HINTS ON COMING FASHIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 3

HINTS ON COMING FASHIONS.

■,:'.'Already* there -are .rumours'.'of 'what' is'.lp* :cbmeiin- the /matter/of -dress,''says,.ah Australian '■',Writer;:.- .■ From .sylphs,' with long-.slim, limbs,'.we,nro:to;develop-into.fluffy/fussy rounds t'abouts, :•; with , paniei-s,' / flounces, 'many. underskirts, arid' p'ei-t, : con'quettish hats... Probably -.the'-;Tiatj''- the! huge, monster -hat, ..is .to' blanie for/all; this,; -it: lost - its 'head, .as. truly -, as ; it; lost -its/owners;, .it',''grew/and' grew, and/grew until'Jt! .became, impossible. ..Directly a'fashion: becomes' quite impossible,-and really grotesque; it [turnsVtiirtle. ;with';alarmiiig\suddenness. - A fashion -either, -leads :.us' forward by easy here'/a'little, there 'a, little,- and we: do not notice ;how;a .special/feature develops, :or it changes;?. with", violence,; :'nnd we , find 'ourselves flounderihg;/^it!v/^mall,;sle.eyesi:whero''everyone-els"e:;uas';arms;.'like-balloons, with fitting-; skirts ■ where,, everyone ;elso has :a.figure like .•an'.'old-, fashioned; dressing-table.'.'/ Prophets say that "a -' violent/.'change." is /impending,/; that ', they: who laying.;'their/heads together, to .duce.,,'all.thesoyecraps T and,.bits and elaborations; of ,;f iissiness "which; do •'■" not".- make'a' dress/any dress'could be 'more expensive ;than/;the''apparently,;.simple, ; clinging gown bf/ito-Tdnyr^ut, whicbf /Will, make/..this'/year's. gownß /utterlyiiand-./hopelessly out ;of ; 'date.FigUre'lias/.mattered/s'o'niucli.of late, the/stout .'woman.ias endured/heroically'agonies'of mar- ■ tyrdonfiiiV'.staj's; ■ not ..exactly, too tight; :■' there is : ;iio;tjght-lacing in /the old-sense of the word /nowadays.'/ibuti.in/the. clever. 1 shape.' evolved •by: .tho/sta.vmaker,/whiclt- places.'superfluous./flesh, 'where.it : shpuld/be/ and,not .where.;it shouldn't ibei'/vThe/Jean-woman rejoicedj-ishe could pad,' if/necessary,-/but '.it rarelyLwasj'.^.the;thinner, /one'was;.the smarteri-nowthe riew.!fasHon';will, make/things even;/a; little, plumpness, is-neces:: •■frills/ and r.lacesivleanness. .will/be, tabob//and •.the. kind, v ,,huge,; shadowy'.hats, thathid; wrinkles .and .'lines . : ,are,:tcl,. go, 'and/ their/ place iwill 'be 'taken /by'- smart,-.;■; small .toque's that ..give/ little, /aidi'/and .'require; brijjht. eyes and a, good'complexion to'cprnpletetheir smart'ness.;;:,;/ '/w//,-.;'//;';.-,;/',;:/"•/:'.;■••'/ 'iv//'/ .".''■.'!;-' '■'■'