COMING FASHIONS.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 345, 18 July 1885, Page 20

COMING FASHIONS.

M ELEGANT MANTLES $r (That have not yet appeared in the windows of our enterprising Auckland Drapers.) Hl^iSfit^^l HE DIANA is of silk grenadine, beaded IBfir very evenly in a regular pattern that llaHt- — ffll reminds one of Russian embroidery, the |lSia&(B§fs collar, sleeves, and revers being thus fMfßjß^P§B|j adorned, while the shapely brck is made flßgggraKggjj of veloutine silk. The trimming is of fine lyilpWflwMD black Ghantilly lace, and a full jabot of the same forms a most becoming finish in the front. The Diana hat worn with it is a high-crowned one of fine brown straw, trimmed with ecru silk and brown velvet, bound round the edge with a gold galon, and the last touch of elegance is given by the full, rich, and beautifully shaded brown feathers. One of the newest and most charming mantles of the season is the Pigeonette, which is made of gold gauze, elaborately beaded with jet, and is fastened all the way down the front with natty little black satin bows. The sleeves are simulated by loops of satin ribbon, each finished off by jet, which hang over the arms, and similar loops form the trimming at the back, over a deep flounce of fine Chantilly lace. The Pigeonette hat is of fine white straw trimmed with cream feathers and the universally becoming olive green velvet. The full length figure shows a most stylish skirt of brown canvas, rendered firm and substantial by longitudinal stripes of brown moire, having small round silk balls nt regular intervals on each side # The front is of brown yak lace made in stripes, and under the whole is a rich shade of crimson foulard. The lace, mantle is called the Countess, and is entirely of Chantilly in a very graceful pattern. The bead trimming is particularly handsome, being m&de in bold rounds, from each of which depends a tassel, also made of beads. The bonnet worn with this was a most becoming little shape, something of a Princess, but different at the back, to suit the present fashion of wearing the hair. The crown is of the richest gold embroidery puffings of gold net and a gold tinsel aigrette. Iv front there is a coronet of gold and