CONTRASTS FASHIONABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14482, 1 July 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

CONTRASTS FASHIONABLE.

_ *«iy lately tic French praT~'r.vorftUmomst school jhsd an exhibition of ihe-ir pio.t;n-es in London. aa« thorjjh the majority of people socffed ;r; thxir method's nnri tljei'r violent colcrare, posi swms to be in the air. even wiiere clothes ars concerned fc-rit&s-the London correspondent of the Australasian). Ivo one enn possibly effect too violent a contrast. ' Green dresses ai-c- trimmi-d with scarlet, scarlet-dresses tritji pink, biue with scarlet anti green, and in embroideries the crnne.'-Tr. snd mest extraordinary colours and ninternU are ns«l. .An f-xfni<s-itc smoke-colo-irci .vlk will have a. liflt cnl)7o:f!ered with hi..- flonvs in bright Tlerli.) v.-;mls, and the trimnim/r Uiii -.'.-.• md 1,1 c,. e'W,."'Th,y lioncK not in immb.Ts, but- still sui'fi-!'---'n":i l 'r fnmiliama Bver»

ono with thorn. Hero is t'ho reeips for the new trimming:—"A coaii-a bonecrochet hook, one ball of white and /me ball of blue, green, or yellow Berlin lingering. Crochet in loose douljo treble a white hand for your hat. .V'nv make tivo balls, after tlie manner approved of for mir-vsry use, of the remainder of your wool. Snip the balls into nice ilull'y pom-poms, press them apart, and insert a lluii'ed pom-pom centre of yellow. Tour hat is complete when these are set at the side. .Should you prefer ii, you can u«; yellow and white ponmoms, <u!d not turn, them into flowers." Prohnblv the ne::t hu-p in this fashion, wilt lead to tin." rilling of wool (lowers from under glass cases in old-fashioned drawing-rooms, and the carefully made, wool roses and fuchsias of a bygone age-~.il, which we have all laughed in our fiim>ant youth —will be the. very last" triumphant flourish of a mad fashion. At present a congregation of women with flowerpot' hate, set with port quills, has the effect of so many giant quill pens quivering and wagg'ng in tbo air. and we are all done up like little slim parcels, the fashionable now girdle about our waists completing five resemblance. The newest figure is even slimmer than last year's figure, and the newest < or-vcts 'reach practically to tit?, knee, and the vwy close-fitting harem "pettieoaK' nee'l apparently about one"yard of ttuff for their making. Lingerie with frills and gathers may bo had at the most absurd prices, for no one will wear any garment, nowadavs that lies an inch of superfluous stuff, and uuder-garments are as carefully fitted to the skin as if their owner wanted to emulate a snake.