FASHION NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1461, 15 November 1879, Page 23

FASHION NOTES.

From the Ladies _ Gazette of Fashion, a Home publication, we learn that a perfect wealth of flowers is expended on toilets Not merely the garniture, but the waistcoat, apron, or pocket itself, is a mass of varied blossoms, and a oweet little innovation for a bridal robo is to suspend a' lace satchel by strings of orange blossoms secured with a hook of pearls. The tiniest of these flowers also dot the bouillonnes of tulle, Indian muslin or gauze, which make most lovely trimmings on ordinary evening dress, replacing the wedding blossoms by eglantines, daisies, oowelips, buttercups, crowfoot, May roses, lilies of the valley, or any small field flowers. Qaite an art, indeed, becomes the arrangement of dress blossoms ; even paniera and robings are beds of posies and soft leaves, so beautifullp harmonizing with the bloom of a youthful wearer. As a great contrast to the forget-me-nots, primroses, etc., we have also bunches of the largest flowers, to wit : A dress of Louis XVI. brocade, with the front of gold satin veiled by puffings of maize tulle ; here immense tulips were carelessly thrown over one side of the train, adorned in other cases by guelder roses and clusters of double chestnut. Other huge flowers, placed quite on the tops of the bonnets, with encircling leaves, completely hide the squarish crowns; those generally used for tho purpose are the magnolia, rhododendron, chrysanthemum and garden popp3f. To these I prefer the pretty floral head gears, provided the blossoms are very[smalJ. Real baskets of flowers are these bonnets of lilac, hawthorn, etc., rivalled only by the chapeaux, resembling a daisy-spangled grass plot or a mossy bed dotted with florettes.