THE WORLD OF FASHION.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue II, 13 July 1901, Page 92

THE WORLD OF FASHION.

i BY

MARGUERITE..

FOOTLIGHT FASHIONS.

DRESSES AT THE LYCEUM. Beautiful as Miss Lily Hanbury always is. she has never looked lovelier than she does as Dawn Ingram, in the new play at the Lyceum. All her dresses suit her well, and it is difficult to say in which of them she looks best. When she makes her firs’, appearance, and jumps down from the ambulance waggon. at the gate of the farm on the lonely veldt, she wears a nurse’s uniform of pale grey, with a becoming white cap. a large white apron and a long chatelaine hanging from the waist, with scissors. pin-cushion and so on. She wears this dress again in the second act. where it looks particularly well against the background of crimsoncovered stairs in the vestibule of the Grand Hotel. Camberley. The nurse’s equipments and the un.form worn >y Miss Hanbury were supplied by Messrs. E. and R- Garrould. of Edgware Road. In the third act we s-e

the home-coming of l>a**n Ingram to the Fellsdale Arms. at Market Harden. on New Year's Eve. She wears then a very lovely gown, which our artist has sketched, and which is made in very nne smooth cloth, in the palest possible shade of biscuit-col-our. This gown was made at the Maison Jay. and. it is scarcely necessary to say. therefore, that the long graceful skirt is cut to perfection, and that the whole style of the gown is the newest of the new. Three rows of sable trim the skirt near the hem. while over the bodice a little sac coat of the same cloth is worn, drawn down at the waist under a ribbon of gold gauze. There is a deep cape collar, bordered also with mink, and to complete the costume a biscuitcoloured cloth toque, of the large, soft shape now so much worn, with two shaded quills thrust through the ’rim. and a trimming composed of knots and loops of velvet. Miss Lily Hanbury’s remaining gown, which she wears first in the sunny garden <» Ltside "he Fellsdale Arms, when

the soldiers come marching home again, and the war is presumably at an end. was also made at the Maison Jay. and is the embodiment of sweet simplicity. The long flowing skirt is of white Sicilienne alpaca, innocent of any kind of trimming, but suiting to perfection Miss Hanbury’s graceful figure. With this alpaca skirt she wears a charming little blouse of finely-tucked white batiste, trimmed with laee insertions, and finished with a bright blue waist-ribbon, into which she tucks a bunch of crimson roses. This costume also our artist has sketched. A very smart little gown of a useful sort, worn by Miss Fanny Brough, in the second act. will also be found among our illustrations. This dress is made in fine black cloth, with a graceful skirt, which is stitched and tucked. in long lines running from waist to feet- The bodice is slightly

full in front, where it pouches a little over a folded waist-band of black satin, while the deep cape-collar is finished with a big bow of very bright

cerise glace silk. The cape-collar anfl the vest are made of ivory white satin. covered with handsome cream guipure. while at the cuffs there is a similar kind of trimming The part of Daisy Grimp. which is played by Miss Fanny Brough, does not give much scope for smart dressing, but Miss Brough nevertheless, looks very neat and trim, in the third act. in a skirt of navy blue poplin cloth, and a blouse of pale green glace silk, with a hand of black velvet ribbon at the waist, tied on one side with long" sash ends, while in the last act she wears a simple, but very becoming, sown of bright red voile, with a neat little bodice. slightly pouched, and a tucked and pleated skirt, ornamented only with lines of fine stitching. Miss Irene Rooke. who has a very pretty, graceful figure, looks particularly well in her first dress, which is of pale blue cashmere, with its gathered vest of soft white surah silk. This she wears also in the second act. while her only other gown is a deep mourning costume of some soft

clinging black material, worn with a long scarf of black Spanish lace, and a bis black picture hat. tritutnwi quite simply with black chiffon and long black feathers. Miss Tilbury, who plays the part of Mrs. Ingram. the supposed mother of Dawn, makes a very picturesque figure. with her pretty grey hair, and her simple gown of black moire velours. with a fichu of soft cream lace and chiffon, draped round the shoulders.

This blouse is composed of black ' j,..--- . ... • •• ~- rhe waist, and opening at the neck to take in a vest of Roman sarin of turi with several rows of black velvet ribbon. The accordionpleated sleeves are fastened down at intervals by means of black velvet ribbon bands. The large collar is of jetted black lace, over white satin, and the bow with long, fringed ends, is of sift fitatch the vest. The sltttse is finished at the waist by means f a

THE "CARRYL." i school frock for girls of ten. 'weive and fourteen, is the "Carry 1." The oloti<« pens in front to the belt ••■er a vest, and is gathered at the shoulders, giving the extra fulness so jecoming to young and slender girls. Ihs neck aas a douoie sailor collar, ar.d the one-piece sleeve is finished with turn-over cuff. A skirt with a tront is given, having some full-t’.s-s al] round, and a lining is furnish- • 1 for the blO'l-e. This design in town cheviot, with collar and cuffs <>t tan velveteen, and a tan leather Duck an • galatea are good mats al« for this little frock.

Here is a sketch for an evening gown. Black crepe de chine is an excellent material for wear, and always looks smart- The bodice is arranged with a fichu, a piece of which falls over the arms to form the elbow sleeves. The straps over the shoulders are of black velvet, and the deeolletage is finished with a large chrysanthemum.

Tnis gown would be a most effective one in which to give a recitation. It would be lovely in crepe de chine, but as this is an expensive material to buy cream cashmere or nun's veiling would look well, and would do afterwards for a tea gown. It is ma somewhat after the Grecian stv’e. with

g sleeves a ft skirt A •t.\,- A - - . , tern •> at lined with a very lUIIT rife- < sTr -* ve. The • ' » Aery