LONDON FASHION NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13650, 18 January 1908, Page 6 (Supplement)

LONDON FASHION NOTES.

f '-7'-' (V&OV - OUR OWN; OOEHE3I'OND£KT.J • fe .■ V •• ' . London. December 6. For visiting gowns velvet/ and doth are life-: used, while velvets, stripes, and cordu- " • roys arc prominent, though .as a. rale |'/j plain materials characterise the best frocks, feV' such 'as beautiful Liberty eatins, velvets, [■ etc., though quite the latest material is ffiv ' a wide velvet self-coloured stripe on a. 11". ground-work of crepe do chine. . Quite a -sensation is •• being made by the velvet P??"'.'.;. dress, Princess "in shape, made to lace fci!;'down the back just as its prototype of fe-'t many, years ago was wont to do. A I famous French firm is making the dress #••' • • almost precisely on the lines of the original Princess robe, 'with a deep guimpe 'dvf: of .point de Vcnisc, the most fashionable ?|v! lace of the moment, for collars and chemisi|' .' etlcs, whilo to make doubly assured the L:V ■ impression of elegance the gown is inIf - tended to' convoy, .the corsage is. slashed fcV . to show a backing of soft silk, and all ifev the slashings arc edged with a little in|iVv. definite embroidery. The sleeves of such i" a dress -would be of silk, rucked from pi? shoulder, to .wrist., ,Tho colour of the model ' dress was deep; rich, green, the trimmings were white"."' 'The' long; velvet coat with | if : . very elaborate waistcoat and fur. coty -' Jar" is in favour, and is undoubtedly beI coining; in fact, long mantles of all kinds ■\ -, are seen everywhere . just now. Chinese ,C embroidery asserts its presence in a modest W'' ' way inside the fronts of many of the s*Ky' ianciful 1 fur • and velvet coats, and the Hp; V cravat is invariably an important feature, P . emerging as it does from beneath the colI", 1 lar, to be loosely knotted midway be- j faf „ tween. the chili and the waist. It is mcnHiterV tioned that at the present time skunk ; ic -one of thb furs most extensively used V;; in Paris, because it is deemed inadmissible there '. to woar skins, that masquerade under i'V fancy names, and sables and ermine, minx ift > and sea], broadtail and chinchilla are ; too expensive to be bought by the general gjjfV public. 1 Skunk is being used not only for ff|i? cravats- and muffs, but for bordering %f'- dresses and coats, a. . fashion that prop." mises to be extremely prominent this winter. Broadtail and its many variations 5s best liked for the morning coat, cut with tailor-made severity, and trimmed £,!* with ' black silk braid, ov in its most] £$ 1 supple form for a shawl-like cane to be worn in the afternoon, lined with white m quilted. satin. There arc long fur wraps iO-- made of otter, with collar of chinchilla. { ' • Stoics generally are longer than ever and jfe;'. muffs are larger, and what they , lack in fur is-made'up in fringe or lace or plissc Bilk muslin. As for the linings ,of coats j&j; '• and long mantles, whether in fur,' cloth, or velvet, the place of white seems to lw taken by straw-colour it -a soft tone is I'il , liked,"but usually by brilliant greens, . - pinks -and blues hi every possible tone. fefF The effect is'rather startliiig after we £$£.!: . have long been accustomed to the ortho§,V dox white satin lining for everything.

♦ ■ _ .1 NOVEL COAT AND SKIRT. There has vet to be found anything s. ; ; more generally useful and becoming for 1 travelling or for . 'any other occasions, in fact, connected with the holidays than the coat and ' skirt form ot costume. For gowns of this '\i useful description, many smart effects are vv-- just now'• being arrived at by a combine : : / t-ion .of plain and striped materials, and among our .illustrations may be seen a very neat irock arranged in this way, and '<£■■■ eminently suitable for travelling or holiday wear. It is carried out in a pale shade ' . of brown summer-cloth, combined with a jirown and a white-striped cloth to match, and arranged with a particularly pretty coat, in which , the striped material is V- manipulated in quite a novel way. The arm-holts are outlined with the brown and y white striped cloth, while the sleeves are y . also of the stripe, but with the lines running .in a different. direction. These 0}:- sleeves aiv arranged, by the way; with gauntlet • cuffs, which can be caught f, - up as in the sketch and held in place -'V • above the elbow ' with." a strap and button. By;unfastening the strap,. they can be let down, so that they reach almost to the wrist, a wise precaution when the days ® grow chilly. ' A similar button and strap j ■ arrangement ' forms part of the decoration V 1 • of the and appears again upon *7 the hem of the skirt. f The wide strapping i_ is'of the plain cloth, finely stitched, and the buttons are covered with plain cloth to correspond. The striped material is used for the combined collar and revers, '*■ which are .such a pretty feature of the I ' coat, as well as for the wide band which Vf borders the hem- of the - skirt* headed by another trimming of stitched cloth' and small buttons, The hat. is of biscuit felt, with a plume of dark green hackle feathers on one side, a contrast ;of colour which is echoed in the dark green of the waist- ) belt, and again in the colour of the silk K- waterproof coat, which is just indicated as S being carried on the lady's arm. A dark v. green coat will look particularly well '.with this brown and white costume..

I-, ' MOTORING HAT. fc--. . A • charming mSJqpng ' hat ie . shown ?> /v above. This is in brown Panama, with a m double brim and a biscuit-coloured taffetas V,V ' crown, trimmed with wide wings c»f the sp* v si me shade and a fairly voluminous . eliif- > " fon veil, which can',be drawn right' over *' the - face when necessary. Those wings jure, perhaps, a little wide and fanciful for v-vfc ' . !dng-distance motoring, but they; can easily ipifit 4m renewed ' or ; xeplaocd by, (something smailer. 1 -v. •. 'Ww-'/r?. •