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Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1904, Page 8

A Few Hints-— of Spring* Fashions. The following notes are extracts fioin the Report on Fashions just sent us by our London Buyers.

Costume Fashions.

« Millinery Fashions.

" Voile is still veiy popular for smait gowns, eithei in black oi colouis. The most fashionable bodices aie made in the blouse style, eithei with a deep cape oi with a gauged yoke, so made as to give the sloping shoulder effect. Sleeves aie veiy large and aie usually finished off at the cuff with a full ot muslin oi lace. Accoidion pleated skntt aie not so much worn as they weie, but a leading West End house has started a fashion which has caught on wondeifully in pleated shepherd's plaid \oile This shepheid's plaid eftect is also decidedly smait and populai in plain gowns both in black and white and colouied checks, and the foimei aie frequently woin with sash belt and tie of enmson oi some other bnght shade with hat to match

" Milhneiy styles foi the spring are veiy vaned. I Two populai shapes are— (l.) a new edition of the " Fiench Sailor, with very wide ciown, and tiimmed underneath the brim with a garland of floweis and bunches ot nbbon ; and (2.) high ciown hats, with laige brim, tiimmed with a spiay of large roses in front. The lattei sometimes ha\e ribbon strings earned fiom the back of the ciown and tied under the chm in fiont. One of the latest styles is the mushioom bat, eithei with veiy low crown or quite flat. The ciown is sometimes completely covered with floweis or foliage and sometimes has iust a laige spiay of roses oi other flowers m front. " Lace hats aie a gocd deal woin with the veiy fashionable lace veils foi garden paities and othei afternoon leceptions, " Amongst the most noticeable of tnmmings aie ostnch feaiheis, eithei plain oi shaded, and nbbons of almost eVery description. " A noticeable featuie is the blending of daik hats with light diesses. Such as brown with with eieam, red with light pink, petunia With mauve, and deep blue with almost any shade.

"Accordion-pleated silk oi canvas coats are very fashionable. Anothei style much woin is the veiy full sac. The lattei is often made up in dull silk or soft satin effects. The sleeves are a very important feature, being laige and veiy much trimmed The sloping shoulder eftect is also much in evidence, and the most geneially used tnmmings are lace and chiffon

" Lace coats aie also woin to some extent, but as these aie principally made of good laces they are not within the leach of all.

" Capes seem to be going fo take on again, and some veiy smait effects may be seen in these made of canvas, silk or lace, eithei plain oi accordioni 'pleated. " Cieam seige coats in three-quartei lengths, either with plain 101 l oi step collar and with or without capes, are fashionable. " The shoit crash jackets have gone out a good deal, but the three-quaitei lengths aie good style in both white and natuial shades."

Skirt Fashions.

" Skirts on the whole aie decidedly shoitei than last season even in the most elaboiate gowns. A veiy fashionable style is one with a gauged yf ke lound hips with loose folds falling to the hem, which is finished off with seveial small fulls " These wide skats lequne an immense amount of matenal, and ten oi twelve yaids foi a dress length is quite a usual thing "

THE "CORRECT" STORE.

KIRKCALDIE AND STAINS, LIMITED.