Fashion Notes from Paris Shops

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 16, 19 October 1910, Page 69

Fashion Notes from Paris Shops

Turbans are flat and broad. Heavy embroidery is used on linens. Whole pettieoats of ribbon threaded net are charming for party wear. Burlap suiting is one of the fashionable new fabrics of the season. The veiled effect of both embroidery and lace is pretty and unique. Much lace and even malines is seen on some of the latest silk petticoats. Tiny bows of narrow black velvet ribbon adorn many of the blouses of lingerie.

The newest belts are of Persian cloth, with patent-leather buckles and trimming. Square veils, with embroidered borders, are much in vogue and are becoming. Persian scarfs are most effective bordered with marabou or ostrich feathers or with bands of plain coloured silk. A morning blouse of any -white material may be set off by a yoke and cuffs of the new mustard shade, or of

blue, and should be worn with a belt of the same shade. Attractive waists for summer are made of eyelet embroidery or of white linen embroidered in brown dots. Belts, tie, and stockings should match the colour Of the dots. Evening gowns are simple. They show the influence of tha peasant style. Instead of being on splendid lines with gorgeous ornamentation, they are unusually simple. An effective Leghorn hat has a crown

of yellow roses and a cluster of the same flowers under the left brim. Many tunics are seen. They are not short, as they were last year, but they drop well down to the hem, or at least over the knees. They are of chiffon or mousseline. Exquisite are many of the Dresden flower striped muslins. Some of the blouses of this material are trimmed with frills of sheer white muslin —• bordered by tiny coloured blinds. In dress materials there are Paisley silks, cottons, foulards, chiffons, and velvets; and perhaps the latest thing is Paisley Shantung. J*