LONDON FASHION NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13497, 25 May 1907, Page 6 (Supplement)

LONDON FASHION NOTES.

{FROM OXTR" OWN i CORRESPONDENT.] London, April v 12. ; Buckles >of small < garden flowers make These floral buc-,S-Mes, made only; of the smallest kinds of .flowers,; are ".< placed straight ; across Y the ':,-, front of ; room, hats, .while immense * concave buckles -of >, gold , tissue covered ■with lace are features of some of the spring hats. Cherries are seen combined with lilies of the valley on a hat, the fruit and flowers being arranged in a, huge cluster at one ■ side, while the cache-peigne was

7 composed of loops of green ribbon velvet »Bnd clusters of luscious-looking cherries. Another cache-peigne was of purple plums and their accompanying blossoms. The Dolly Varden typo of hat has a broad band of-ribbon passing right over the top of the crown, and then threading its way through the. brim at the /sides.'finally being taken round to the back, where it helps, by means of many loops and" ends, to fill up the hiatus, a task in which the ribbon is aided by a huge hoop of roses placed right at the , back ' in an upright position.

It, is claimed that , Tegal straw is to divide : the - honours with 'crinoline and Leghorn, while braid straws are to be in vogue also, 'heather mixtures as well as white and silver and white and blue representing the latest samples. Lace, too, is employed to a vast extent in the realm of millinery, and any number of the smartest, and most costly shapes are made-with full soft crown of laceChantilly, Irish crochet, Bruges, or Alencori—the lace" itself being mounted over mousselino de soie. In the ; same connection point d'esprit net and ring-spotted net in e employed ; with pretty effect.; -Some of the, hats which have high crowns have these crowns practically covered with tiny gauffered frills of lace, an immense cluster -of garden flowers being introduced at one side in an apparently careless manner; greenery for millinery will again include moss. Among the" latest ideas is \ for the hat of mushroom shape, in straw," to have the brim sewn all round with little bows of velvet

ribbon, and another pretty fancy is represented by the hat which is surrounded with tiny detached bunches of roses in a ■? number of different shades—such as light • mauve, pale pink, delicate yellow, blue, ~ green, etc. It is. essential 'that all the ■colours shall be soft, for any crudity would '2paturally spoil entirely the effect of such pi: style of trimming. Small; bunches of mixed wild flowers, too, are going to be used by milliners, " and small blossoms such as heath and polyanthus are being used as a finish to little Dutch bonnets ' for children. Silk ; roses with shaded leaves sor grasses, and made up * in long, drooping mounts, "will comes into very general reach as regards price, and they will be very welcome to the home milliner. Pastel-shaded roses are in considerable i-demand. A good many new hats, by the „. bye, ..have, underneath the brim and resting upon" the hair in front," an old-fashion-"ed ruche*in 'cream lace, suggestive of the cap'of olden days. < The whole of the brim • is lined with tulle. 'The ' bell-shaped hat ,of olden days has,been resurrected.

A STRIPED.TWEED. DRESS;- ' " There is rather a nice-striped* twe-jd sketched, with just"its own material-tuck-ed vertically, and made into a' galloon ..toborder- the '•■ coat-bodice ati the neck 4 .and sleeves arid'to form a skirt trimming, this galloon being edged ■ with a.narrow strap\' ping, also of. the material. The stripes m its-case are crosswise. \"J'ii,

A CHILD'S FROCK. ' ■ The child sketched is attired in pale blue Irish frieze, the skirt,'with its ample box-pleats, being gathered into a band, while'a novel effect is given by means of the straps of narrow braid, to match, which are applique 'to.the: material between ; the Vvidejpleats a little above the hem. The pleated bodice, which is crossed in front .■-over,-a vest of white and blue spotted foulard,' is" ornamented .with buttons covered with -the same, the cuffs being turned back with a kilting of foulard to match.