Fashion's Realm.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10592, 22 October 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)

Fashion's Realm.

Ospreys. One can ' now have "ospreys" made of vegetable bristles. So good are the imitations that it is almost impossible for any one but an expert to distinguish between the-.real and the imitation. Here is the reward for the woman who, while admiring the effect of ospreys, will not use them because of the cruelty involved in obtaining them. The Hobble Skirt.—lt is not in this country only that the hobble skirt is exciting unfavorable comment. lii Italy

the Church has spoken out against it. Ladies so attired, it lias been announced from the pulpit, will not be admitted to public worship; and'though it remains open to them to confess their sins, absolution is to be withheld until tliev have changed their dresses. , Little Bonnets. —Many. indications point to the coming of the bonnet. It is both convenient and becoming; our contempt for this, favorite headgear of our ancestors is hard to understand. Few faces fail to be improved by a soft outline of velvet or a curved straw scoop, and since a veil is frequently used as a comnlotion to the bonnet, its effect adds to the charm of the whole arrangement. This swathing of veils.into turbans is one of the many persuasive proofs of'the impending change in our ideas of headgear. It merely remains to remove the rounded lino from the back of some of the hats of the moment, and the bonnet is with us.

"Toile do .Tony."—ln the jargon spoken in high-class ' milliners' workrooms or over shop counters the term "toile de jouy" has been heard somewhat frequently of late. It is used to describe tho most up-to-date material for hats, and a coat lined and faced with toile de jouy is mention*! in an English fashion magazine of August 22 as being-an example of the very newest and most exclusive mode. Yet, after all, the particular material so designated turns out to lie nothing more imposing than cretonne, which when veiled with ninon. or marquisette is made the foundation of many handsome gowns. Then, again, it is shown how very acceptable an ordinary material can become when its commonplaceness is hidden under a high-sound-ing" name. Toile de jouy is also produced in silk, and the ribbon or poplin effect of the background makes it a beautiful fabric. Still to all intents and purposes the ordinary cretonne is all that is actually comprehended. Another recruit from the furnishing department is small-patterned Madras muslin, which is used extensively for tho veiling of "toile de jouy" hats and sunshades. These ideas are well worth the attention of the girl who is planning a smart gown for festivities, for there is nothing newer. Gaily flowered cotton cretonne is being used both in London and Paris'for the lining of autumn coats, especially those of serge or rough tweed, and it is being preferred because of its newness, surpassing . that of either satin or foulard.