FRILLS OF FASHION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5279, 8 June 1895, Page 3

FRILLS OF FASHION.

A novelty among ribbons is the stilettoed or perforated sort. These come in pale delicate tints.

A black crepon or surah makes an excellent all-round dress. The popularity of the silk waists and the various collarettes, crush collars, and Bash and girdle belts make it possible to ring the changes indefinitely with the black foundation. It is wiae, if crepon is tho choice, not to get one of the exaggerated weaves ; . thes9 are striking, and do not admit of the common wear which one of the more modest sort will.

Green and white will be a favourite combination. Thia will show in plain white toiletß with green trimmings and reliefs, and also in wools, muslins, linens, and dimities, with a small figure or stripe. As popular as green and violet have been will be green< and white.

Charmingly simple straw hals for the small girl are of tan and blue braids, with low, round crowns and half-wide straight brims. For trimming there is a wreath of rosettes, locs9.y made of baby ribbon, in many colours, each rcsatte, however, being of but one colour. Palo blue, gray, green, white, pink, yellow, and black ara seen on ens hat, a white aigrette sat among the rosettes at the left side of the front. Nothing could be gayer or more simple. A waist of soft black silk seen recently was made in a blouse effect, with violet velvet choux or rosettes set in irregular fashion about in its fulnesa. The collar was of silk, with violet rosettes.

A good foundation for the petticoats worn under the heavy full-drr ss skirts is the old-fashioned moreen, which ia being sold in large quantities for this purposa. Silk flounces aro added. Sometimes moreen box-plaited ruffles ara ÜBed, but the s- are heavy ?nd hold du3t most tenaciously. A whisk _nak« sno im pre. sion on thia di_s_, nor will shaking remove it; the flounces have to be wiped out with a slightly damp, cloth, and for this reason

the material is not recommended for a flouncing fabric. Individual veil 3 of finest Brussels net with applique borders, are seen in black and white, witn self or vic9veis__ borders, and in brown, with eel. or butter-coloured borders. Fine white Brussels net, with chenille dotß, far apart, in pale rose, blue, and yellow ia another new style, only to be adopted by young and fair faces. Black and white are likely to be a livery this year, tbe ground white, the stripes narrower and closer togotber than usual. Tiny Chine flowers, oa white grounded glsces, are much used for evening dresses and for blouses, and recall the Dolly Vardens, popular some time since. French milline:s smd home with their black lacs bonnets seta of vari-coloured rosattcs in ratin end velvet, by which ib is possible to alter Ih<* eff-.cfc cf the bonnet with different to:!<" s. These rosettes are provided with a )a*-»e shield pin and one sat is put on to saow how they are adjusted. ' Back's cut without a seam should be affected only by the women with long, slender waisw, a3 the style tends greatly in appearance to shorten and broaden the £gure. Linen grenadine is a matarial of very locs i weave, and is shown in brown and wood tones, it comes in plaiu, dotted, and striped designs. "Angel" sleeves are shown on the new teagowns, those of a cobwebby net with an applique border being very fleecy and halolike. The sleeveß are very long, with wide, fan points, and are mesf, graceful and effective.

Gowns of cloth, even the negative tweeds and covert cloths, are set off with black satin bsltß, and the deep cuffs or lower parts of leg-of-mutton sleeves are also of the black satin, buttoned with steel.

A novelty in blouseß is made of an Indiapatterned silk handkerchief, the corners being used to form pointed epaulets and basque, with straps of dark-red velvet over the Bhoulders.

A short double eipe of bright electric blue hemstitched cloth has a velvet collar of thesime shade and is piped, stitched, and lined with white.

Chamo's gloves aro already to the fore. A fine French glove of this sort laces at the wrist and is warranted to wash well. Inferior qualities will not wat.b, and ss w_iite gloves are the mest trying of any colour to wear, so far aa appearance is concerned, they bacome very ugly is the material i» poor and the loveg ill fitting. Milny women, too, show remarkable blindness to , the condition of their white glovesj wearing them long af£er they have censed to have any claim to snowy purity. A gocd pair stands indefinite washings, and is much cheaper in the end.

Although the doom ot the enormous sleeves has sounded from the other side and is announced here, it is S3 far a very hollow doom, and may s.ill be written "boom." A tew conservative dressmakers are toning the eleeves very poicaptibiy, but the majority of the drtsss and jackals are stfll ot enormous shoulder breadth. The style is too radic.l to go all at onca. It ha. built itself up slowly, and there in us jbe a gradual decline. It is undoubtedly true, however, that the huge sleeves are on the downward path toward thafc oblivion to which all of fashion's vagaries go sooner or later.