FASHIONABLE NECKWEAR.
■ Look .to your ncckwaro. if iyou are aware, ■ as you must; be, '.of ; tho. extraordinary im- ,, portanco'of that detail of dress (says a woman writer'.in the London "Graphic"). It is not. only that thero lias been rather a change in the importance of ,;the cravat; '..'-matters; are already far less .vaguo'than that! : Tho 'va'st amount' of choice~is,the',change "to which -I wish : to draw ypur, attention - atyprei .sent, because in that apparently:-delightful; • .Happening .divers '.mistakes, ■■ .iriay bo ' made.' .; Not _ everyone,' for', example)t can: wear the . VMario Antoinette ruffle! It is:;t6o; high and ; ■'„/ full ;to ysuit tho' moon-faced woman, . for iri- ' staijce,,i unless- ■; her" throat vis. the; olegant rj column of which ; poets: rave.., Such a..throatvis .'not. characteristically ! English',''wherefore I am disposed : to; draw' special attention; to , this point.' / ';... ~ \ -. : ; ; j '-Supposing,..however, -that/tho: high severo . ru®°>, or that ./ very /pretty;;/'.variety- tho "double 'one/ divided-by means •of a narrow ■ v ribbon 'cravat!,tied'in a/bow .in front, i bo-rejected, the v quilled net, frilling ofi about ;. half an - inch' in height, ,that can bo bought ; i oy ,the; yard ready mado will be found : singu•i larly- becoming to many throats. ;.,; ■ >• ■: '■ ■; • - , Tack it at the top of an. ordinary lace col-:'-'-lar, .arid. a .touch. of. novelty.. will bo..given ,to; an "old scheme,: and having attached - a .; jabot,of-lace, .'acknowledge. that you have .. accomplished a .pretty and novo]. design- in neckwear. 1 / .If er y P'luant, • an3-usually most becoming to an, Englishwoman's type of face, aro 'the , satnr stocks, now ; being • greatlv'lauded by -.the ' iTheyi. fasten "at' the . back, and ■ are; finished by a ■ rufflo of i lawn . .or pleated net, -made high ,or loiv.: according to the requirements of the wearer.- - Those . above tho ears and/are low be- ; neath, ■ thechin■ are' usually'. found most': he-' coming.y ~r ,/ -loosely-knotted velvet 1 cravat, with » 'tassols of, steel:or ; .silver, -is:not a device, , put Quite a_ pretty- one, and easily, adapted to individual'needs.' - ! +l,? r^on tile is charmingly: moulded, then wear no collar. > ; . '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 5
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323FASHIONABLE NECKWEAR. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 5
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