NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 9, 11 June 1898, Page 7

NOTES FOR WOMEN.

There is a great deal of embroidery and braiding on the fashion plates in the Home papers. In the Graphic is a tailor-made costnme of periwinkle blue cloth, on the skirt of which panniers are braided with white and silver In the same paper is the statement that hats have a downward tendency (one would think they were Morning Star shares). The newest are scarcely at all high, either in shape or trimming. Some are turban shaped ; others are boat shape, with two long, drooping ostrich feathers hanging on each side, very much like the hats worn by Her Majesty on horseback in the old prints of 46 years ago. Tea jackets are made with smart little Watteau backs, and very deep collars split up in two parts at the back. Blouses are open in front to the waistband on fronts of tucked white silk, with collars to match, and turned over cuffs. The best way to renovate a blouse, says the Woman at Home, is to make a very full bow of soft white China silk, or red chiffon, place it at the neck, and leave the long ends to be tucked in at the waist ; this will give a line of colour which is decidedly smart. A fancy jewelled belt may be worn also, and the collar made higher, with lace frills, for collars are higher on all the Paris dresses.