LONDON AND PARIS FASHIONS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 17 October 1891, Page 495

LONDON AND PARIS FASHIONS.

VERY ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL MANTLES. (SEE FASHION PLATE, PAGE 497. • The mantles of the present season certainly bid fair to eclipse those of all previous years in the way of graceful designsand beautiful texture. 'From a well-known London house, where the latest and most chic novelties from Paris may always be seen, and where, at the present moment, a wonderful selection of cloaks and capes may be found, our artist has chosen four as the subject of the sketches on page 497. No. 1 is a very smart mantle of black Lyons velvet with novel velvet epaulettes edged with an embroidery of jet. The long velvet sleeeves fall back in front to show a tightfitting under-vest of lace covered closely with a handsome garniture of black and gold beads. All round the mantle there is a wonderfully beautiful fringe of fine jet, over a flounce of black Chantilly lace. No. 2 is a graceful mantle of black tteau tie note, bordered with quite a novel kind of black Lyons lace, the lace being enriched with a handsome applique of black velvet, surrounding in each case a circular centre of gold embroidery. The mantle is further edged throughout with a narrow gold galon, ornamented with large nail heads of jet. This galon is used to head a fringe of fine jet most exquisitely made. No. 3 is a long cape of pale heliotrope cloth trimmed all over with small pendant balls covered with fine jet. The yoke and the high collar are of jetted embroidery, while the cloak is bordered throughout with a narrow band of jetted galon. The folds from the shoulders must be noted as being particularly graceful and becoming. No. 4 is a Henri II circular cape of black velvet with three rows of jetted lace insertion going all round the cloak and giving it a very quaint appearance. The yoke and the high collar are of heliotrope velvet closely covered with handsome jet embroidery. Round the yoke there is a handsome chain of jet with large links, the two ends of this chain reaching below the waist at the back.