Collars High and Collars Low.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 2, 14 July 1909, Page 68

Collars High and Collars Low.

Two collars vie for supremacy—the roll, which descends with a very long sweep in front, and the high military turned-over collar, which a few years ago was all prevailing under the title I’Aiglon. The sleeve that is universally

accepted for winter wear is masculine fa style and long, and when it is trimmed ■with buttons at the baek there is a alight slit near the wrist, so as to give room for the play of the hand. The severity of the tailor-made coat, especially about the shoulders, is not acceptable to all women, and may be lessened by the addition of a twist of ribbon. This is a French idea, and really a very pretty one, though it sounds incongruous. The ribbon is padded, and is passed over the arm so that the seam of the sleeve is entirely hidden. Here is a notion that is thoroughly successful when well carried out and worn by the right person. & The rug muff suggests possibilities in the way of making over furs that have adornments in the shape of innumerable little heads and tails, for the new handwarmer is merely a long piece of pelt, having one end fringed with tails and the other with heads, so that when folded over it presents the appearance of being wholly composed of trimmings. The worn parts of the old muff may be used for the foundation of the “rug,” and the heads and tails of the boa added. A small piece of fur finished with ribbon frillings will form a smart ueck piece.

Fur neck pieces of the ruche order are so easily made that any woman with a spark of ingenuity in her make-up should be able to afford at least one of them. From 12 to 14 inches of finger-width fur banding, mounted on satin ribbon, and closing invisibly at the back, has a most effective front trimming, consisting of one quite long mink’s tail, flanked by two shorter tails and many looped and long-ended bows

of brown velvet ribbon. The cushion muff, which was home-made, to accompany this neck nrff, consists of bands of fur entre deux, with brown velvet ribbon. The same idea is exceedingly pretty developed in white fox and taffeta ribbon or Irish lacc banding, and particularly suitable for use with a debutante’s theatre costume.

A good way to join the long wrists of silk gloves to those having short wrists is to applique the edges of each wrist to a half-inch band of filet embroidery of precisely the same colour. If the gloves are for evening use, the narrow tinsel ribbons will answer, and prove even more serviceable than lace, while with black gloves the jet bandings are good, as they wear interminably. If Dresden or Pompadour embroidery is used anywhere about the costume which the gloves are to accompany, it is quite correct to use bands of that ribbon at the wrists of the gloves, but it should be of the half-inch or bracelet width.

Mauve cloth costume, with revers and deep gauntlet cuffs of silver grey satin, finished with buttons of silver filagree; stole and muff of chinchilla edged lace.

Tea jacket of soft white satin, with fall of old lace edging neck and sleeves, ami high waistbelt of black satin, which 1* also used on the sleeves.