THE LOUIS VELVETEEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9015, 30 March 1888, Page 6

THE LOUIS VELVETEEN.

It is almost unneccessarv in these days to write in praise of the world-wide Louis velveteen, as it would be to "paint the lily, or to gild refined gold," as Shakespear has it. Most of our readers must have had personal experience of the remarkable qualities of this beautiful fabric, which is now well known throughout the civilized world for its marvellous softness and beauty of texture, its wide variety of artistic colouring, and its simply unrivalled durability. Having all the rich appearance of a Genoa velvet of the best quality, the Louis velveteen stands alone as a perfectly suitable fabric for handsome, durable, and artistic evening gowns. Especially with a view to meet these requirements, some delicate pale shades have been prepared for the present season, the ivory-white, cream, and pale turquoise blue being specially adapted for evening wear. Very beautiful also is the black Louis velveteen, and remarkably useful sinSe it is equally adaptable for even ing gowns, and for afternoon and visiting toilettes. The other colours in which this velveteen is prepared cover a range of no less than fifty lovely shades, toning from gold, through tabac and terra cotta, to seal brown, and including all the latest and most fashionable shades of sapphire and indigo, Gobelin blue and myrtle green, silver gray and heliotrope. Ladies need anticipate no difficulty in matching in Louis velveteen any of the newest colours in silk, cashmere, serge, or cloth. An underskirt of this material will give richness and beauty to any autumn toilette, while, for those whose tastes ars simpler, even a collar, vest, and cutis of Louis velveteen will add a certain amount of distinction to a gown made of the most inexpensive and ordinary material. In the case of a fabric like this, its own beautv, durability, and excellence, form its best advertisement, and we feel confident that, in speaking at this length of the exceptional qualities of Louis velveteen, we are doing a good turn to our lady readers, for which they can never be sufficiently grateful.— s Pictorial.