THE WORLD OF FASHION.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIII, Issue XVII, 22 October 1904, Page 66

THE WORLD OF FASHION.

(By

MARGUERITE.)

Never were the fashions for girls dain tier or more delightful than they are this summer, and with the present unlimited choice of muslins and delaines, voiles and linens. Mademoiselle is indeed

n lucky young person. While there ir no need to depart from the good rule of perfect simplicity where young girls’ fashions are concerned, there is plenty of seope this season for endless variety in colouring and effect, while the 1 itest styles lend themselves admirably to the perfect ease and comfort which should always be the first consideration in the

matter of summer costumes, especially where young people are concerned. A trimming suitable for a linen frock might be either a coarse torehon or Cluny lace (especially pretty in a mixture of pale green and white), or one of those sets of embroidery either in flax threads on linen or in linen applique, in some contrasting colour, about 3 inches wide. There is a charming design of white and yellow water lilies, with dark green leaves, which would look particularly pretty on a pale green linen gown. The large shady hat might also be car-

ried out in the same linen as the dress, with a scarf trimming in biscuit-colour-ed grass lawn, spotted either with black or white. One of the new waist-belts in very soft green kid, some shades darker than the linen, would make a pretty finish to this simple summer frock. The same idea might also be very successfully carried out in white or navy blue serge for seaside wear, with a light braiding or embroidery upon the blouse bodice, and a hat of burnt straw, with a scarf of spotted foulard by way of trimming. In white serge, with crimson

embroidery and a belt in crimson kid, this costume would be particularly smart, the hat to be trimmed in that ease with a scarf of white foulard, with large crimson spots or crimson foulard spotted with white. In the matter of Mademoiselle’s summer millinery, the modes of the moment are also very fascinating. The “baby” hats in soft rush straw, with brims of finely-kilted muslin, although no longer new.are so sensible and so becoming that they will still be worn. Like the real Panamas, they are never likely to go

out of fashion. The wide-brimmed Bretonne sailors are very suitable for girls, too, trimmed quite simply round the crown with a band of black velvet ribbon, or soft Louisine silk, and finished at the back with a large bow to match, resting upon the hair, where the brim turns off sharply against the crown. For smarter occasions, hats made in Tuscan straw with a very wide and shiny plait will be worn a good deal by girls, smartly trimmed with crimson cherries and cherry blossom, smooth green leaves and knots of black velvet ribbon. I have seen some very dainty summer hats, too, quite suitable for young people, and consisting entirely of frills of wide white Valenciennes lace, curving round and round from the centre of the crown, and trimmed with a bunch of small pink rosebuds, clustering quite closely together. When it conies to the question of flower-trim-med hats. Mademoiselle will do wisely to decide in favour of the smaller blossoms. And here also Fashion has been kind to the young girl this season, since among the flowers that stand highest in her favour at the moment are forget me-nots and lilies of the valley; small Banksia roses, pink and yellow, win and red; and those very tiny p*nk rosebuds which droop like a fringe over the hair at the baek of the hat, or are arranged, to form a kind of trellis-work under the brim. ® ® ®

The growing girl must once more receive a little attention, and let me state here that the fashions of to-day seem made on purpose for her. To the growing figure tight clothes of every kind are an abomination, and, therefore, the pietty falling fashions of to-day will prove specially elegant and becoming to our young sisters and nieces of every age. Of course it is necessary to ehoos;' a material for a full dress with care—l mean that a stout linen or holland will not look at all well gauged or gathered or made up with a very full bodice and a very full skirt. Instead we must decile upon the soft and fashionab’e materials of the moment, which, by-the-bye, need not be expensive at all. In fact, some of the loveliest muslins, voiles, and delaines for present-day wear are priced at very low prices, and should, therefore, commend themselves verv seriously to those who have but little to spend. Returning, however, to the young girl’s wear, let me suggest that her muslin gown for summer shoidd be closely gathered at the waist so far as the skirt is concerned, and cut to clear the ankles - that is to say, some three or four inches from the ground right the way round. The bodice should be full also.