Fashion and Things Feminine.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 126, 13 May 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

Fashion and Things Feminine.

By

IDA MELLER.

<CoiY RIGHT.

EARLY WINTER FASHIONS. In spite of the many changes of fashion that come with every year, the coat and skirt costume is always with ns, saved, of course, from monotony by the innumerable changes that are rung on the length of the coat, the shape of the skirt, the style of the collar, etc. It is many years since the coat and skirt costume drqve out of fashion the half’ length coat df black or fawn-coloured cloth worn over a coloured costume, and certainly the newer vogue merits the triumph accorded it all along the line. The tailor-made suit, moreover, has developed marvellously 7 in its own particular way, and since fashion has ordained that silks, velvets and satins shall be used for its creation, the coat and skirt costume, formerly 7 regarded as suitable only fdr simple occasions, is now 7 permitted to grace weddings, fetes and other social functions where the most elaborate modes are correct, and holds its own even in company w 7 ith chiffons, laces, and similar dainty fabrics. , Some of the new costumes for the early winter are made not only with skirts blit with complete princess chesses of the coat material-; or the dress may possibly be sleeveless and

show a chemisette above the neck (which is cut either to a small square or nicely rounded) made of the same material of which tho sleeves are compost'd. Ala ays pretty and strikinglooking is the mixture oi’ cream, banana or natural tussore with black, and some of the latest coat and skirt costumes on which a special word of approval mav be bestowed arc of creamcoloured blanket cloth, and herringbone frieze in a deep shade of banana, trimmed with facings of black satin or corded silk. In one instance the skirt IS cut with a corselet piped with black, and the long, semi-fitting coat has a roll-collar and smart, little cuffs faced with black. The costume sketched is carried out in tussore-coloured cloth, with rovers and cuff’s faced with black satin and a ‘rimming, on the unnar part of the bodice, composed of small buttons covered with black satin and laced with Hack silk cord, tnssclled at the ends. The dress is a princes one, while the coat can. of course', be closed. Iffiquantity of double-width cloth required for the dress and coat are 8 yards. The charming' little toque worn with the suit is one of the latest models, and shows a velvet crown and satin brim.

levers arty faced with a material differing from that of which the coat is composed,, and the colour also differs from the coat malerial. They proceed from a sailor collar that trims the coat at the back the sailor collar, by tho way, being rather a pet among fashionable tailors just now 7 and finding a place on some of the smartest theatre wraps for the season. Hie new. wide levers are sometimes trimmed with a few little buttons and cord loops on the lower corners, which are on a level almost with the -.vnist. A good idea is to line the brim of the hat worn with tho coat with the same material as that used for the revers. This idea was carried out in relation to a long, loosefitting coat of soft black cloth, with huge, draped revers, faced with pale Rail de Nil satin, and a wide-brimmed hat of black felt lined with satin to match. The long coat illustrated might be copied in similar materials and colours, though the original is in jiink cloth with handsome revers and cuffs of black panne The simplicity 7 of the design is a striking and charming feature, of the coat —which latter, it will be observed. Listens with a single button, the long line of opening, from the button to the hem of the coat, being slightly on the diagonal. Here, vei’ily, is a delightful coat for day or evening wear. The hat should bo in similar colours to those of the coat. About 4i vards of 48 inch cloth and lj yards of panne are required for the coat.

A CO\T FOR \LL OCCASIONS

A charming feature of some of tho long, loose-fitting coats, suitable tor day or evening wear, are immense rovers —not cut after the usual, well-

known tailor method, stiff and plain and narrow, but wide enough to cover the entire bodice of the coat to the waist, and falling in slight folds that i grace the figure becomingly. These