Ornaments for the Coiffure.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 68

Ornaments for the Coiffure.

LA BELLE FERBOb’NIERE FOREHEAD GEMS. I HAVE been making acquaintance with some wonderful new eoffure adornment*, the least eccentric of which was • spray of large oak leave* made of erep* de •hme, from which hung an enormous

bunch of oak apples, the whole repro Macing th* warm shados of sunset and brown now seen in the woods. Very carious was an ornament mad* of bands of ermine; it is rarely that fur is seen worn in the hair. In company with the ermine were strips of prhite net embroidered, with pearls; the two crossed in the centre, and were held together by an ermine loop. Above the Pars fringes of pearls appeared, and at the back of the neck, underneath the classically arranged chignon, the pearl and brmine bands met beneath a second loop ef ermine. A very classical ornament was composed at triple bands of jet drawn together at the sides by means of enorm-

ous motifs of jet and pearls twisted round and round in a anail-lik* shape. These, I wa* informed, were to be worn over the Mr* so as to hid* them entirely. a strange conceit, and one that I think will not find many exponents. An extraordinary number of turbans are being offered for evening wear. A ewirl of silver pause, with pearls twisted in and out of the folds makes a most Eastern looking headdress, and there is another still more extraordinary scheme, which almost completely hides the hair, made of fine soft silver ailk, embroidered

with green, grey, and gold floss, from one side of which emerges an enormous Paradise plume of a brilliant green colour. Pearls are being worn again a la belle Ferronniere, carried across the coiffure from side to eide with a pear-shaped-gem dropping between the eyebrows. That is one way of wearing a string of the precious gems. Another is to loop the pearls at the left side only of the corsage, fastening them upon the- shoulder beneath a handsome ornament, and again in the front of the corsage. There is a development to chronicle in the use of the black moire silk neckband, with its diamond slides and fringed ends. The idea is being expanded, and

©••posed of * elnater of alirar rosebuds and two sprays of silver leave* passe-1 round th* hair.

ribbons, finished with amethyst tassel* •re being sold, a bile others with pendant* of chrysoprasn and aquamarine* are tempting.

Brooches are net nearly so much worn now as they were, neither are bangle*. It is easy to see why. The jabot and the stock, the severely simple tucked chemisette and the collar that fastens at the back, require no brooch to adorn them, while as for the long sleeves, covering not only the wrists, but the hands, as they do in so many cases, what opportunity do they give for the display of bracelets T