TME LADIES CLOUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

Observer, Volume 2, Issue 29, 2 April 1881, Page 305

TME LADIES CLOUMN EDITED BY "EVA"

— Ulsters are all made full in the back. — Feather trimming will be fashionable. — Miss Woolnough looks well in a pompadour sateen, -with trimmings of pale blue. Corners of mantles when made to match, the dresses are cut round. — Dress plush is much wider than that used for millinery purposes. — Chenille fringe now adorns the ends of bonnet strings. — Wide fur is to be used on dresses as well as on jackets. — Opera cloaks are frequently made of check material. — Little girls' beaver hats should be trimmed, with cord and tassels. — Felt toques are still the thing for children. — Fan girdles are worn round the waist for street wear. — A large folded bow is worn on the back of the bodice. — Dresses must be made very low in the neck to be fashionable. — The new bag muffs have not appeared yet. — Children's dresses of the latest style are pleated both back and front. i — The old fashion of wearing a great quanj tity of gaging on the dresses has again come in. — A new style of ladies' hat is trimmed with tufts of different colours. — The sleeves of jackets and ulsters are worn short in order to show the sleeve of the dress. — Many of the creme da la crone are now wearing pompadours. — A pointed basque is the prettiest and most becoming for young ladies. — A very large bow is now placed on the corner of the muff. — Mrs. Nichol's latest is a pretty spotted blue sateen, trimmed with a plain blue. She also wears a toque hat to correspond. — Mrs. L. Nathan has come out in a beautiful pompadour, trimmed with plain creme sateen. — On Thursday last I saw a very pretty navy blue silk, trimmed with navy blue velvet. It looked very stylish. — Mrs. Raines now wears a handsome black silk dress, with trimmings of old gold shot velvet, made a la princess. — A creme sateen which has made its appearance lately consists of a princess robe, with, narrow kiltings around the skirt and a pointed sash edged with lace. — A lady friend of Mrs. N., referred to above, was observed in Queen-street on Friday last, in a handsome black lustre, trimmed with blue and white lace — An elegant walking costume can be made of a woollen material with handkerchief borders. It should have a kilted skirt, with a pleating of very bright colour at the bottom. — Mr. F. Howe took unto himself a wife last week. At the marriage ceremony the bride Avore a navy blue silk and her three bridesmaids creme lustres. — The Rev. Mr. Nickson and Miss Hirst the well-known vocalist, were united in the bonds of matrimony on Thursday last. The bride's dress was a fawn silk. — Some of our girls fancy it looks lady-like to bend the head and shoulders forward when walking, but I consider the practice simply abominable. It totally destroys the symmetry of the figure. — Miss Owen wears a cardinal pompadour costume, which has a kilted skirt of cardinal and polonaise of pompadour. It is a very neat get up, but the colours do not blend over effectively.