Fashion Brevities.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 73

Fashion Brevities.

White corded silk crowns on hats of black panne. Artichoke purple is the name of a delicate tint that finds many admirers. Many tunic overdresses, uneven at the lower edge, show wide border bands of velvet. White silk braid is a trimming seen on tailor-made suits of black velvet, -Some plain coats are headed by a deep neckband of embroidery that spreads out a trifle towards the shoulders. Pinafore effects come with many simple but- very engaging dance dresses for girls in their teens. Dresses for afternoon wear are laved with coloured ribbons and trimmed with chenille fringe to match. FASHIONS IN VEILS. Another eccentricity which Paris has discarded, and concerning which we will not be slow in following suit, is the veil •with detached lace patterns. Once again the mesh is becoming

dear. Eccentricity in veils is out of date. The blurred motifs are discarded, the heavy groundwork is being tabooed, and the result is a decided gain on all sides. The women whose looks have been temporarily spoilt by the veils of tho past few weeks, supplemented with big laco motifs occurring in unexpected places, are legion, and even the sight of its disastrous effect upon one’s neighbours does not seem to have had any restraint upon its popularity. Veils are still worn dose to the face, and the fashion for matching the hatpin to tho hat has resulted in some wonderful schemes in straw and beads which are a triumph of the colourist's art.