TME LADIES COLUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

Observer, Volume 1, Issue 22, 12 February 1881, Page 220

TME LADIES COLUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

—There is going to be a rush for tinsel hats. —Acorn ear-rings are very pretty. —Irish poplin has taken well. Pompadour pearl buttons are now to be had. —Striped plush is the latest novelty. Silk carmelite docs not seem to take. —Ch-os depais are very popular. —Yoke bodices are still worn. —Military collars are gaining favour. — Tarn o' Shanter caps are the newest thing of the kind out. —Old ladies' caps are now made with coloured flowers and a very full crown. —Miss W. came out last week in her black dress and a new cream lace hat. —Everybody and every nobody has a Tarn o' Shanter now. —Two bands of different colours are now put through the kilting on dresses. —Beaded bands for the hair are something new. —The Robsart style of sleeve looks best when made of some light material. Miss I.'s new Tarn o' Shanter is one of the best yet out. —Miss J. I. now wears a white dress, with a tarlatan sash, which is well worth looking at. —The ends of lappets are now touched up with bows of coloured ribbon. —Very large black lace ties will be fashionable this winter. —Unmounted roses are the flowers now most generally chosen for bonnet adornment. —Mrs. D. has a beautiful black silk, trimmed with velvet. —I see the Misses P.'s are out in blue and white. They look very nice too. —Miss S.s cream tussore silk, trimmed with pompadour and fringe, deserves notice. —A wreath of flowers for the neck is frequently worn with ball-costumes, in place of a necklace. —An acknowledged leader of fashion has appeared lately in a wine-coloured lustre, with trimmings of velvet. —Miss F. now wears a really splendid dress of black lustre, trimmed with cardinal and set off with bows also of cardinal. —Miss F.s brown cashmere, trimmed with velvet of the same shade, is one of the prettiest dresses of the kind recently made. —Miss G., of Ponsonby, has a very becoming dress of black velvet, trimmed with grey fur, and a black Tarn o' Shanter hat. —Miss C, of Queen-street, has just come out in a handsome tussore silk with pale blue bows and toque hat of the same material. The most comical costume I have seen on exhibition this Aveek is a royal blue lustre, with cream bows. —Miss B. has made a positive "hit" in a new black silk sleeveless polonaise (trimmed •with jet) over a fawn dress. To my gay young friends. — Try a black lace bonnet, with a large cluster of roses in front and lace lappets. —Plain tailor-made dresses have but little trimming, as the materials are very thick and heavy. —The military jacket for young ladies has no other trimming but rows of military braid across the front. — Ladies who want a pretty style for a summer dress should have one made with a polonaise front and princess back. — The Josephine cap for young ladies can be I made either in silks, satin or muslin, with either pearls or flowers. —Crape lisse is best for those who wish to wear mourning. It can be obtained edged with black and looks very lady -like. —Mrs C. has arrived from Waikato, Avith an old gold costume made with basque bodice and skirt. , —Miss P. has a very pretty dress of fawncoloured cashmere, trimmed with silk of the same shade. —Mrs. M. was out last week in a green silk, trimmed with pompadour, made a la princess robe and bonnet to match with cream lace strings. —Let me call your attention to a very pretty new fawn and cashmere dress lately out. It is trimmed with cardinal satin and made with a long polonaise and skirt. —Ladies' bonnets are growing larger every season. The Tarn o' Shanter bonnet, for instance, which has a bipad flat crown and a very narrow brim. — Among the new shades for winter are del brown, prune, dark green, grenat, and a new French grey called marengo ; a very nice lot to select from indeed. Have any of my charitably-disposed lady friends any spare dresses to give away ? If so, I would ask them to send a few to the Howestreet Home. • Rumour saith that some of the little girls were prevented from going on the excursion by the "Te Anau," because respectable clothing could not be raised for them.