THE WORLD OF FASHION.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue XXII, 28 November 1903, Page 66

THE WORLD OF FASHION.

(By

MARGUERITE.)

For morning wear, coarse embroidered linen blouses in all colours an-- much in vogue, with the plainest of skirts to match. Sometimes with these blouses the short-kilted skirt is worn, and looks extremely well. There is a great deal to be said in favour of linen, linon de soie and another fabric which resembles a soft canvas of silky texture. Some of the linen boleros are heavily embroidered, while others are decorated with coarse guipure and silk tassels. Glaring contrasts in these summer fabrics are rather de rigueur, but they must have been carefully thought out with a view to producing a harmony. Coarse embroideries are certainly a feature of this season, and Irish laces are tremendously used. On muslin and crepe do chine iete frocks lace of a titter kind is used, tilet and blond makes being as popular as the very fine cambric embroideries. Nothing is prettier for gala wear than crepe de chine or mousseline de soie in white, very pale pink, and green, trimmed with motifs of exceedingly tine

lace and little noeuds of baby velvet ribbon in pale shades. 1 think buttons are still playing an important part as a trimming, especially tailor-built frocks; those in gold and silver filigree work are extraordinarily effective on pale pastel cloths, and form an excellent finish to the pelerine and cape collars. Some of the best hats, too, are noticeable on account of the wonderful ornaments with which they are trimmed — simple they may be, but of beautiful design and workmanship. AMONG THE NOVELTIES in dress and millinery may be mentioned the Breton sailor hats, which are iplite charming, and are generally sold ready trimmed with ribbon, and quite inexpensively. Then there are the Panama hats, which are now quite universally adopted by women, and which prove wonderfully becoming, for it is possible to bend them into any and every shape. The stitched linen hats, made to match the linen gowns, are also new and worthy of much note. They are just the thing for country and seaside wear.