FASHION NOTES.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 147, 23 June 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES.

Never wan braid so much worn as now (says a Home correspondent) . Not only is the jetted braid placed wherever it seems likely to produce a good effect, bnt Scotch colour*, Russian colours, and the red, white, and blue which made themselves manifest are all over everything, and the more so, just now, from tho fact that their tints give tho winter colours. All horts of effects in black and white huve come in with tho iunnent>e vogue of the white toilettes. Jut on white serge, white camel's hair, and white cashmere, given one of the best liked among the reigning efforts of fashionable garniture.. Cloth aud brocaded coats are very elaborately trimmed and lined with fur, or if they are not to be worn in a very cold climate the fur lining is omitted aud the decorations are the only suggestion of fur. But when one says decorations in regard to a coat, it must be remembered chat they include the muff aud usually a little fur on the hat or bonnet. Tho muffs of the season are decidedly larger. Very beautiful linings of brocade are used on the muiid, and it is whispered that returning to the fashion of a hundred years ago, it is possible that we may see a lady in full evening dress carrying her muff as coquettishly as if it were a bouquet or a fan. The rich appearance of crape trimmings and accessories is sometimes spoiled by the careless manner in which they are cut. The pieces should all run the same way of the goods, or they will be mismatched, and spoil the handsome effeot of the entire trimming. The very appearance of crape calls for smooth and plain styles of trimmings, such as pipings, folds, bands, vest effects, sleeve-puffs, but not deep cuffs, as crape cannot stand rough wear, tiny cuffs, collars, revers, narrow and broad belts, circular and Bertha ruffles, panels on shirts, Zouave or Bolero jackets, or jacket fronts. Coloured veils are worn, and appear in dark blue, light blue, brown and grey, and in net, tulle, aud gauze. The grey gauze veils are the main favourites for travelling ; but, in the tints mentioned, and with matching spots or tiny dots in black or white chenille, a great number are seen. As to the becoiningness of brown, dark blue, red, grey, or violet spread over the face, however beautiful the complexion, there is not a word of praise to utter. The ouly tint that is not unbecoming is a pale yellow or a dull colour verging to yellow rather than to pink, which heightens the rich tone of a brunette complexion, while white and black tulle are becoming to most persons. The tiniest flowers are seen in the pattern of some of the silks, which will be copiously decorated with white or black lace. A caprice is to decorate black batiste having a flower design with white lace, and white batiste with a like pattern with, blaok lace. Large rosettes of black or red velvet ribbon are used on both materials. A striking novelty is found in the use of bright scarlet cloth with black silk galloon for cloaks as well as jackets for little girls. Navy blue, so extensively lately seen in light woollen materials for gowns, has lost nothing of its vogue, but is now heightened by feather trimming in shaded brown tints. A vory pretty jacket for a little girl shows navy blue cloth with a border of extremely narrow yellow silk braid put on in eight rows, which very effectively decorate the "boat-shaped" ruffles, and the wrists of the large leg-o' -mutton sleeves.