DAINTY FASHIONS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18077, 3 April 1923, Page 3

DAINTY FASHIONS

A lost of the new nightdress and handkerchief sachets are round. There is one. bolster shape which looks like a sum 11 cushion. A case o fthis description is made in apricot crepe de Chino with a group of gaugmga a short distance from each end, and on one sido a single rose .in a deeper shade of apricot taffetas silk with a trail of leaves and a bud. Another handsome case in the same style is made of brocade in pale blue or pink with a band of gathered crepe do Chine to mate'll at each cud. Item ml sachets, both for nightgowns and handkerchiefs, are of electric blue shot taffetas with circular centres of the silk embroidered with a group of flower heads in bright colours veiled with magenta tulle and surrounded by tiny frills of tho tulle edged with electric blue belie ribbon. Another dainty case ef palo blue taffetas Iwts a pout edge and plain centre, with a wreath of tiny flowers in ribbon work on it. A reclinin':’: doll here r.wfs on the lid of a flat, round box containing a powder puff covered with tho same mile re;', ■ silk that forms the surrounding pouf. From Paris come sachets of filet

lac© or finest lawn exquisitely embroidered with huge butterflies and mounted on palo blue or pink satin. A practical idea is expressed in tho handkorchicf box-pincushion _ covered with beetle-green shot taffetas silk, fckrmo of the latest glove boxes are made of Batik silk in blue and green and red. A charming novelty is found in the form of finely woven double baskets tor handkerchiefs and gloves in brilliant colours, such as rose, yellow, mauve, or turquoiso blue with a tight little posy of artificial flowers to match, either roses, cowslips, violets, or forget-me-nots, sewn on at one corner. Tbo stocking sachet is a novel tv which consists of a flat caso made of soft black satin lined with pale pink and has three pockets on each skio sufficiently large to hold a pair of silk stockings when rolled up.