TME LADIES CLOUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

Observer, Volume 1, Issue 24, 26 February 1881, Page 244

TME LADIES CLOUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

— A new shade— bronze green. —Sailor collars made of lace look very nice. —Miss M.'s black cashmere, with pompadour trimmings, deserves mention. — Miss D. T s appeared at church on Sunday Aveek in a lavender silk. — Friday last brought out a very pretty black cashmere costume, trimmed Avith cream lace. — Hats ancl bonnets Avili be made of nothing . but plush by and bye. — Belts of the same material as the dress are much Avorn. — Lace fans are an intolerable nuisance in church. — StraAV Tarn o' Shanters are the latest abomination. — Bracelets appear to be temporarily out of fashion. Why ? — Ladies are already beginning to think of getting pompadours " clone up" for the winter. — Beaver hats or bonnets do not look over nice and they frequently cause bad headaches. — The shapes of ladies' caps seem to become more ancl more outre every day. The uglier the style the more fashionable it is. — A very pretty dress for a little girl can be made out of velveteen, Avith a honeycomb satin front. — Serge costumes can be made to look distingue by the addition of a kilted and pleated sash. — "Bogus " jerseys Avhich button at the back are obtainable. They clo'nt look half as nice as the genuine ones. —Some boys I knoAv are Avearing (or look as if they were Avearing) their sisters left oft' Tarn o' Shanters. — Mrs. O. is cutting a dash in a neAV Avinecoloured bonnet, Avith trimmings of pompadour satin and cream lace. — Mrs. T. has a handsome neAV dress of brocaded satin, trimmed Avith black and a "cluck of a bonnet." —Mrs. D., of Hobson-street, has gone in for a Avine-col oured silk, with trimmings of velvet, Avhich looks Al. — One of the most noticeable dresses at the Mayor's garden party was a pale blue satin, trimmed Avith chenille fringe. — Serge dresses, Avith unusually bright trimmings, seem likely to be much Avorn next winter. — Many of "our girls" now Avear skirts "pouffed" right up to the Avaist, They'll be " pouffed " all over soon. — You should be careful, young ladies, to tie your bonnet strings avcll under your hair. They look horrid else. — Short dresses continue to be popular. The fashion is one of the most sensible that has been introduced. —Many of the iicav dresses got for the Mayor's garden party did duty again at the cricket match. — The black velvet or velveteen Avorn by Miss F., of Whangarei, AA r hilst visiting her friends in Auckland, is one of the best countrymade dresses I have seen. — Miss P n looks perfectly charming in a striking dress of pale pink, Avith a rink hat, the brim of Avhich is of black velvet, and the crown of pink. — One of the prettiest dresses seen in Queenstreet for many a long day, consists of creme sateen, with pale pink trimmings. I don't knoAv the wearer. — Depend upon it, my lady correspondent in London is only telling the exact truth when she says that "Tarn o' Shanters" are worn solely by servants and shop girls. They look detestably "fast." 3 — I observe Avith regret that some girls think |'j.-, it "the thing" to cock their hats a little on PPP'.onc side. Nothing can in truth be more vulgar. — The Miss D.'s avlio, after spending a morns ing in Queeh-street in the hope of meeting f^'Eya," strolled three or four times past the /-Observer office are hereby informed that their { .time was Avasted. " Eva "is not there. — Mrs. W e, of Waikato, avlio Avas in toAvn last week wore a particularly Avell made 51 Avine+cbloured sateen, trimmed Avith paisley. The'dtesSinaker avlio designed it must be an {;'. '.artist.- :;.i, A — iSirsl' tr I.'1 .' D. N., whose good taste is pro"••'■'verbialy'deserves credit for a cleverly-designed m ' Costume "of ; light pompadour, Avith trimmings of bronze and a peculiar shade of green. The P.i .hait,.rof course, jsito match. {■iI'AA .' \.J r. > -1,, j-f" ' • , -rrrFpr. a 'really.;. alarming get vp — a regular - r " startler "—commend me to the lady avlio ; '\ gear's' _SbvoAvii v liistre l 'dress, trimmed Avith pink jVvaaicl a .pmk, bait epyered, Avith cream lace. — A young lady, at present staying at the rtiiiStarfiH-dfelv! wears- an exquisite creme sateen, '• • Avith |>61onaise of pompadour and pale blue '' '-''fiirige, ' Avhich" has r ,excited much eulogistic comment. v," .'.V,'-^ln;£oM^ round felt hats ' i v.- ar9 as-niuchj if not more,' Avorn, than the high '* '''teilk hats I :' ''^d^ 'every 'ladyi' appears to have a milß#%^.^%^^'t^^ ! 't^-'.llfre side of her habit. It is just the one touch., pf. colour that is wanted, and the only one that is admissible.