Ladies' Column.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 48, 24 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)

Ladies' Column.

» [JfiDETBD BY "OUO."| The Edifreas will be srlad to answer any questions pertaining to fashions ot cookery. FASHION NOTES. Many of the designs for spring and summer basque- waistsare particularly satisfactory, because they permit of a variety of neok completions. In a full waist made with central boxpleats, breadth is afforded at the shoulders, and at the same time a desirably fanciful air is contributed by a collar that reoalls the sailor style. Both a lapel collar and a standing collar are provided for a basque-waist having applied box-pleats. Box-pleats are introduced even in the new sailor waist, with whioh a shield may be worn. ' Pleasing changes may be effected in the Norfolk jaoket by means of three styles of collars. liong puff sleeves greatly enhance the dressy appearance of a full blouse-waist. Groups of vertical tuek-shirrings made in yoke outline are a unique feature of another blouse- waist. Inoneofthejauntiestbasquewaists a pouch front contrasts stylishly with a French back. Long puff sleeves and very full ones of the gigottyye divide favour forfancjr bodices. The gathered fulness usually noticeable in the fronts of yoke-baok shirt-waists is now modified by box-pleats, which have taken v strong hold on the popular fanoy. An oldtime fashion has been revived in a lownecked evening bodice with balloon puff sleeves. The Napoleon coat if, as its name suggests, severely cut. and has a smart, military air. A full, triple box-pleated vest and a large sailor collar with lapel-like ends are not the least attractive parts of a neat short jacket. One of the jauntiest styles in top garments is the middy jaoket, with its short vest and unusually large sailor- collar. Two equally large oollars of the same type distinguish an Eton jacket, but one may be discarded if both are deemed undesirable. Some of the beautiful embroideries which are to be used on fashionable dresses for the winter, both for evening and day wear, are copies from valuable antique specimens. Gold and silver tinsels are used profusely in the work, mingled with silk threads of different colours, blaok and while. This woven o% thin materials is utilised as flounces for trimming bodioes or constructing entire sleeves, but the heavy embroideries are mostly applied on skirts, arranged in front immediately above a flounce or a niching, and placed to form a deep point in the centre. Pretty Garniture for anEveniog Bodice. — Costume of pink-spangled crepe, with white lace chemisette and shoulder straps of pink roses mounted on ribbon bows. Roses and bows in alteration areprettily arrangedabove the waist for a short distance, a black velvet BB.sk making the finish at the waist. Ribbon Girdle and Ornament. — Full ribbon waistband ; on one side are sewn full loops of ribbon of varying width in an upright position, whioh are to be pinned in this form to the dress. At the same side long loops fall down the skirt and are corresponded with by endß of the opposite Ride, also extending up the bodice and making the trimming here.