THE WORLD OF FASHION

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 15, 11 April 1908, Page 38

THE WORLD OF FASHION

BY

MARGUERITE

Attractive examples of walking costumes made of doth. No. 1 is of plain cloth; No. 2, of striped doth—the first bearing for its trimming elaborate stitchings, an inner vest of white cloth, ami buttons of dull metal. This is a style which would look very well in mulberry, or in brown, or in the ever popular dark blue, which, however, seems determined to take a peacock shade for its favourite note. The other Illustration is in stripes of black and brown with bands of plain brown and vest also of plain brown, the waistcoat being of ccru lace.

Waistcoats will doubtless come to us with late autumn and winter. They are being much worn in London at present in connection with coats and skirts. Some of the best looking are of undressed leather, more colour being particularly po-

pular. Some smart vests are worked on canvas, in the same way as those worn hy men, while huckaback goes to form many others. Brocade vests are much in demand, and have the advantage of going with the large majority of materials used for coats and skirts.

1 his costume is of brown and white chec k with bull' revels, and black velvet collar, and is crowned with a hat of Manilla turned up with black, and trimneed with black, and the coat has pipings of bull' and buttons of gold, and beneath it should be worn any sort of simple shirt, either of lawn, of tucked white •repe de chine, or of Shantung. The great essential to the success of this costume is its absolute simplicity.