell; x ..cl&n, ; rior from twill- 1 Tier strip 0s ...; • show;; prominently; -'for / both' the cloth -. and, stripes are .dark ill .line, and only servo to .. give -a richness of. effect-.;. ; Brown, .green, and wine-coloured .are the this .wiriter. '.and to"thes(;;iria^ye r may-perhaps;b'o-added. Jweeds .will be ' verymu'chym: evidence; tweeds striped with .wide stripes; herringbone stripes, on inlsfcripea hot-more than .'a quarter; inch tin^width.;: tweeds : rough arid > suited -pre-, eminently, for.; wet .-weather .wear, and tweeds' well for ever.' . Sfi'me] very:-,heavy close, makes ar'o shown ,striped .in.,dark,shades of-'.brown .and wine-coloured); or'green'arid,'brown; or grey, and green, all dark; and ha'ndsoflio, and , stated-especially.-to';.tailo?',;mades. Some beautiful,faced cloths'. are, "shown in stripes of 'tIio ; 'mosfcv';brigirial '- blendiugs. '.' in-'., stance, ( there • will be wine, '• green, and '" ro, \ ,n )'i°r/,'|it a ribtriei\ ; 'mixtjire ) , : Erey,.brown ) ' and.pjune. ;dark, blue"'Js' shown'with- a -. sort ; ; pf Wuey'sHia^a ; black :"stripe : ,-j.. f bnnkg\do«'ii,s'ap4 laajosak'. ariii this conies' , agaih■ in greeri)aud':bro\di. ::Thon--(4ere ! are y-V'_t'ans, and. by d»rtarisr/niust be. understood i'iXiled ,-tartaric striped - Across and. down, in i'/iliiM , widths':-y' lnXtfaditiori :to.'-, all -tb'eso' »;-.; ; 'T : ming: : and u .vai'ied,{. patterned, cloths-are': , ; plam,' faced'"clotte iii.'every, imaginable ;/pa]p: pastel; shades of r.:.-;]|;'or; blue tq-'th'e: 'deepest: jnwns 'arid ■ These i.'.ivjll' 'be very- 'popular this ' fact. that, they' .will "' ' -;OS. not ('standftlihe,: heavy wear; of "the ; v.v;j;colour^.:the-Mher:fa'ct.has to boicoii-; :j'.'int'intliat ono./,will:;not"so quickly tire of velveteens, and velvets are.-shown .in stvip^j'some in: two or, three colours in-pattern's Similar to the cloths, and. some in -self, These ; .will'.;mako upvery smartly for afternoon frocks. r . . F°r ;may be noted, that , the newest soft and thick, arid - delicately ; coloured';,j' Tjiese have' quite'' displaeod 'the bid. he,>yy make. that had siiph a prosperous air. :.. ''l!liiby are of double width, ami /are., all jn. thfe' prettiest oyening shades. Tncu -tliero .'are >OhifTon, velveteens in pale Pinks ;<and dainty material. :• silks;are' to n be worn, chine Louisines, •-.ml; of course, t3ffi'good old chiffon taffetas ; .11 -lioltl its- placiij IB popiilnr esteem-. Ninons ... 31-. will 'probably vbs more twinlar.'tlian-eve!;- arid'they are to be had in ■ •'!6velv ehfidoS' i ■■.-■■■■